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Employment, Unemployment and Welfare Reform
Joblessness, rights and life chances
Chair: Jane Millar (University of Bath, UK)
Jobless households in Australia: evidence from HILDA?
Rosanna Scutella and Mark Wooden
Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research
Abstract (Paper available for download)
The right to work versus the right to income
Sally Cowling, Bill Mitchell and Martin Watts
Centre of Full Employment and Equity
Abstract (Paper available for download)
Life chances and parents’ employment
Janet Taylor
Brotherhood of St Laurence
Abstract (Paper available for download)
Employment, Unemployment and Welfare Reform
Pathways to participation
Chair: Roger Patulny (SPRC)
Jigsaw - where the pieces fit? Building participation through civic partnerships
Rick Moloney and Elayne Strahan
Centrelink
Abstract
Positive pathways
Kay Fisher, Monika Kruesmann, Justine Gibbings, Edmond Hsu, Tom Morrison and Heather Evert
Department of Family and Community Services
Abstract
Social capital at work: how family, friends and civic ties relate to labour market outcomes
Wendy Stone, Matthew Gray and Jody Hughes
Australian Institute of Family Studies
Abstract (Paper available for download)
Open
Open Session 3
Chair: Natasha Posner (SPRC)
Infertility, social exclusion and social policy
Maureen Baker
University of Auckland
Abstract (Paper available for download)
Lack of familiarity breeds contempt? How difference limits bridging social capital
Jennifer Wilkinson and Michael Bittman
Department of Sociology and Social Policy, University of Sydney and SPRC
Abstract
Some whens, hows and whys of shared care: What separated parents who spend equal time with their children say about shared parenting
Bruce Smyth, Catherine Caruana and Anna Ferro
Australian Institute of Family Studies
Abstract (Paper available for download)
Spatial Dimensions of Social Policy
Geographical issues in income support policy
Chair: Marilyn McHugh (SPRC)
Commonwealth Rent Assistance: modelling of current effectiveness
Hazel Blunden
National Shelter, ACOSS
Abstract (Paper available for download)
The regional impact of Commonwealth Rent Assistance
Anthony King, Tony Melhuish and Elizabeth Taylor
National Centre for Social and Economic Modelling
Abstract (Paper available for download)
How adequate are Australian social security benefits? A geographical assessment
Paul Henman
University of Macquarie
Abstract (Paper available for download)
Special Research Workshop
Introduction to two new ABS social surveys
Chair: Tony Eardley (SPRC)
Analysing the General Social Survey
Nicholas Biddle
Australian Bureau of Statistics
Abstract
Approaches to analysing the Indigenous Social Survey
Lujuan Chen
Australian Bureau of Statistics
Abstract (Paper available for download)
Organisation and Delivery of Community Services
Case studies in social services policy and delivery
Chair: Karen Fisher (SPRC)
Informing social policy: community asset mapping
June Wangmann
New South Wales Centre for Parenting Research
Abstract
From social exclusion to social inclusion: de-institutionalisation of alternative care in three Chinese cities
Xiaoyuan Shang, Xiaoming Wu and Haiyan Li
Social Policy Research Centre, University of Canterbury and Beijing Normal University
Abstract
A case study of South Korea: consequences of more funding from the government
Kyungja Jung and Mikyung Lee
Visiting Fellow, Social Policy Research Centre, UNSW and Director Korean Sexual Violence Relief Centre
Abstract
Families First Area Reviews
Julie Young*, Anne Marie Dwyer*, Karen Fisher#, Cathy Thomson# and Sonia Hoffman#
* NSW Cabinet Office, #SPRC
Abstract
Health and Inclusion
Health policies towards violence, older people and veterans
Chair: Helen Lapsley (Health Services Management, UNSW)
NSW health policy and family violence
Susan Evans
Wentworth Area Health Service
Abstract (Paper available for download)
The hospital treatment choices of older people
Sara Graham
Social Policy Research Centre
Abstract
Living in a citadel: the participation of mentally ill war veterans in Australian society
Kristy Muir
The Smith Family
Abstract (Paper available for download)
Open
Open Session 4
Chair: Sol Encel (SPRC)
The ‘new multilateralism’, global social policy, and management: The role of international NGOs
Gaby Ramia
Department of Management, Monash University
Abstract
The economic impact of gambling in NSW
Ian Manning and Craig Shepherd
National Institute of Economic and Industry Research
Abstract
Hot-wiring community
Denise Meredyth
Institute for Social Research, Swinburne University
Abstract (Paper available for download)
Disability and Inclusion
Sessions Convened by the Disability Studies and Research Institute (2)
Chair: Sally Robinson (DSaRI)
Equipped for life - a very private public issue - policy and equipment in the lives of children and families
Lynne Dowling
University of Newcastle
Abstract (Paper available for download)
Civil rights or specialist services: recommendations for sector reform in NSW
Michael Bleasdale
Abstract (Paper available for download)
The new international classification of disability: its relevance to people’s lives
Ros Madden
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Abstract (Paper available for download)
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