Notes.
The 2009 Australian Social Policy Conference has now taken place. A selection of papers are available for download (indicated by 'download available').
The symbol [R] before a paper title means that was accepted via a double blind peer review process.
| Tuesday 7 July |
| Tuesday, 9:00 am to 5:00 pm |
Chinese social policy (pre-conference workshop)
Chinese Social Policy
Chair:
Welcome
Professor Richard Henry, Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic)
Introduction and Overview
Peter Saunders, Social Policy Research Centre
Sustaining pension reform in China
Peter Whiteford and Xin Yi, Social Policy Research Centre (Abstract)
Features of a Social Policy Framework and Development Strategy of Social Welfare in China
Liu Jitong, Department of Health Policy and Management, Peking University (Abstract)
Social Inclusion in Taiwan: A Preliminary Subjective Investigation under the Framework of Social Quality
Lih_Rong Wang, Social Policy Research Center, National Taiwan University (Abstract)
The absent role of the State: analysis of social support to older people with disability in rural China
Karen Fisher, Xiaoyuan Shang and Li Zhengang, Social Policy Research Centre, UNSW (Abstract) (download available)
A Profile of Aged Population in China: Results from 2000 and 2006 Sample Surveys of the Aged Population in Urban/Rural China
Guo Ping and Liu Fang, China Research Centre on Ageing (Abstract)
Empowerment for people with disablities (rights-based programmes for PWDs)
Tingyu Wang, Leonard Cheshire Disability (Abstract)
Child protection systems in rural China: interagency responses
Ilan Katz, Yahua Zhang and Xiaoyuan Shang, Social Policy Research Centre, UNSW (Abstract)
Future research and collaboration opportunities
Karen Fisher, Social Policy Research Centre
Closing summary
Xiaoyuan Shang, Social Policy Research Centre
| Wednesday 8 July |
| Wednesday, 11:00 am to 12:30 pm |
Plenary Session
Opening Session
Chair: Ilan Katz, SPRC
Welcome to country
Uncle Norm Newlin,
Welcome
Professor Fred Hilmer AO, Vice-chancellor and President, UNSW
Opening Address
Her Excellency Ms Quentin Bryce AC, Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia
UK experience of tackling complex disadvantage
Naomi Eisenstadt, Director of the Social Exclusion Task Force, UK Cabinet Office (Abstract) (download available)
| Wednesday, 1:30 pm to 3:00 pm |
Social exclusion and economic inequalities
Relationship breakdown and women's incomes
Chair: Roger Patulny
[R] The ‘quintessential problem debtor’? Mother-led households in economic hard times
Maureen Baker, University of Auckland (Abstract) (download available)
The effect of relationship breakdown on poverty and social exclusion: the impact of stability of income and control over household expenditure
David de Vaus, Matthew Gray, Lixia Qu and David Stanton, La Trobe University, Australian Institute of Family Studies and Australian National University (Abstract)
Addressing abused women’s financial security: securing safer outcomes
Rochelle Braaf and Emily Hamilton, Australian Domestic and Family Violence Clearinghouse, UNSW (Abstract)
Children, young people and families
Child support and family well-being
Chair: Ching Choi
Patterns of post-separation parenting, family dynamics and family wellbeing among separated parents registered with the Child Support Agency: a pre-reform snapshot and plan for post-reform investigation
Bruce Smyth, Bryan Rodgers, Jeremy Temple, Marian Esler and Allan Shephard (CSA), Australian National University; Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs; and Child Support Agency (Abstract)
[R] The use of child support money in meeting housing costs.
Kristin Natalier, School of Sociology and Social Work, University of Tasmania (Abstract) (download available)
Private collect arrangements and child support
Maria Vnuk, Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs (Abstract)
Identity, diversity and citizenship
Framing the debate on politics and ideology
Chair: Lyn Craig
[R] ‘Beyond left and right’ or ‘the end of ideology’? Comparing two discourses
Denise Thompson, Social Policy Research Centre (Abstract) (download available)
Social inclusion/exclusion: a faulty paradigm for a strong welfare state?
Ruth Phillips, University of Sydney (Abstract)
Seduced and Abandoned
David Patricia Abelló, Social Policy Research Centre, UNSW (Abstract)
Housing, place and the environment
Homelessness, mental health and disability
Chair: Kristy Muir
Are the homeless mentally ill?
Guy Johnson and Chris Chamberlain, RMIT University (Abstract) (download available)
What policy approaches are needed to ensure that people with psychiatric disabilities have access to appropriate housing?
Sam Battams, Flinders University of South Australia (Abstract) (download available)
Facilitators and barriers in Australian disability housing and support policies: using a human rights framework
Sarah Parker and Karen Fisher, Department of Disability & Human Development, University of Illinois at Chicago, and Social Policy Research Centre, UNSW (Abstract) (download available)
Labour market participation and welfare reform
Taxes and transfers
Chair: Trish Hill
[R] A generation of change, a lifetime of difference? Model lifetime analysis of changes in the British Welfare State since 1979
Martin Evans and Lewis Willams, Department of Social Policy and Social Work, University of Oxford (Abstract) (download available)
Applying gender equality to the Australian tax transfer system
Helen Hodgson, ATAX, UNSW (Abstract)
Australian tax-transfer policy in comparative perspective
Peter Whiteford, Social Policy Research Centre (Abstract)
Children, young people and families
School entry
Chair: Jennifer Skattebol
Does it matter at what age children start school in Australia? Investigating the effects of school starting age on six-year old children’s outcomes
Ben Edwards, Mario Fiorini and Matt Taylor, Australian Institute of Family Studies and University of Technology, Sydney (Abstract)
Child care influences on children’s adjustment and achievement in the first year of school
Jennifer Bowes, Linda Harrison, Alan Taylor, Naomi Sweller and Catherine Neilsen-Hewett, Institute of Early Childhood (Abstract)
Home to school transitions for financially disadvantaged children: findings from Growing up in Australia, the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children
Diana Smart, Ann Sanson, Jenny Baxter, Ben Edwards and Alan Hayes, Australian Institute of Family Studies and University of Melbourne (Abstract)
Organisation and delivery of human services
Panel discussion on measuring social impact
Chair: Annette Michaux
Measuring social impact: the state of evaluation in Australia from a non-profit perspective
Annette Michaux and Rob Simons, The Benevolent Society and The Smith Family (Abstract)
| Wednesday, 3:30 pm to 5:30 pm |
Social exclusion and economic inequalities
Disability and social exclusion
Chair: Karen Fisher
The geography of disability and economic disadvantage
Louise O’Rance, Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (Abstract)
Disability and community life: does regional living enhance social participation?
Samara McPhedran, Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs (Abstract)
Social inclusion among young people with a disability
Peng Yu, Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs (Abstract)
Inclusion is ... / inclusion is not...: the lived experience for people with disabilities
Josey McMahon, Queenslanders with Disability Network (Abstract)
Labour market participation and welfare reform
Employment services
Chair: Elizabeth Adamson
The wheel turns again - recession, long term unemployment and public policy
Peter Davidson, Australian Council of Social Service and post-graduate student, Social Policy Research Centre, UNSW (Abstract)
Flexibility and regulation: 10 years of Job Network frontline services
Siobhan O'Sullivan, Mark Considine and Jenny Lewis, University of Melbourne (Abstract)
Employment services for tough times
Louise Ward, Job Futures (Abstract)
'It’s easier to be a policeman than an unlocker of dreams': successful employment strategies in a deeply excluded area
Julia Perry and Frances Jamieson, (Abstract)
Children, young people and families
Early intervention, child rights and community care
Chair: Fiona Hilferty
Partnerships to develop early intervention and prevention: the Let’s Start project in urban, regional and remote contexts of the NT
Gary Robinson*, Yomei Jones*, Kate McGuinness*, Stephen R Zubrick** and, Sven R Silburn***, Charles Darwin University; **Curtin University of Technology and the Telethon Institute for Child Health Research, ***Menzies School of Health Research. (Abstract)
The Brighter Futures program in New South Wales - interim findings
Kathy Tannous, Fiona Hilferty and Megan Griffiths, Social Policy Research Centre, UNSW (Abstract)
[R] Rights of children and kinship foster care in China
Xiaoyuan Shang and Morris Saldov, Social Policy Research Centre (Abstract)
Self-directed care and individual budgets: transforming provider-centred service systems to person-centred systems in community care
Vern Hughes, National Federation of Parents, Families and Carers (Abstract)
Children, young people and families
Early childhood, health and development
Chair: Deborah Brennan
Whom do we reach? Exploring health and community service use by Australian families with young children
Tamara Blakemore and Megan Shipley, Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs (Abstract)
[R] Tensions and challenges in Australia’s early years field: views from the inside
Natasha Cortis and Brian Head, Social Policy Research Centre (UNSW) and the Institute for Social Science Research (University of Queensland) (Abstract) (download available)
Identifying high quality centre-based childcare using quantitative data sets: what the numbers do and don’t tell us
Marianne Fenech, Naomi Sweller and Linda Harrison, Institute of Early Childhood, Macquarie University and Charles Sturt University (Abstract)
Maternal employment and overweight children: an Australian study
Anna Zhu, Social Policy Research Centre (Abstract)
Social exclusion and economic inequalities
Thinking about social inclusion
Chair: Pooja Sawrikar
Transformative or a new hegemonic discourse?
Kay Turner, SDN Child and Family Services (Abstract)
Resisting ‘class’-based distinctions in a ‘classless’ society? Talking to New Zealanders about social citizenship
Louise Humpage, University of Auckland (Abstract)
Perspectives from below the ceiling: conceptualising gender inequality in higher education leadership in the context of change.
Joanne Pyke, Victoria University (Abstract)
Deservingness: perceptions of who has gained in Australia’s new welfare state
Shaun Wilson, Gabrielle Meagher and Kerstin Hermes, Macquarie University, University of Sydney, Macquarie University (Abstract)
Children, young people and families
Young people's perspectives and experiences
Chair: kylie valentine
I’m just helping out the family: profiling hidden young carers
Cathy Thomson, Trish Hill, Ciara Smyth and Bettina Cass, Social Policy Research Centre, UNSW (Abstract)
Young people’s experiences of economic adversity
Jen Skattebol and Megan Griffiths, Social Policy Research Centre, UNSW (Abstract)
"Shit that normal people do": using young peoples’ voices to create a qualitative scale for measuring young peoples’ progress in treatment
Mandy Wilson, Sherry Saggers, Helen Wildy and Carmen Acosta, National Drug Research Institute, Curtin University of Technology, University of Western Australia and Mission Australia (Abstract)
Young people and the juvenile justice system: a research, policy and practice disconnect?
Jioji Ravulo, Anne Hampshire and Prue Burns, Mission Australia (Abstract)
Children, young people and families
Work and family
Chair: Bina Gubhaju
Struggling to keep the balance: work-life experience of Australian mothers in paid work between 2000 and 2005
Ibolya Losoncz, Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs (Abstract)
[R] 'The policeman and the part-time sales assistant': household labour supply, family time and subjective time pressure in Australia 1997-2006
Lyn Craig and Killian Mullan, Social Policy Research Centre, UNSW (Abstract)
Investing in working families: which policies promote the best balance of time and money for parents and children?
Michael Bittman and Jenny Chalmers, University of New England (Abstract)
International work-family policies: what do they mean for Australia?
Jennifer Baxter, Jennifer Renda and Matthew Gray, Australian Institute of Family Studies (Abstract)
| Thursday 9 July |
| Thursday, 9:30 am to 11:00 am |
Organisation and delivery of human services
Client-centred service delivery
Chair: Sandra Gendera
Tensions between purported aims of healthcare policy in Australia and the delivery of health care services
Connie Donato-Hunt and Ian Flaherty, Drug and Alcohol Multicultural Education Centre (Abstract) (download available)
From support to prevention: policies and services for young carers
Christiane Purcal, Bettina Cass, Myra Hamilton, Cathy Thomson and Deborah Brennan, Social Policy Research Centre (Abstract)
Comparative conceptualisation of disability and aged support services as a right, intrusion and complement to other support in Australia and Sweden
Carmel Laragy, Karen Fisher and Elisabet Cedersund, RMIT, Social Policy Research Centre, UNSW, and Jönköping University (Abstract) (download available)
Organisation and delivery of human services
The human services workforce
Chair: Gabrielle Meagher
The non-profit community services workforce: towards capacity and sustainability
Sharni Chan, Natasha Cortis, Fiona Hilferty and Kathy Tannous, Social Policy Research Centre, UNSW (Abstract)
The para-professionalisation of Australia’s community services sector: an analysis of contemporary employment patterns
Bob Lonne and Karen Healy, Queensland University of Technology and University of Queensland (Abstract) (download available)
How are local or situated knowledge and expertise in the non-profit sector faring under the purchase-of-service model?
Peri O’Shea, Michael Darcy and Rosemary Leonard, Social Justice & Social Change Research Centre (Abstract)
Social exclusion and economic inequalities
Dimensions of inclusion/exclusion
Chair: Sara Graham
Social inclusion through community embedded, socially supported university education (CESS)
Peter Howard and Tim Marchant, Australian Catholic University and Mission Australia (Abstract)
Telecommunications and social inclusion: new approaches to accessibility and affordability
Tony Eardley, Gerard Goggin and Jasmine Bruce, Social Policy Research Centre and Journalism and Media Research Centre, UNSW (Abstract) (download available)
[R] Can measures of disadvantage perpetuate the problems they seek to solve? A discussion of the use of car ownership as a variable in multidimensional measures of disadvantage
Victoria Johnson, Graham Currie and Janet Stanley, Monash University (Abstract) (download available)
Identity, diversity and citizenship
Identity, language and exclusion
Chair: Patrick Dodson
[R] How useful is the term ‘culturally and linguistically diiverse’ (CALD) in Australian research and policy discourse?
Pooja Sawrikar and Ilan Katz, Social Policy Research Centre, UNSW (Abstract) (download available)
Urban Indigenous Australians: segregation and inclusion
Nicholas Biddle, Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research, Australian National University (Abstract)
Open
Disadvantage and children's rights
Chair: Samia Michail
Children’s right to development: how should we interpret ‘fullest potential’?
Gerry Redmond, Social Policy Research Centre (Abstract)
The Developmental Systems Framework for developmental prevention in disadvantaged communities: moving from small scale demonstrations to large scale practice
Ross Homel, Griffith Institute for Social and Behavioural Research (Abstract)
The ‘D’ word: responding to disadvantage within a universal and integrated service model for children and families
Sally Cowling and Trish Brown, UnitingCare Children, Young People and Families (Abstract)
Children, young people and families
Families at risk
Chair: Robyn Edwards
Moving forward: women’s journeys after leaving an abusive relationship. Implications for policy and practice in Australia
Genevieve Nelson, Kate Spalding, Judith Teicke and Melina Isgro-Rarp, The Benevolent Society (Abstract)
Protecting the 'good family': The child discipline debate in New Zealand
Anita Easton, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand (Abstract) (download available)
Children, young people and families
Parents and children
Chair: Ching Choi
What event matters? Exploring the relationship between stressful events and psychological distress in mothers of infants
Annemarie Nicol, Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs (Abstract)
Parenting in place: exploring parenting behaviours and socioeconomic position in the context of neighbourhoods
Megan Shipley and Tamara Blakemore, Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs (Abstract)
The experience of families around diagnosis of a child with Autism Spectrum Disorder: finding from a qualitative study
Marianne Rajkovic and kylie valentine, Social Policy Research Centre (Abstract)
| Thursday, 11:30 am to 12:30 pm |
Plenary Session
Plenary Session
Chair: Bettina Cass, SPRC
Including the marginalised - social inclusion and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples
Tom Calma, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner and Race Discrimination Commissioner, Australian Human Rights Commission (Abstract)
| Thursday, 1:30 pm to 3:30 pm |
Community, social participation and care
Fostering communities
Chair: Deborah Brennan
[R] Creating inclusive rural communities: grass roots perspectives on the opportunities and challenges
Margot Rawsthorne, University of Sydney (Abstract) (download available)
Transition support: helping older carers and their families - summary of findings
Margaret Skillman, Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs (Abstract)
Research to practice in community aged care
Jarrah Hoffmann-Ekstein and Annette Michaux, The Benevolent Society (Abstract) (download available)
[R] Different types of community networks
Jenny Onyx, Nina Burridge and Ellen Baker, Cosmopolitan Civil Societies Research Centre, University of Technology. Sydney (Abstract) (download available)
Labour market participation and welfare reform
Employment for disadvantaged groups
Chair: Megan Blaxland
The impact of Mutual Obligation on mature age NewStart Allowance recipients: a program evaluation
Hazel Lim, National Centre for Social and Economic Modelling (NATSEM) (Abstract)
[R] Disability and employment: the interface with income support policies
Greg Marston, Jeremy Moss and Sarah Lantz, University of Melbourne and University of Queensland (Abstract) (download available)
[R] Is career advancement important to disadvantaged jobseekers? Analysis of a large survey of disadvantaged jobseekers
Daniel Perkins, Lauren Tyrrell and Rosanna Scutella, Melbourne Institute and Brotherhood of St Laurence (Abstract) (download available)
Workfirst policies and mental health: employment is not a magic bullet
Peter Butterworth and Liana Leach, Centre for Mental Health Research, Australian Narional University (Abstract)
Retirement and ageing
Retirement choices and constraints
Chair: Myra Hamilton
Which of Australia’s baby boomers expect to delay their retirement? An occupational overview
Natalie Jackson and Maggie Walter, School of Sociology and Social Work, University of Tasmania (Abstract) (download available)
Towards small area indicators of well-being for older Australians: concepts and issues
Riyana Miranti, Alicia Payne and Justine McNamara, Nationl Centre for Social and Economic Modelling, University of Canberra (Abstract)
The Brotherhood’s Social Barometer on Retirement and Ageing
Helen Kimberley, Brotherhood of St Laurence (Abstract)
Time banking for a more socially inclusive retirement
Jill Miller, Australian National University (Abstract)
Housing, place and the environment
Homelessness
Chair: Killian Mullan
The risk and prevalence of homelessness: implications for research and policy
Andrew Hollows, Hanover Welfare Services (Abstract)
Understanding public erceptions and attitudes to homelessness in Australia
Deb Batterham, Hanover Welfare Services (Abstract)
The experiences of young people: how do their living arrangements impact?
Anne Hampshire, Kathryn Di Nicola and Susie Scherf, Mission Australia (Abstract)
Housing agencies’ roles in preparing for and responding to natural disasters
Stewart Williams and Keith Jacobs, University of Tasmania (Abstract)
Identity, diversity and citizenship
Indigenous identity in social policy research
Chair: Saul Flaxman
Aboriginal mothers as outsiders
Leanne Cutcher and Talila Milroy, University of Sydney (Abstract)
[R] Conflict and collaboration: a sociology of knowledge production in the field of Indigenous Studies
Benjamin L. Kelly, Nura Gili Indigenous Programs, UNSW (Abstract) (download available)
[R] Indigenous education and social policy development in NSW
Tessa Keenan, Nura Gili Indigenous Programs, UNSW (Abstract) (download available)
Wellbeing and equality in Indigenous policy: is the pursuit of statistical equality compatible with Indigenous wellbeing?
Kirrily Jordan, Hannah Bulloch and Geoff Buchanan, Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research, Australian National University (Abstract)
Social exclusion and economic inequalities
Measurement of social inclusion/exclusion
Chair: Tony Eardley
Still doing it tough: an update on deprivation and social exclusion among welfare service clients
Peter Saunders and Melissa Wong, Social Policy Research Centre (Abstract)
Developing an Australian measurement and reporting framework for social inclusion
Joanne Hillermann and John Landt, Australian Bureau of Statistics and Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet (Abstract)
Modelling the relative needs of single and couple age pensioners
Bruce Bradbury, Social Policy Research Centre (Abstract)
Open
Prevention of violence against women
Special Session
Chair: Gaby Marcus
Opening remarks
Gaby Marcus, Director of the Australian Domestic and Family Violence Clearinghouse, University of New South Wales
Domestic Violence Homicide Review: preventable deaths
Betty Green, NSW Domestic Violence Committee Coalition (Abstract)
Staying home, leaving violence
Ludo McFerran and Robyn Edwards, Australian Domestic and Family Violence Clearinghouse and Social Policy Research Centre, UNSW (Abstract)
'It really was that I was nuts and therefore it was legitimate!' - the interface between domestic violence and mental health
Lesley Laing, University of Sydney (Abstract)
| Thursday, 4:00 pm to 5:30 pm |
Forum
Planning and delivering services in hard times
Chair: Kristy Muir, SPRC
Dr Lorna Hallahan, Flinders University South Australia
Monsignor David Cappo, Chair of the Social Inclusion Board of South Australia and Vice Chair of the Australian Social Inclusion Board
David Thompson, CEO of Jobs Australia
Forum
The challenges for social policy in financial crisis and recession
Chair: Peter Whiteford, SPRC
The recession and poverty in the US
Wayne Vroman, Senior Fellow, Urban Institute
Employment and income support in Australia
Bob Gregory, Emeritus Professor of Economics, Australian National University
Work, Leisure and Retirement after the Crisis
John Quiggin, ARC Federation Fellow, University of Queensland (via video link)
Protecting the vulnerable
Clare Martin, CEO, Australian Council of Social Services
| Friday 10 July |
| Friday, 9:30 am to 11:00 am |
Children, young people and families
Methodological issues in research with children and young people
Special Session
Chair: Ilan Katz
Exploring young carers’ active agency
Ciara Smyth and Samia Michail, Social Policy Research Centre, UNSW (Abstract)
Issues of consent and assent in research with young children
Sue Dockett, Bob Perry and Emma Kearney, Charles Sturt University (Abstract)
Child poverty and disparities in Kiribati, the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu: children's inputs into the development of child-centred policy analysis
Peter Whiteford, Pooja Sawrikar, Samia Michail and Gerry Redmond, Social Policy Research Centre (Abstract) (download available)
Children, young people and families
Families
Chair: Abi Powell
Welfare to work activity agreements, or how to reduce mothers’ autonomy by requiring they do what they are already doing
Megan Blaxland, Social Policy Research Centre, UNSW (Abstract) (download available)
Families on the fringe: a report on a study of social exclusion in non-metropolitan communities
Karen Healy, Margot Rawsthorne, Anne Hampshire and Annette Michaux, University of Queensland, University of Sydney, Mission Australia and The Benevolent Society (Abstract)
Second class citizens? Single mothers’ reflections on the income support system under ‘welfare to work’
Teresa Grahame, School of Social Work and Human Services, University of Queensland (Abstract)
Retirement and ageing
Social inclusion in old age
Chair: Chris Deeming
Active ageing in Australia: social, civic and community participation of older people
Bettina Cass and Trish Hill, Social Policy Research Centre, UNSW (Abstract)
Should poverty be the reward for a life spent caring?
Somali Cerise, Australian Human Rights Commission (Abstract)
Ex-household social contact amongst retired men and women in Australia
Roger Patulny, Social Policy Research Centre, UNSW (Abstract)
Community, social participation and care
Public perceptions and service delivery
Chair: Karen Fisher
[R] Impact of the non-inclusive organisation on the delivery of socially inclusive public services
Kerry Wilson, Centre for Cultural Leadership, Liverpool John Moores University (Abstract) (download available)
Problems for people with intellectual disability of de-differentiated policies of social inclusion: findings from two studies of institutional closure
Christine Bigby, School of Social Work and Social Policy, La Trobe University (Abstract)
Inclusion or exclusion? Experiences of people with an intellectual disability in government disability advisory bodies
Patsie Frawley, LaTrobe University Victoria (Abstract)
Organisation and delivery of human services
Partnerships and structures of government
Chair: Cathy Thomson
[R] Missing the forest for the trees: How Australia’s dynamic federal structures and processes affect the school funding settlement.
Bronwyn Hinz, University of Melbourne (Abstract) (download available)
Building sustainable partnerships: Aboriginal community-controlled and generalist organisations learning together
Carolyn Atkins and Lauren Matthews, Victorian Council of Social Service (Abstract)
The impact of the Communities for Children program on partnerships among service providers
Christiane Purcal, Kristy Muir, Roger Patulny, Cathy Thomson, Saul Flaxman and Catherine Spooner, Social Policy Research Centre (Abstract)
Social exclusion and economic inequalities
Factors affecting mental health
Chair: Kathy Tannous
The impact of job loss on family mental health
Silvia Mendolia, School of Economics and Social Policy Research Centre, UNSW (Abstract)
The impact of drought on mental health and alcohol use
Ben Edwards, Matthew Gray and Boyd Hunter, Australian Institute of Family Studies and Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research, Australian National University (Abstract)
Children, young people and families
Education and social inclusion
Chair: kylie valentine
[R] The challenge of social inclusion for Australian schooling
Louise Watson, Centre for Research on Education, Poverty and Social Inclusion (CREPSI), Univeristy of Canberra (Abstract) (download available)
Life chances and social inclusion in education
Janet Taylor and Nina Gee, Brotherhood of St Laurence (Abstract) (download available)
The cost of a ‘free’ education: implications for low income Australians
Sharon Bond and Michael Horn, Brotherhood of St Laurence (Abstract) (download available)
| Friday, 11:30 am to 12:30 pm |
Plenary Session
Plenary Session
Chair: Deborah Brennan, SPRC
Farewell to maternalism? State policies, feminist politics and mothers’ employment
Professor Ann Shola Orloff, Professor of Sociology, Gender Studies and Political Science at Northwestern University USA, and Chair of the International Sociological Association Research Committee 19 (Abstract) (download available)
| Friday, 2:00 pm to 3:30 pm |
Housing, place and the environment
Housing and retirement
Chair: Bettina Cass
Home ownership as a (crumbling) fourth pillar of social insurance in Australia
Judith Yates and Bruce Bradbury, University of Sydney and Social Policy Research Centre, UNSW (Abstract) (download available)
Contentment and suffering: the impact of Australia’s housing policy and tenure on older Australians
Alan Morris, School of Social Sciences and International Studies (Abstract)
Older home-owners and reverse mortgage products: what are the implications for retirement decisions during an economic downturn?
Catherine Bridge, Peter Phibbs, Toni Adams and Mark Mathews, AHURI UNSW/UWS Research Centre in partnership with SEQUAL (Abstract)
Children, young people and families
Families' characteristics and child outcomes
Chair: Kathy Tannous
The relevance of family characteristics, family transition and conflict in explaining poor outcomes for young adults from non-intact families.
Paula Mance and Peng Yu, Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs (Abstract)
The impact of socio-economic background on the association between television viewing and developmental outcomes among young Australian children
Jude Brown, University of New England (Abstract)
Using the ABS Family Characteristics and Transitions Survey 2006-07 to map parent-child relationships within and across dwellings
Heather Crawford, Australian Bureau of Statistics (Abstract)
Social exclusion and economic inequalities
Poverty in developing countries / Immigration and policing
Chair: Melissa Wong
Economic liberalisation and new urban poverty in the global South
Shahadat Hossain, School of Social Sciences and International Studies, UNSW (Abstract)
Towards a consensual poverty line for the Maldives
Asim Ahmed, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand (Abstract)
Immigration status, uncertainty and community policing
Leanne Weber and Helen McKernan, University of New South Wales and Swinburne University (Abstract)
Open
Sociology, social inclusion and human rights
Chair: Denise Thompson
A sociology for nation-building and the limits of public sociology
Sheila Shaver, Visiting Fellow, Social Policy Research Centre, UNSW (Abstract)
[R] The social exclusion discourse and welfare reform
Beth Cook, University of Newcastle (Abstract) (download available)
Social inclusion and human rights - strange bedfellows on the road to an authentically Australian inclusion agenda
Helen Szoke, Chief Conciliator/ Chief Executive Officer of the Victorian Equal Opportunity & Human Rights Commission, Victoria Australia (Abstract) (download available)
Organisation and delivery of human services
Stronger families
Chair: Ciara Smyth
The Stronger Families in Australia (SFIA) study of the impact of Communities for Children
Ben Edwards, Sarah Wise, Matthew Gray, Alan Hayes, Ilan Katz, Sebastian Misson, Roger Patulny and Kristy Muir, Australian Institute of Family Studies and Social Policy Research Centre, UNSW (Abstract)
Can area-based interventions work in Australia? Findings from the longitudinal evaluation of Communities for Children
Kristy Muir, Ilan Katz, Christiane Purcal, Roger Patulny, Saul Flaxman, David Abelló, Natasha Cortis, Cathy Thomson, Ioana Oprea, Sarah Wise, Ben Edwards, Matthew Gray and Alan Hayes, Social Policy Research Centre, UNSW, and Australian Institute of Family Studies (Abstract)
Who are the ‘hard to reach’ client groups and what are successful strategies for engaging them?
Natasha Cortis and Ilan Katz, Social Policy Research Centre (Abstract)
Identity, diversity and citizenship
Disability research workshop
Special session sponsored by the Disability Studies and Research Centre
Chair: Rosemary Kayess and Karen Fisher
A research network for disability academics?
Rosemary Kayess, Disability Studies and Research Centre and Faculty of Law, UNSW (Abstract) (download available)
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