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Bettina Cass
Australian sociologist and social policy adviser
Bettina Cass AO FASSA (born 1940) is an Australian sociologist and social policy adviser. As of 2020 she is emeritus professor at both the University of New South Wales and the University of Sydney.[1] After retirement, she continued to coordinate the Higher Research Degree programme at the Social Policy Research Centre, UNSW.[2]
Bettina Cass was born in Waverley, New South Wales, Australia, in 1940.[3]
Cass was elected Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia in 1989.[4] She was appointed Officer of the Order of Australia in the 1990 Australia Day Honours for "service to social security policy and women's affairs".[5]
Cass was married to Dr Cecil Cass, with whom she had four children.[6] Her daughter, Gina Cass-Gottlieb, was appointed chair of the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission in March 2022.[7]