Advocacy Research Network
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The Advocacy Research Network offers free research support to movement groups across Oceania by a team of skilled volunteers. We do the research that helps movements win. https://advocacyresearch.org/
Housing crisis hits hard: Salvation Army's 2025 research shows 71% of Aussies identify housing as their top community concern. Tenants Victoria and housing advocates are fighting for renters' rights. Movement groups need quality research to tackle this crisis effectively! 🏠 tenantsvic.org.au/
Home - Tenants Victoria
We aim to inform and educate renters about their rights, improve renting conditions, improve the status of renters, and represent the collective interests of renters in law and policy making.
tenantsvic.org.au
June 21, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Housing crisis hits hard: Salvation Army's 2025 research shows 71% of Aussies identify housing as their top community concern. Tenants Victoria and housing advocates are fighting for renters' rights. Movement groups need quality research to tackle this crisis effectively! 🏠 tenantsvic.org.au/
Thousands marched for Indigenous justice across Australia on successive Invasion Days. ANTAR continues advocating for First Nations rights, justice & respect since 1997. Evidence-based advocacy is driving real change for Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander communities. https://antar.org.au/
ANTAR — Justice, Rights & Respect for Australia's First Nations Peoples
ANTAR is a national advocacy organisation working for justice, rights and respect for Australia’s First Nations Peoples.
antar.org.au
June 20, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Thousands marched for Indigenous justice across Australia on successive Invasion Days. ANTAR continues advocating for First Nations rights, justice & respect since 1997. Evidence-based advocacy is driving real change for Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander communities. https://antar.org.au/
Australia remains the only Western democracy without a national Human Rights Act! The Human Rights Law Centre leads the campaign with 130+ civil society orgs backing them. Research shows this gap leaves vulnerable communities unprotected. Time for change! www.hrlc.org.au/proj...
Campaign for a national Human Rights Act - Human Rights Law Centre
Join the Human Rights Law Centre’s national campaign to create an Australian Human Rights Act to ensure human rights are properly protected in law at the national level.
www.hrlc.org.au
June 20, 2025 at 6:28 AM
Australia remains the only Western democracy without a national Human Rights Act! The Human Rights Law Centre leads the campaign with 130+ civil society orgs backing them. Research shows this gap leaves vulnerable communities unprotected. Time for change! www.hrlc.org.au/proj...
Australia's democracy is at a crossroads! The Australia Institute reveals big money in politics needs reform, while The Australian Democracy Network shows how communities can fight for fairer elections. Local advocacy groups need strong research to drive democratic change. australiainstitute.o...
Democracy & Accountability - The Australia Institute
All around the world democratic norms are under threat. While the trends are different, here in Australia democratic accountability standards are also under pressure. It is perfectly legal for political parties and candidates to lie in political advertising. Our national broadcaster, the ABC, and the Auditor General responsible for investigating misuse of public funds have been starved of funds.
australiainstitute.org.au
June 19, 2025 at 6:39 AM
Australia's democracy is at a crossroads! The Australia Institute reveals big money in politics needs reform, while The Australian Democracy Network shows how communities can fight for fairer elections. Local advocacy groups need strong research to drive democratic change. australiainstitute.o...
ARN believes every advocacy group deserves quality research support! Whether you need campaign analysis, policy research, or community data - our volunteer researchers are ready to help Oceanian movement groups create the change they want to see. Check out advocacyresearch.org today. 🔍
Advocacy Research Network - We do the research that helps movements win.
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advocacyresearch.org
June 18, 2025 at 6:45 AM
ARN believes every advocacy group deserves quality research support! Whether you need campaign analysis, policy research, or community data - our volunteer researchers are ready to help Oceanian movement groups create the change they want to see. Check out advocacyresearch.org today. 🔍
Climate Action Network Australia unites 160+ nonprofits advocating for better climate solutions. CANA shows the power of collaborative research and shared advocacy strategies. Your group could benefit from similar evidence-based approaches - ARN can help you get there! www.cana.net.au/
June 17, 2025 at 6:35 AM
Climate Action Network Australia unites 160+ nonprofits advocating for better climate solutions. CANA shows the power of collaborative research and shared advocacy strategies. Your group could benefit from similar evidence-based approaches - ARN can help you get there! www.cana.net.au/
Fresh from The Salvation Army's Social Justice Stocktake 2025: almost 16,000 Aussies surveyed showed surprising consensus on top community issues. Unlike 2021's sense of helplessness, there's now more hope for change. Research reveals what communities really need! www.salvationarmy.or...
Social Justice Stocktake 2025
Social Justice Stocktake in Australia is about capturing the social injustices affecting people in their local communities and empowering them to take action.
www.salvationarmy.org.au
June 16, 2025 at 6:36 AM
Fresh from The Salvation Army's Social Justice Stocktake 2025: almost 16,000 Aussies surveyed showed surprising consensus on top community issues. Unlike 2021's sense of helplessness, there's now more hope for change. Research reveals what communities really need! www.salvationarmy.or...
The Justice & Equity Centre's 2025 vision includes raising the age of criminal responsibility from 10 to 14 in NSW. Evidence-based advocacy at work. Their 'Raise the Age NSW' campaign shows how research can drive policy change. Need research support for your justice campaign? jec.org.au/focus-are...
Raise the Age - Justice and Equity Centre
The Justice and Equity Centre is leading the NSW campaign to raise the age of criminal responsibility from 10 to at least 14.
jec.org.au
June 14, 2025 at 11:45 PM
The Justice & Equity Centre's 2025 vision includes raising the age of criminal responsibility from 10 to 14 in NSW. Evidence-based advocacy at work. Their 'Raise the Age NSW' campaign shows how research can drive policy change. Need research support for your justice campaign? jec.org.au/focus-are...
Did you know climate advocacy in Australia is achieving real wins? The environmental movement is successfully protecting precious environments and driving climate action. Groups ARE making big impacts - let ARN help research your next campaign strategy! 🌱www.acf.org.au/about...
Our wins
For more than 50 years, we've advocated against pollution and destruction – and for our natural world.
www.acf.org.au
June 13, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Did you know climate advocacy in Australia is achieving real wins? The environmental movement is successfully protecting precious environments and driving climate action. Groups ARE making big impacts - let ARN help research your next campaign strategy! 🌱www.acf.org.au/about...
National Volunteer Week's 2025 (19-25 May) theme was 'Connecting Communities'! 🤝 Over 475,000 Aussies volunteer for environmental orgs, but 23% of non-volunteers want to get involved. Research shows volunteering creates lasting relationships that strengthen communities. www.volunteeringaust...
National Volunteer Week - Volunteering Australia
National Volunteer Week is Australia’s largest annual celebration of volunteering and will be next held on 19-25 May 2025. This special event highlights the
www.volunteeringaustralia.org
June 13, 2025 at 6:51 AM
National Volunteer Week's 2025 (19-25 May) theme was 'Connecting Communities'! 🤝 Over 475,000 Aussies volunteer for environmental orgs, but 23% of non-volunteers want to get involved. Research shows volunteering creates lasting relationships that strengthen communities. www.volunteeringaust...
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🌿 We mapped 3,100 environmental groups across Australia and discovered something surprising: there was a massive surge in 2005, then... 2019 happened. What do these patterns reveal about how environmental activism really works? The data tells a story beyond the protests. 🧵
Beyond the banners
What 3,100 environmental groups tell us about activism in action
theenvironmentalmovement.substack.com
June 12, 2025 at 3:14 AM
🌿 We mapped 3,100 environmental groups across Australia and discovered something surprising: there was a massive surge in 2005, then... 2019 happened. What do these patterns reveal about how environmental activism really works? The data tells a story beyond the protests. 🧵
Climate change hits marginalised communities hardest - but their voices are often left out. This research by Michelle Prasad is grounded in justice and equity, and shares stories and strategies from First Nations and CALD climate leaders, offering pathways for self-determined, inclusive solutions.
First Nations and Multicultural Voices from the Climate Movement
The Commons is an online library for the change makers of the world and for those interested in social change, activism, organising, advocacy and justice.
commonslibrary.org
May 29, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Climate change hits marginalised communities hardest - but their voices are often left out. This research by Michelle Prasad is grounded in justice and equity, and shares stories and strategies from First Nations and CALD climate leaders, offering pathways for self-determined, inclusive solutions.
We're currently half way through our climate conversations research project - interviewing experts and compiling research on designing effective climate justice conversations. What to help out? Sign up as a volunteer here. advocacyresearch.org/join-us/
Join us - Advocacy Research Network
Join the Advocacy Research Network
Are you a researcher, journalist, data scientist, or developer? Do you have research skills you want to use to support grassroots campaigns and movements?
We are...
advocacyresearch.org
May 19, 2025 at 10:05 PM
We're currently half way through our climate conversations research project - interviewing experts and compiling research on designing effective climate justice conversations. What to help out? Sign up as a volunteer here. advocacyresearch.org/join-us/
Great information for motivating both private and collective climate action: interventions that targeted two or more mechanisms—such as imagining a future scenario that involved oneself or close others—were most effective & substantially more effective than sharing info www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Behavioral interventions motivate action to address climate change | PNAS
Mitigating climate change requires urgent action at individual, collective, and institutional
levels. However, individuals may fail to act because ...
www.pnas.org
May 14, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Great information for motivating both private and collective climate action: interventions that targeted two or more mechanisms—such as imagining a future scenario that involved oneself or close others—were most effective & substantially more effective than sharing info www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
We're researching effective conversation strategies for climate advocacy. Here's some great advice from The Climate Councils on 'tips for having a chat about the ‘c’ word' www.climatecouncil.org.au/resources/cl...
Want to join the project? Volunteer to contribute at www.advocacyresearch.org
Want to join the project? Volunteer to contribute at www.advocacyresearch.org
www.climatecouncil.org.au
April 30, 2025 at 2:58 AM
We're researching effective conversation strategies for climate advocacy. Here's some great advice from The Climate Councils on 'tips for having a chat about the ‘c’ word' www.climatecouncil.org.au/resources/cl...
Want to join the project? Volunteer to contribute at www.advocacyresearch.org
Want to join the project? Volunteer to contribute at www.advocacyresearch.org
📚 PARTNERSHIP HIGHLIGHT: We are excited to partner with @CommonsLibrary, Australia's hub for changemakers! With 1000+ free resources on organising and campaign strategy, they're making activism smarter & stronger.
Visit commonslibrary.org & advocacyresearch.org #ResourcesForChange
Visit commonslibrary.org & advocacyresearch.org #ResourcesForChange
The Commons
Do you want to change the world for the better? Commons Library is an online library for social change - Making activism smarter & stronger.
commonslibrary.org
April 29, 2025 at 1:23 AM
📚 PARTNERSHIP HIGHLIGHT: We are excited to partner with @CommonsLibrary, Australia's hub for changemakers! With 1000+ free resources on organising and campaign strategy, they're making activism smarter & stronger.
Visit commonslibrary.org & advocacyresearch.org #ResourcesForChange
Visit commonslibrary.org & advocacyresearch.org #ResourcesForChange
We're happy to announce our launch of Advocacy Research Network: a group of researchers offering free research support for movement groups Oceanian wide. We've got our first team of research volunteers and first research project on the go; Check out our website advocacyresearch.org to find out more!
advocacyresearch.org
April 25, 2025 at 7:03 AM
We're happy to announce our launch of Advocacy Research Network: a group of researchers offering free research support for movement groups Oceanian wide. We've got our first team of research volunteers and first research project on the go; Check out our website advocacyresearch.org to find out more!