About
Amy Nethery is an Associate Professor of Politics and Policy at Deakin University specializing in public policy, parliamentary workplaces, immigration policy, and refugee policy. She completed her PhD in Political Science at Deakin University in 2011 and has been actively contributing to academic discourse and public policy discussions since then.
Her research interests focus on parliamentary transitions, the teal independents movement in Australian politics, immigration detention policies, and refugee externalisation policies. Nethery's work demonstrates a strong commitment to analyzing Australia's political and immigration systems with particular attention to human rights implications and institutional reforms.
Nethery's recent scholarly output shows a clear trend toward examining professionalization in parliamentary careers, transitional support for former MPs, and the evolving landscape of Australian politics following the rise of community independents. Her work on immigration detention and refugee policy consistently addresses the humanitarian implications of Australia's offshore processing arrangements.
Through platforms like The Conversation, Nethery actively engages with public discourse on critical political issues including valedictory speeches for defeated MPs, the Liberal Party's reclamation of Goldstein from Teal candidates, and the precarious situation of refugees stranded in Papua New Guinea.
Nethery has received funding from the Parliament of Victoria to examine former MPs' experiences of transitioning to life after parliament, demonstrating her research's practical relevance to institutional improvement.
