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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 (Paper available for download)
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 (Paper available for download)
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
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 (Paper available for download)
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 (Paper available for download)
The effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of homelessness programs
Paul Flatau
AHURI Western Australia Research Centre
Abstract (Paper available for download)
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 (Paper available for download)
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 (Paper available for download)
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