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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
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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 (Paper available for download)
Cumulative causation and the Productivity Commission’s framework for overcoming indigenous disadvantage?
Boyd Hunter
Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research
Abstract (Paper available for download)
Mortality of children and parental disadvantage
Peng Yu
Research and Analysis Branch, Australia Government Department of Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs
Abstract (Paper available for download)
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 (Paper available for download)
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
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 (Paper available for download)
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 (Paper available for download)
Administering individualisation: competing logics of social service delivery in Australian welfare reform
Cosmo Howard
University of Victoria, Canada
Abstract (Paper available for download)
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 (Paper available for download)
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 (Paper available for download)
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 (Paper available for download)
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 (Paper available for download)
The tyranny of distance and domestic violence: a challenge for human services in rural and regional NSW
Santi Owen
University of New England
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