Sara Maher Sara Maher i(17365344 works by)
Gender: Female
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1 Exemptions from Compulsory Income Management : A Short “History of the Present” Robyn Newitt , Leanne Weber , Sara Maher , 2023 single work criticism
— Appears in: Australian Journal of Politics and History , March vol. 69 no. 1 2023; (p. 50-66)

'The historical study of exemptions has focused on escape from protectionist policies designed to control and monitor Aboriginal people in Australia — restricting their freedom of movement, intruding into their family life, and reducing their ability to participate on equal terms in the labour force. In this paper, we consider a contemporary policy — income management — which primarily restricts the freedom to dispose of personal income and has targeted Aboriginal people and communities, both directly and indirectly. Provisions for individual exemptions have been incorporated inconsistently within the many iterations of income management, and Aboriginal people are significantly less likely than others to be granted an exit from this form of financial control. The study reported here is an example of mixed-methods social research, rather than an historiography. We use techniques of historical comparison to illuminate contemporary practices and identify the ongoing influence of settler-colonial governance in the lives of Aboriginal people.' (Publication abstract)
1 y separately published work icon Blinding the Ghost's Eye Sara Maher , Osborne Park : Africa World Books , 2019 17365375 2019 single work novel 'Ottavio, a former refugee from Sudan’s brutal civil war, lives in Sydney, Australia; a place rich with opportunity and frustration. He has a degree in engineering but works in a meat factory. He strives to be responsible in the ways expected by his community—to look after his brothers, his cousins, and to get married. Yet, Ottavio feels like he is failing. Barely sleeping at night, he is unable to forget what the war took from him, what he left behind. To prove to himself that he has settled in his adopted country, he volunteers to help other migrants learn English. In class, he meets Alice, an Australian-born kawauja. She has a secure existence, a mundane job, and a need to find more meaning in her own life. But when tragedy strikes them both, they change in ways they could never have imagined. Blinding the Ghost’s Eye is a story of belonging—to countries and families—a story of subjugation, of how we find comfort, and of promises we cannot hope to keep.' (Publication summary)
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