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Special Research Workshop
Emerging Results from the Household Income and Labour Dynamics of Australia (HILDA) Survey
Chair: David Johnson (Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research)
Overview of HILDA and its potential for social policy research
David Johnson
Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research
How does parenting affect the transition from income support into the paid labour market for couples?
Jenny Chalmers
Social Policy Research Centre
Abstract
Two to tango? The importance of partnerships and partners’ views in shaping fertility aspirations and expectations
Ruth Weston, Lixia Qu, Matthew Gray and Robyn Parker
Australian Institute of Family Studies
Abstract
Who are the new two earner households?
Mark Western and Janeen Baxter
School of Social Science, The University of Queensland
Abstract
Organisation and Delivery of Community Services
The Third Sector in transition
Chair: Karen Fisher (SPRC)
Contracting: the impact on non-government organisations
Margot Rawsthorne
Social Policy Research Centre
Abstract (Paper available for download)
Threat to core values or positive force for reform? The application of commercial and business models among small to medium third sector organisations in western Australia
Colin Penter and Paul Rajan
Matrix Consulting Group
Abstract (Paper available for download)
Sustainable enterprises: changing organisational forms in the community services sector
Pamela Spall
School of Political Science and International Studies, University of Queensland
Abstract
Social inclusion: a service delivery dilemma
Gordon McCormick
Department of Family and Community Services
Abstract (Paper available for download)
Spatial Dimensions of Social Policy
Housing, spatial and employment inequalities
Chair: Rob Bray (Department of Family and Community Services)
Housing, social exclusion and the emergence of place focused policy in New South Wales.
Bill Randolph
University of Western Sydney (Urban Frontiers Programs)
Abstract
Social inclusion and spatial inequality in the City - the Danish case
John Andersen
Roskilde University, Denmark
Abstract (Paper available for download)
Regional employment growth and the persistence of regional unemployment disparities
William Mitchell and Ellen Carlson
Centre of Full Employment and Equity, University of Newcastle
Abstract (Paper available for download)
Employment, Unemployment and Welfare Reform
Mutual obligation policies and practices
Chair: David Thompson (CEO, Jobs Australia)
Much obliged: disadvantaged job seekers' experiences of active labour market policy
Stephen Ziguras, Gavin Dufty & Mark Considine
Brotherhood of St Laurence, St Vincent de Paul Society and Centre for Public Policy, University of Melbourne
Abstract
Centrelink, mutual obligation and individualised service delivery
Cosmo Howard
Australian National University
Abstract
Preparing for what? The administration of Youth Allowance activity agreements
Sally Jope
Brotherhood of St Laurence
Abstract
Citizenship and Inclusion
Models of engagement in citizenship
Chair: Christie Robertson (SPRC)
Stakeholders on the periphery of citizenship in NGO/corporate engagement
Ruth Phillips
Faculty of Education and Social Work, University of Sydney
Abstract (Paper available for download)
Forming an inclusive community through pragmatic solidarity and social policy
Adam Mitchell
Catholic Welfare Australia
Abstract (Paper available for download)
Volunteering and active citizenship
Jeni Warburton
School of Social Work and Social Policy, University of Queensland
Abstract
Income Distribution and Social Inequalities
Youth and students
Chair: Roger Patulny
Models for poverty research: understanding the university student experience
Judith Bessant
Social Policy and Advocacy Research Centre, Australian Catholic University
Abstract
Raising a teenager on $85 a week - the case for a renewed policy focus on the costs of older children and young people
Peter Davidson
Australian Council of Social Services
Abstract (Paper available for download)
The implications for citizenship and inclusion in the new HSC
David Saltmarsh and Camilla Couch
Australian Centre for Educational Studies
Abstract
Childhood and Social Inclusion
Dimensions of childhood exclusion
Chair: Marilyn McHugh (SPRC)
Social exclusion in childhood: why and how it should be measured? Some thoughts from Britain
Laura Adelman
Centre for Research in Social Policy, Loughborough University, UK
Abstract (Paper available for download)
Significant absence: considerations of child labour in contemporary Australia
Maree Murray
The Smith Family
Abstract
Reproducing exclusion or inclusion? The socioeconomic status of Indigenous Australian children
Anne Daly and Diane Smith
University of Canberra and Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research
Abstract
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Alcohol, drugs and domestic violence
Chair: Sara Graham (SPRC)
Clients of alcohol and other drug treatment services
Gail Weaving
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Abstract (Paper available for download)
Evidence based policy and programs for perpetrators of relationship violence: exploring the research issues for Australian social policy
Michael Wearing
School of Social Work, UNSW
Abstract
Citizenship and inclusion: drug users, democracy and voices from the summit
Kirsty Hammet
HIV, HCV & Related Programs, Communicable Disease Control Branch, Population Health, Strategic Planning & Population Health, Department of Human Services
Abstract (Paper available for download)
Disability and Inclusion
Sessions Convened by the Disability Studies and Research Institute (1)
Chair: David Abello (SPRC)
Counting the costs of blindness: lessons for a cost of disability allowance
Maryanne Diamond
Blind Citizens Australia
Abstract (Paper available for download)
Employment, unemployment and welfare reform
Glenn Redmayne
Disability Council of NSW
Abstract (Paper available for download)
Cultures of disability and deafness: rethinking links between the disability movement and the deaf community
Sally Robinson and Robert Adam
Disability Studies and Research Institute and the Deaf Society of NSW
Abstract (Paper available for download)
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