By Dr Sue Olney

Book Chapters

Olney S; Devine A, 2023, 'The right to work “on an equal basis with others”: examining disability employment policies in Australia through the lens of a health and economic crisis', in Robinson S; Fisher K (ed.), Research Handbook on Disability Policy, Edward Elgar, UK

Olney S, 2021, 'Inclusion, Work and Wellbeing: Shifting Perceptions of Disability and Employability Through the National Disability Insurance Scheme', in Cowden M; McCullagh C (ed.), The National Disability Insurance Scheme: An Australian Public Policy Experiment, Palgrave Macmillan

Blackman D; Olney S; Gardner K, 2021, 'Governance and Systems: Why Public Sector Performance Research Approaches Are Changing', in Handbook on Performance Management in the Public Sector, Edward Elgar

Olney S, 2021, 'Not my problem: the impact of siloed performance management on policy design and implementation', in Handbook on Performance Management in the Public Sector

Olney S, 2020, 'Serving the Public, But Not Public Servants?', in The Palgrave Handbook of the Public Servant, Springer International Publishing, pp. 1 - 19, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-03008-7_90-1

Olney S; Gallet W, 2018, 'Markets, Mutual Obligation and Marginalisation: The Evolution of Employment Services in Australia', in Wrong Way How Privatisation and Economic Reform Backfired, Black Incorporated, pp. 131 - 146

Edited Books

Blackman D; Buick F; Gardner K; Glennie M; Johnson S; O'Donnell M; Olney S, (eds.), 2021, Handbook on Performance Management in the Public Sector, Edward Elgar, https://www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/handbook-on-performance-management-in-the-public-sector-9781789901191.html

Journal articles

Olney S; Yates S, 2025, 'The Costs of Living With Disability in Australia: Accounting for Variable Disability-Related Deprivation in Poverty Measures', Australian Economic Review, 58, pp. S36 - S44, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1467-8462.70017

Devine A; De Rose K; Jacobs P; Dimov S; White B; Cassar S; Jones R; McLennan A; Olney S; Kavanagh A; Vaughan C, 2025, 'Experiences of Young Australians with Intellectual and/or Psychosocial Disabilities Sharing Disability-Related Information to Gain Workplace Adjustments', Disabilities, 5, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/disabilities5010001

Olney S; Devine A; Karanikolas P; Dimov S; Malbon J; Katsikis G, 2022, 'Disability and work in a health and economic crisis: Mitigating the risk of long-term labour market exclusion for Australians with disability through policy coordination', Australian Journal of Public Administration, 81, pp. 163 - 180, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1467-8500.12500

Olney S; Dickinson H, 2019, 'Australia's New National Disability Insurance Scheme: Implications for Policy and Practice', Policy Design and Practice, 2, pp. 275 - 290, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/25741292.2019.1586083

Gardner K; Olney S; Dickinson H, 2018, 'Getting smarter with data: Understanding tensions in the use of data in assurance and improvement-oriented performance management systems to improve their implementation', Health Research Policy and Systems, 16, pp. 125, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12961-018-0401-2

Carey G; Malbon E; Olney S; Reeders D, 2018, 'The Personalisation Agenda: The case of the Australian National Disability Insurance Scheme', International Review of Sociology, 28, pp. 20 - 34, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03906701.2018.1425084

Olney SJ, 2017, 'Should Love Conquer Evidence in Policy-Making? Challenges in Implementing Random Drug-Testing of Welfare Recipients in Australia', Australian Journal of Public Administration, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1467-8500.12297

Carey G; Dickinson H; Olney S, 2017, 'What can feminist theory offer policy implementation challenges?', Evidence and Policy: a journal of research, debate and practice, 15, pp. 143 - 159, http://dx.doi.org/10.1332/174426417X14881935664929

Carey G; Dickinson H; Olney S, 2017, 'What can feminist theory offer policy implementation challenges?', Evidence & Policy: A Journal of Research, Debate and Practice, http://dx.doi.org/10.1332/174426417x14881935664928

Reports

Olney S; Mills A; Fallon L, 2022, The Tier 2 tipping point: access to support for working-age Australians with disability without individual NDIS funding., University of Melbourne, https://apo.org.au/node/319016

Jacobs P; Olney S; Bonyhady B, 2021, Disability Workforce Data Project Stage 2 report: Considerations and recommendations to improve the quality of Victorian public sector workforce disability-related data

Jacobs P; Olney S; Bonyhady B, 2020, Disability Workforce Data Project Stage 1 report: Considerations and recommendations to improve the quality of Victorian public sector workforce disability-related data

Jacobs P; Rangi M; Megarry J; de Vries T; Bonyhady B; Olney S; McVilly K, 2020, Increasing employment of people with disability in Victoria: A report to inform the next iteration of Every Opportunity

Devine A; Smith-Merry J; Kavanagh A; Llewellyn G; Dimov S; Huska M; Dickinson H; Olney S; Fortune N; Green C, 2020, CRE-DH Response to the Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability: Employment Issues Paper, https://disability.royalcommission.gov.au/system/files/submission/ISS.001.00341.PDF

Devine A; Olney S; Mallett S; Dimov S; Katsikis G; Karanikolas A, 2020, Exploring the interface of the National Disability Insurance Scheme and Disability Employment Services: The influence on employment outcomes for Australians with disability, https://disability.royalcommission.gov.au/publications/exhibit-9-01204-exp005900010008-devine-s-olney-s-mallett-s-dimov-g-katsikis-and-karanikolas-exploring-interface-national-disability-insurance-scheme-and-disability-employment-services-influence-employment-outcome

Gardner K; Olney S; Craven L; Blackman D, 2019, How can systems thinking enhance stewardship of public services?, Public Service Research Group, UNSW Canberra, Australia

Blackman D; Dickinson H; Gardner K; Buick F; Johnson S; Olney S, 2018, Submission to the Independent Review of the Australian Public Service. Public Service Research Group, School of Business, UNSW Canberra

Warr D; Dickinson H; Olney S; Hargrave J; Karanikolas A; Kasidis V; Katsikis G; Ozge J; Peters D; Wheeler J; Wilcox M, 2017, Choice, control and the NDIS: Service users' perspectives on having choice and control in the new National Disability Insurance Scheme, Melbourne Social Equity Institute, University of Melbourne, Melbourne

Theses / Dissertations

Olney S, 2016, False economy: New Public Management and the welfare-to-work market in Australia, https://minerva-access.unimelb.edu.au/handle/11343/115289

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