| Wednesday 11 July |
| Wednesday, 9:30 am to 10:30 am |
| Wednesday, 10:30 am to 11:00 am |
| Wednesday, 11:00 am to 12:30 pm |
Plenary Session
Opening Session
Chair: Professor Ilan Katz, Social Policy Research Centre, UNSW
Welcome to country
Uncle Norm Newlin, local Indigenous elder,
Welcome
Professor Richard Henry, Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic), UNSW
Families and policies matter: how to enhance the well-being of children in poverty
Professor Jeanne Brooks-Gunn, Virginia and Leonard Marx Professor in Child Development and Education, Columbia University (Abstract) (download available)
| Wednesday, 12:30 pm to 1:30 pm |
| Wednesday, 1:30 pm to 3:00 pm |
Citizenship and participation
Social capital and social networks
Chair: Saul Flaxman, Social Policy Research Centre
Social capital and its popularity
Denise Thompson, Social Policy Research Centre, UNSW (Abstract) (download available)
Researching community-based support networks: what policy makers should know
Ann Dadich, Social Policy Research Centre, UNSW (Abstract)
Social networks and women’s agency: the role of voluntary associations in brokering opportunities across the life course
Christie Robertson, Social Policy Research Centre, UNSW (Abstract) (download available)
Families, work and care
Work-family strain, shared responsibilities and the life stories of former children's home residents
Chair: Lyn Craig, Social Policy Research Centre
Mothers’ work-family strain in single and couple parent families: the role of job characteristics and supports
Jennifer Baxter and Michael Alexander, Australian Institute of Family Studies (Abstract)
Negotiating 'shared responsibility': how children and parents manage childhood asthma
Jacqueline Tudball, Social Policy Research Centre, UNSW (Abstract)
Building a life story: providing records and support to former residents of children's homes
Jenny Glare, Jenny Malone and Suellen Murray, Centre for Applied Social Research, RMIT University (Abstract)
Families, work and care
Care through the life course
Chair: kylie valentine, Social Policy Research Centre
A framework for work and care across the life cycle
Sarah Squire, Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (Abstract)
The costs of care/the benefits of care: a precarious balance? Considering the case of young carers
Bettina Cass and Ciara Smyth, Social Policy Research Centre, UNSW (Abstract)
Understanding grandparent care: policy and practice implications of grandparents as primary carers of their grandchildren in the Australian context
Anne Hampshire, Deb Brennan and Bettina Cass, Mission Australia, University of Sydney and Social Policy Research Centre, UNSW (Abstract) (download available)
Early childhood
Investments in children
Chair: Christiane Purcal, Social Policy Research Centre
Public investment in early childhood: how does Australia compare?
Gerry Redmond and Ilan Katz, Social Policy Research Centre, UNSW (Abstract)
What do we want for children? Considerations for the development of comprehensive and complementary policy for the early years.
Fran Press, Charles Sturt University (Abstract) (download available)
Promoting high quality early childhood education and care services: Beyond a risk management, performative regulatory environment
Marianne Fenech and Jennifer Sumsion, Macquarie University and Charles Sturt University (Abstract)
Retirement and ageing
Population ageing, employment, training and well-being in retirement
Chair: Tom Longden, Social Policy Research Centre
Population ageing and human capital accumulation in Australia
Ewa Orzechowska-Fischer and Hui Wei, Australian Bureau of Statistics (Abstract)
Examining retirement, bridge employment and full-time work in a community survey of older Australians: the influence of physical health, mental health and cognitive functioning
Peter Butterworth, Sarah C. Gill, Bryan Rodgers, Kaarin J. Anstey and Timothy Windsor, Centre for Mental Health Research, National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, The Australian National University (Abstract)
Organisational change and older workers' training: evidence from a matched employer-employee survey
Lisa Magnani, School of Economics, UNSW (Abstract) (download available)
Income distribution and social inequalities
Looking at poverty and wellbeing comparatively
Chair: Peter Saunders, Social Policy Research Centre
Family wellbeing in an era of reform: monitoring changes in family wellbeing for different family types in New Zealand between 1981 and 2001
Andrew Sporle, University of Auckland (Abstract)
The role of family and government financial supports in helping Canadian workers avoid poverty
Myriam Fortin, Human Resources and Social Development Department, Canada (Abstract) (download available)
Institutional responses to poverty: Korea’s evolutionary social security System
Yong-Moon Jung, University of Sydney (Abstract) (download available)
Community and place
Housing
Research commissioned by the Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute
Chair: Ian Winter, AHURI
A sustaining tenancies approach to demanding behaviour in public housing
Daphne Habibis, AHURI Southern Research Centre (Abstract) (download available)
Housing social cohesion: do housing policies and housing assistance make a difference to Australian communities?
Wendy Stone and Kath Hulse, AHURI Swinburne-Monash Research Centre (Abstract) (download available)
Indigenous community housing organisations: enhancing capacity in a new indigenous policy context
Karel Eringa, Fred Spring, Mara West, Martin Anda, Paul Memmott and Stephen Long, AHURI Western Australia Research Centre, AHURI Queensland Research Centre, Shelter WA, Relspree Pty Ltd, Mahdijungu Consultancy (Abstract)
Labour market participation and welfare reform
Transitions into employment
Chair: Sol Encel, Social Policy Research Centre
Movements from Welfare to Work: building capital in the next generation
Rebekah Levine Coley, Boston College, U.S. (Abstract)
Mothers’ employment transitions after the birth of a new child: longitudinal analyses using HILDA
Bob Gregory, Prem Thapa and Yu Peng, Research School of Social Sciences, The Australian National University (Abstract)
Social networks and labour market participation in Melbourne
William Mitchell, Anthea Bill, Pip Pattison, Galina Daraganova and Scott Baum., University of Newcastle, University of Melbourne and Griffith University (Abstract)
| Wednesday, 3:00 pm to 3:30 pm |
| Wednesday, 3:30 pm to 5:30 pm |
Citizenship and participation
Ethics, morality and language in a neo-liberal society
Chair: David Abello, Social Policy Research Centre
Radical change or more of the same under neoliberalism? The ‘life course’ of public attitudes towards social citizenship in New Zealand
Louise Humpage, Auckland University (Abstract)
At home in the world: the moral and political language of homelessness
Andrew Hollows, RMIT University and Hanover Welfare Services (Abstract) (download available)
Dialling up disadvantage: ethical issues when a journalist wants to speak to a ‘poor person’.
Ingrid van Steenwyk and Karen Bevan, UnitingCare Burnside (Abstract)
‘Make your own way there’: neo-liberal public policy
Joanne Baker, James Cook University (Abstract)
Organisation and delivery of human services
Child and family support services among Indigenous and non-Indigenous communities
Chair:
From Indigenous child welfare to indigenous community well being
Terri Libesman, University of Technology, Sydney (Abstract)
Participatory evaluation in practice: challenges and early lessons with an Aboriginal-community run centre for Aboriginal boys
Catherine Spooner, Saul Flaxman Colleen Murray, MaryAnn Seymour, Lisa Jackson Pulver, John Howard, and Elizabeth Moore, Social Policy Research Centre, UNSW, Tirkandi Inaburra. Muru Marri Indigenous Health Unit, UNSW, Ted Noffs Foundation, and Centre for Rural Social Research, Charles Sturt University (Abstract) (download available)
Transition to governance: building capacity in an Indigenous community
Fiona Mawson, Miranda Madgwick, Jane Judd and Doseena Fergie, Yarra Valley Community Health Service (Abstract) (download available)
Family support programs and social inclusion: early findings from the evaluation of the Intensive Family Support program at the Womens Centre Cairns
Genevieve Sinclair, James Cook University and Womens Centre, Cairns (Abstract)
Children and young people
Effective support for children in out-of-home care
Chair: Ann Dadich, Social Policy Research Centre
Working towards a guarantee for kids in out-of-home care
Rani Kumar and Linda Frow, UnitingCare Burnside and NSW Council of Social Services (Abstract)
Cost benefit analysis of the Campbelltown Community Service Centre restoration project
Nicola Robinson, NSW Department of Community Services (Abstract) (download available)
Families, work and care
Parenting and work in diverse family forms
Chair: Jacqueline Tudball, Social Policy Research Centre
Housework, babies and divorce: does domestic fairness promote second births and/or relationship survival?
Lyn Craig and Pooja Sawrikar, Social Policy Research Centre, UNSW (Abstract)
Keeping the balance: the experiences of lesbian parents
Margot Rawsthorne, University of Sydney (Abstract)
One decade on: teenage mothers talk about parenting
Ann Evans, The Australian National University (Abstract)
Changes in patterns of post-separation parenting over time
Bruce Smyth, Nick Richardson, Ruth Weston and Lawrie Moloney, Australian National University, Australian Institute of Family Studies and La Trobe University (Abstract)
Retirement and ageing
Ageing well: diversity, economy and community
Chair: Cathy Thomson, Social Policy Research Centre
Baby boomers: are they a new wave?
Sol Encel, Social Policy Research Centre, UNSW (Abstract)
Will Australia’s baby boomers change their retirement plans in line with government calls for later retirement?
Natalie Jackson and Maggie Walter, University of Tasmania (Abstract)
Ulyssean ageing: an alternative model for the third age
Jenny Onyx and Rosemary Leonard, University of Technology, Sydney and the University of Western Sydney (Abstract) (download available)
Building a model of collaboration to help communities age well
Jeni Warburton, Jo-Anne Everingham, Michael Cuthill, Helen Bartlett, The University of Queensland (Abstract)
Income distribution and social inequalities
Social exclusion
Chair: Gerry Redmond, Social Policy Research Centre
Has mutual obligation made life harder for the unemployed? Evidence from two social surveys
Peter Saunders and Yuvisthi Naidoo, Social Policy Research Centre, UNSW (Abstract)
Left out and missing out: deprivation and social exclusion in Australia
Peter Saunders, Yuvisthi Naidoo and Megan Griffiths, Social Policy Research Centre, UNSW (Abstract)
Who are the most vulnerable to financial exclusion?
Sherman Chan, Social Policy Research Centre and the School of Social Science and International Studies, UNSW (Abstract)
Poverty amongst privilege: child social exclusion in Boroondara
Janet Stanley, Kemran Mestan, Chi Wai Ng, Brotherhood of St Laurence (Abstract) (download available)
Citizenship and participation
Disability and participation
Chair: Scott Burrows (Social Policy Research Centre)
Heidegger, Dasein and disability: re-thinking what it means to be ‘human’
Terri Fealy, School of History and Philosophy, UNSW (Abstract)
Citizenship and social participation: opportunities created through the disability independent living movement
Carmel Laragy, La Trobe University (Abstract)
Impact of Chinese disability accommodation support policy on participation
Karen Fisher, Social Policy Research Centre, UNSW (Abstract)
Life expectancy, ageing, disability and demand for disability services
Xingyan Wen, Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (Abstract) (download available)
Labour market participation and welfare reform
Welfare to work
Chair: Sheila Shaver, Emeritus Professor, University of Western Sydney and Social Policy Research Centre
Incentives and capabilities in Australian welfare to work policy
Peter Davidson, Australian Council of Social Services (Abstract) (download available)
Assessing the policy assumptions and lived realities of welfare-to-work transitions
Greg Marston and Catherine McDonald, The University of Queensland, RMIT University (Abstract) (download available)
‘People often say oh bludger or whatever, they don’t try and think what could be going on’: understanding the complexities around labour force participation
Kath Hulse and Lise Saugeres, Institute for Social Research (Abstract) (download available)
Autonomy and capacity building in active income support policies for Australian single parents
Michelle Brady, Department of Sociology, University of Alberta, Canada (Abstract)
| Wednesday, 5:45 pm to 7:00 pm |
| Thursday 12 July |
| Thursday, 9:30 am to 11:00 am |
Citizenship and participation
Participation and disadvantage
Chair: Denise Thompson (Social Policy Research Centre)
Enhancing participation - new possibilities for disadvantaged Australians
Tim Marchant and Peter Howard, Mission Australia and Australian Catholic University (Abstract) (download available)
Citizenship and the social fringe: the significance of marginal and alternative networks and groups
David E. Sprigg, (Abstract) (download available)
Participation is not a simple process
Jeanette Lawrence, The University of Melbourne (Abstract)
Organisation and delivery of human services
Care practice and social diversity
Chair: Ann Dadich, Social Policy Research Centre
The African companions project: building capacity within African refugee communities to prevent alcohol and other drug-related harm
Helen Sowey and Hamed Turay, Drug and Alcohol Multicultural Education Centre (Abstract)
Policy imposed practice change: a critical ethnography of child and family health nursing in NSW
Annie Dullow, University of Newcastle (Abstract)
What makes a ‘good’ care worker? How care coordinators and care workers negotiate professional and personal boundaries.
Jane Mears, Social Justice and Social Change Research Centre, UWS (Abstract)
Children and young people
Policies for child protection in China
Chair: Morris Saldov, Monmouth University
The role of extended families in child care and protection in China
Xiaoyuan Shang, Morris Saldov and Lang Liu, Social Policy Research Centre and Monmouth University, and China Great Encyclopaedia Press (Abstract)
Care or control: an analysis of Chinese welfare provision for the street children
Fucai Cheng, Department of Social Work and Social Administration, The University of Hong Kong (Abstract)
Developing community-based child protection in China
Tingyu Wang, Save the Children UK (Abstract) (download available)
Families, work and care
Gender, care and equity
Chair: Megan Griffiths, Social Policy Research Centre
Families, gender and support for gender equity policies
Rebecca Warner and Brent S. Steel, Oregon State University (Abstract)
The social lives of carers in Australia
Benjamin Edwards, Daryl Higgins and Norbert Zmijewski, Australian Institute of Family Studies and the Australian Government Department of Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs (Abstract)
"Well, you’ve cared for him too much": the current cohabitation rule as an obstacle to caring relationships
Lyndal Sleep, Griffith University (Abstract)
Retirement and ageing
Ageing in community: diversity and disadvantage
Chair: Cathy Thomson, Social Policy Research Centre
‘I know I can’t do what I used to’: factors affecting uptake of community aged care services for older people and their carers.
Lucy Nelms, Victoria Johnson and Karen Teshuva, Brotherhood of St Laurence and La Trobe University (Abstract)
Myth busting 'frail aged': exploring age-related vulnerability in community care clients
Pauline Marsh, Tasmanian Council of Social Service (Abstract) (download available)
Disadvantage among older people: not always what it seems
Sarah Fogg and Barbara Squires, The Benevolent Society (Abstract)
Income distribution and social inequalities
Inequality and education
Chair: Pooja Sawrikar, Social Policy Research Centre
Pathways to learning and social participation: the growing role of learning support programs
Michael Horn, Melbourne Citymission (Abstract) (download available)
Social protection and study-work-life balance among international students: an Australian case study
Danny Ong and Gaby Ramia, Monash University (Abstract)
Constructing knowledge collaboratively: the African positive pathways project
Agnes Dodds and Jane Hunt, The University of Melbourne and Mission Australia (Abstract)
Citizenship and participation
Mental health/Youth sexual health
Chair: Lyn Craig, Social Policy Research Centre
Challenging the disabling nature of mental illness: the evaluation results of the Housing and Accommodation Support Initiative (HASI)
Kristy Muir, Karen Fisher, David Abello, and Ann Dadich, Social Policy Research Centre, UNSW (Abstract)
Living with mental illness: perceptions, attitudes and challenges
Cris Abbu and Jacqueline Nelson, Wesley Mission (Abstract)
Youth 'at risk'? Young people, sexual health and social inequality
Anastasia Powell, School of Political Science, Criminology and Sociology, The University of Melbourne (Abstract)
Labour market participation and welfare reform
Workshop on researching the impact of welfare to work reforms
Chair: Paul Henman, UQ
Understanding the impact of Welfare to Work reforms: a networking workshop
Paul Henman, Greg Marston and Rose Melville, Social Policy Unit, University of Queensland (Abstract)
| Thursday, 11:00 am to 11:30 am |
| Thursday, 11:30 am to 12:30 pm |
Plenary Session
Plenary Session
Chair: Dr Lyn Craig, Social Policy Research Centre, UNSW
Governing work life intersections in Australia over the life course: policy and prospects
Professor Barbara Pocock, Director of the Centre for Work+Life, University of South Australia (Abstract) (download available)
| Thursday, 12:30 pm to 1:30 pm |
| Thursday, 1:00 pm to 1:30 pm |
Retirement and ageing
Book Launch: Longevity and Social Change in Australia, edited by Allan Borowski, Sol Encel and Elizabeth Ozanne
To be launched by the Hon. Kristine Keneally MP, NSW Minister for Ageing and Disability Services
Open
Chinese social policy: an informal discussion
Chinese social policy: an informal discussion
(Abstract)
| Thursday, 1:30 pm to 3:00 pm |
Citizenship and participation
Civic participation
Chair: Denise Thompson (Social Policy Research Centre)
From deficit to disenfranchisement: rethinking youth participation
Kathy Edwards, Faculty of Education and Social Work, University of Sydney (Abstract)
To cast a vote: homelessness and disenfranchisement
Violet Kolar, Hanover Welfare Services (Abstract)
Correlates and consequences of civic literacy among American youth
Brent S. Steel and Rebecca Warner, Oregon State University (Abstract)
Organisation and delivery of human services
Evaluation of community development strategies
Chair: Catherine Spooner, Social Policy Research Centre
The national evaluation of the Stronger Families and Communities Strategy 2004-2008
Joy Russo and Ilan Katz, Stronger Families and Communities Strategy Consortium (Abstract) (download available)
Learning the lesson of working together: using pathways to prevention as a case study for evaluating institutional change
Kate Freiberg, Sara Branch and Ross Homel, Key Centre for Ethics, Law, Justice and Governance, Griffith University (Abstract)
Implementation of the facilitating partner model in the Communities for Children program: early learnings
Christiane Purcal, Catherine Spooner and Cathy Thomson, Social Policy Research Centre, UNSW (Abstract)
Organisation and delivery of human services
Child safety, child welfare and child care
Chair: kylie valentine, Social Policy Research Centre
Working with or against each other? How statutory and non-statutory child welfare workers perceive their relationships with each others’ agencies.
Gabrielle Meagher and Karen Healy, University of Sydney and University of Queensland (Abstract)
Housing assistance as a contributor to child safety: building a child protection system
Peter Young, Christina Benham and Leisa Milla, Department of Housing (Abstract)
The rise of the for-profit child care sector: implications for choosing quality child care in a regional community
Nonie Harris, James Cook University (Abstract)
Early childhood
Early child wellbeing, parental employment and time
Chair: Morris Saldov, Monmouth University
Latest information from Growing Up in Australia: the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children
Carol Soloff, Australian Institute of Family Studies (Abstract)
The Australian Time Use Survey of New Mothers
Julie Smith and Mark Ellwood, Australian Centre for Economic Research on Health, ANU and Pace Productivity Inc., Canada (Abstract)
The influence of parental employment on how children spend their day
Jude Brown, University of New England (Abstract)
Multiple Themes
Locational disadvantage/Juvenile justice
Chair: Bruce Bradbury, Social Policy Research Centre
The geography of child disadvantage: a measure of child social exclusion risk at the small area level
Ann Harding, Justine McNamara, Rob Tanton, Mandy Yap and Anne Daly, NATSEM (Abstract)
Socio-economic indexes for individuals and families: exploring the ecological fallacy of Socio-Economic Indexes for Areas
Joanne Baker and Pramod Adhikari, Australian Bureau of Statistics (Abstract)
Juvenile justice supervision in Australia
Ingrid Johnston and Rachel Aalders, Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (Abstract)
Retirement and ageing
Special session of papers from the book 'Longevity and Social Change'
Chair: Bettina Cass, Social Policy Research Centre
The politics of ageing : longevity and social change in Australia
Elizabeth Ozanne, The University of Melbourne (Abstract)
Longevity and social change
Allan Borowski, School of Social Work and Social Policy, La Trobe University (Abstract)
A critique of the intergenerational reports
Sol Encel, Social Policy Research Centre, UNSW (Abstract)
Labour market participation and welfare reform
Youth employment transitions
Chair: Bob Davidson, Social Policy Research Centre
Australia, France and the United Kingdom: helping youth into the labour market: a community responsibility to maintain social cohesion?
Sophie Koppe, University of Bordeaux (Abstract) (download available)
Employment in Ngukurr: values and concepts of work
Eva McRae-Williams, Charles Darwin University (Abstract)
Sweet 16: life chances and school to work transitions
Janet Taylor and Lucy Nelms, Brotherhood of St Laurence (Abstract) (download available)
| Thursday, 3:00 pm to 3:30 pm |
| Thursday, 3:30 pm to 5:00 pm |
Forum
Advocacy and consumer participation
Chair: Andrew McCallum, CEO Association of Children's Welfare Agencies (ACWA)
Elena Katrakis, Chief Executive Office, Carers NSW
Annette Michaux, Director, Executive Strategy Unit, Benevolent Society
Michael Raper, Director, Welfare Rights Centre and President, National Welfare Rights Network Australia
Forum
Building family and community capacities: policies that make a difference for children and families facing economic adversity
Chair: Professor Ilan Katz, Social Policy Research Centre, UNSW
Professor Ross Homel, Director, Key Centre for Ethics, Law, Justice and Governance
Adjunct Professor Don Weatherburn, Director, NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research
Professor Jeanne Brooks-Gunn, Virginia and Leonard Marx Professor in Child Development and Education, Columbia University
Forum
Australia's demographic challenges
Organised in conjunction with the ARC/NHMRC Research Network in Ageing Well (Productivity and Economic Security Theme)
Chair: Professor Peter Saunders, Social Policy Research Centre, UNSW
Professor Linda Rosenman, Deputy Vice Chancellor (Research and Region) Victoria University
Professor Julian Disney, Director, Social Justice Project, UNSW
Profesor Peter McDonald, Director, Australian Demographic and Social Research Institute, Australian National University
Phil Gallagher, Senior Executive Manager, Retirement and Income Modelling Unit, Commonwealth Treasury
Forum
Rethinking Indigenous policies and programs: building community strengths and social resilience
Chair: Mrs Sally Goold OAM, Chairperson of the Congress of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Nurses
Dr Tim Rowse, Research School of Social Sciences, The Australian National University
Colleen Murray, Executive Officer, Tirkandi Inaburra Cultural and Development Centre
Heidi Norman, Jumbunna Indigenous House of Learning, University of Technology, Sydney
| Thursday, 7:00 pm to 7:15 pm |
| Thursday, 7:30 pm to 11:00 pm |
After-dinner speaker
Ross Gittins, Sydney Morning Herald
| Thursday, 11:00 pm to 11:00 pm |
| Friday 13 July |
| Friday, 9:30 am to 11:00 am |
Retirement and ageing
Population ageing: families, divorce and superannuation
Chair: Bruce Bradbury, Social Policy Research Centre
The treatment of superannuation on divorce in Australia
Grania Sheehan, April Chrzanowski and John Dewar, Griffith University (Abstract)
Financial circumstances of divorced mothers relative to married mothers: is the gap narrowing?
Lixia Qu, Ruth Weston and Robyn Parker, Australian Institute of Family Studies (Abstract)
Divorce and the wellbeing of older Australians
David de Vaus, Matthew Gray, Lixia Qu and David Stanton, La Trobe University, Australian Institute of Family Studies and Australian National University (Abstract) (download available)
Organisation and delivery of human services
Influences on policy and practice in service delivery
Chair: Christiane Purcal, Social Policy Research Centre
Advocacy in the age of compacts: the effect of funding models
Jenny Onyx, Bronwen Dalton, John Casey, Rose Melville and Robin Banks, University of Technology, Charles Sturt University, University of Queensland and PIAC (Abstract) (download available)
Administering individualisation: competing logics of social service delivery in Australian welfare reform
Cosmo Howard, University of Victoria, Canada (Abstract) (download available)
We know what to do but we don’t always do it - aligning policy and practice.
Jan Patterson, Social Inclusion Unit Department of the Premier and Cabinet, South Australia (Abstract) (download available)
Children and young people
Child protection policies and outcomes for children in State care
Chair: Ciara Smyth, (Social Policy Research Centre)
Re-thinking issues of safety: challenging orthodoxy
Elizabeth Rowe and Charles Waldegrave, Elizabeth Rowe Consulting and Family Centre Social Policy Research Unit (Abstract)
Academic performance of children in the care of the state: how do they compare?
Nicole Hunter and Sushma Mathur, Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (Abstract) (download available)
Transitioning from the state care system: the impacts of in-care experiences on the post-care outcomes for young people leaving care
Badal Moslehuddin and Philip Mendes, Department of Social Work, Monash University (Abstract) (download available)
Early childhood
Evaluations of early intervention programs
Chair: Kristy Muir, Social Policy Research Centre
Partnerships in Early Childhood: preliminary findings from the evaluation
Greg Antcliff, Linda Harrison, Tom Longden, Cathy Thomson and kylie valentine, Benevolent Society, Charles Sturt University, and Social Policy Research Centre, UNSW (Abstract)
Impact and sustainability of a brief early parenting intervention for parents and young children facing social and economic disadvantage
Jan Nicholson, Donna Berthelsen, Julie Wallace, Vicky Abad and Kate Williams, Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne and School of Early Childhood, Centre for Learning Innovation, Queensland University of Technology. (Abstract)
A positive start: factors associated with positive parenting and the social inclusion of young children at risk of disability
Eric Emerson and Gwynnyth Llewellyn, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Sydney (Abstract)
Organisation and delivery of human services
Service delivery in local contexts
Chair: Bob Davidson, Social Policy Research Centre
The Working Together in Minto Place Management Project: lessons learned and implications for practice
David Lilley and Martin Stewart-Weeks, NSW Department of Housing and Cisco Systems (Abstract)
Understanding and building resilience in the South West
Deborah Costello, Injury Control Council of Western Australia Inc (Abstract) (download available)
The tyranny of distance and domestic violence: a challenge for human services in rural and regional NSW
Santi Owen, University of New England (Abstract)
Income distribution and social inequalities
Causes of social disadvantage
Chair: Scott Burrows, Social Policy Research Centre
Indigenous victims of violent crime: an exploratory analysis of risk and protection factors
Lucy Snowball and Don Weatherburn, NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research (Abstract) (download available)
Cumulative causation and the Productivity Commission’s framework for overcoming indigenous disadvantage?
Boyd Hunter, Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research (Abstract) (download available)
Mortality of children and parental disadvantage
Peng Yu, Research and Analysis Branch, Australia Government Department of Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs (Abstract) (download available)
Community and place
Housing assistance and affordable housing
Chair: Karen Fisher, Social Policy Research Centre
The 2003 Commonwealth State Housing Agreement: who receives assistance and what impact has it had on their lives?
Tracie Ennis, Melinda Petrie, Janice Miller, Justin Griffin and Diane Gibson, Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (Abstract)
Access to your living space: considering affordability and public housing provision
Emma Allen and Beth Cook, University of Newcastle (Abstract)
Labour market participation and welfare reform
Overcoming long-term unemployment and disadvantage
Chair: Ann Dadich, Social Policy Research Centre
Employment retention and advancement of disadvantaged jobseekers
Rosanna Scutella and Leanne Ellis, Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research and The Brotherhood of St Laurence (Abstract) (download available)
How effective is the Personal Support Programme?
Daniel Perkins, Brotherhood of St Laurence (Abstract)
What is stopping the very long term unemployed (VLTU) from getting a job?
Louise Ward and Lisa Fowkes, Job Futures (Abstract)
| Friday, 11:00 am to 11:30 am |
| Friday, 11:30 am to 12:30 pm |
Plenary Session
Plenary Session
Chair: Professor Bettina Cass, Social Policy Research Centre, UNSW
Shifting child-care policies and practices in Western Europe: is there a case for developing a global ethic of care?
Professor Fiona Williams, School of Sociology and Social Policy, University of Leeds (Abstract) (download available)
| Friday, 12:30 pm to 2:00 pm |
| Friday, 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm |
Open
An Australasian Social Policy Association?
Open discussion
| Friday, 2:00 pm to 3:30 pm |
Citizenship and participation
Cultural diversity
Chair: Ciara Smyth, Social Policy Research Centre
Culture, multiculturalism and welfare state citizenship
Sheila Shaver, Visiting Professor, Social Policy Research Centre, UNSW (Abstract) (download available)
A level playing field? Culturally and linguistically diverse women’s perspectives on sport and recreation
Natasha Cortis, Pooja Sawrikar and Kristy Muir, Social Policy Research Centre, UNSW (Abstract)
Migration and motherhood: the importance of support networks
Kylie Sait, Centre for Research on Social Inclusion (CRSI), Macquarie University (Abstract)
Organisation and delivery of human services
Homelessness
Chair: Yuvisthi Naidoo, Social Policy Research Centre
Measuring the impacts of SAAP-funded homelessness services on client ‘self-reliance’: conceptual and methodological challenges
Tony Eardley, Ann Dadich, Denise Thompson and Bettina Cass, Social Policy Research Centre, University of New South Wales (Abstract)
Improving outcomes for homeless jobseekers: the YP4 experience
Marty Grace and Louise Coventry, Victoria University and YP4 (Abstract) (download available)
The effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of homelessness programs
Paul Flatau, AHURI Western Australia Research Centre (Abstract) (download available)
Children and young people
Children as actors in social policy
Chair: Janet Taylor, The Brotherhood of St Laurence
Children’s agency and the welfare state
Gerry Redmond, Social Policy Research Centre, UNSW (Abstract)
2PIC: young people and social policy: narrative filmmaking
Simon Ruth, Peninsula Health (Abstract)
New light on the overscheduled child controversy: evidence on children’s activities and children’s outcomes from the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children
Michael Bittman and Jude Brown, University of New England (Abstract)
Families, work and care
Work-life balance
Chair: Deborah Brennan, University of Sydney
Diversity and work-life balance policies - an opportunity to progress gender equality?
Dalia Ben-Galim, Department of Social Policy and Social Work, University of Oxford (Abstract)
His and hers jobs: when the quality of partners' jobs matter
Megan Shipley, Lyndall Strazdins, Dorothy Broom, and Rebecca Matthews, National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, The Australian National University (Abstract) (download available)
Part-time work and academic careers: constraints and opportunities
Cathy Thomson, kylie valentine, Trish Hill, and Sharni Chan, Social Policy Research Centre, UNSW (Abstract)
Community and place
Locational influences on family and child outcomes
Chair: Kate Cummings, Social Policy Research Centre
Neighborhood influences on young children’s emotional and behavioral problems and prosocial behavior: evidence from an Australian national sample
Benjamin Edwards and Leah M. Bromfield, Australian Institute of Family Studies (Abstract)
Young families who relocate to non-metropolitan areas: exploring policy responses for promoting social inclusion
Karen Healy, Wendy Hillman, Margot Rawsthorne, Anne Hampshire, Annette Michaux, and Ted Smeaton, School of Social Work and Applied Human Sciences, The University of Queensland (Abstract)
Dealing with disadvantage: community, place and resilience in girls’ identity work
Dorothy Bottrell, University of Sydney (Abstract) (download available)
Income distribution and social inequalities
Equity, social policy and politics
Chair: Karen Fisher, Social Policy Research Centre
Equity in response to climate change
Michael Raper, Welfare Rights Centre (Abstract)
Federal cabinet and social policy in the Keating and Howard administrations
Michael Wearing, University of New South Wales (Abstract)
Towards productive welfare? A comparative analysis of welfare state effort in 18 OECD countries
John Hudson and Stefan Kuhner, Department of Social Policy & Social Work, University of York (Abstract) (download available)
Organisation and delivery of human services
Service provision and new technologies
Chair: Bruce Bradbury, Social Policy Research Centre
Developing an integrated GIS approach to health and human services
Hamish Robertson, Nick Nicholas, GA (Tony) Broe, Ageing Research Centre and Prince of Wales Medical Research Institute and Faculty of Medicine (Abstract) (download available)
E-government and the delivery of welfare: why technology matters
Paul Henman, School of Social Work and Applied Human Sciences, Univeersity of Queensland (Abstract)
Building community capacity through e-consultation: Darebin e-forum
Monika Merkes, Lucas Walsh and Jackie Bailey, Coordinator, Social Policy and Research, Strategy and Governance Department of the Darebin City Council, Research Fellow, Deakin University; Research Analyst, Australia Council for the Arts (Abstract)
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