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Employment, Unemployment and Welfare Reform
Welfare reform
Chair: Karen Fisher (Social Policy Research Centre)
Welfare reform: a primer
Peter Davidson
Australian Council of Social Service
Abstract (Paper available for download)
The transition to self-reliance in welfare in the 21st century
Peter Saunders
Social Research Director, Centre for Independent Studies
Abstract (Paper available for download)
Indigenous welfare reform: will it really address the issues of poverty and dependency for Aboriginal Australians?
Sue Green and Eileen Baldry
Nura Gili (Indigenous Programs @ UNSW), and School of Social Work, UNSW
Abstract
Organisation and Delivery of Community Services
Engaging with disadvantaged communities
Chair: Kristy Muir (Social Policy Research Centre)
Engaging with Indigenous Australians: principles, practices and learnings
Anne Hampshire and Jane Lawton
Mission Australia
Abstract (Paper available for download)
The Swan Nyungar Sports Education Program: best practice strategies used by staff in building respectful relationships between staff and students
Rob Simons
The Smith Family
Abstract (Paper available for download)
The theory and practice of community participation
Sally Jope
Research and Policy Project Manager, Brotherhood of St Laurence
Abstract
Spatial Dimensions of Social Policy
Housing, work and transport
Chair: Nick Turnbull (Social Policy Research Centre)
Moving to work, moving from work: housing, travel, cost and key workers in Sydney
Michael Darcy, Judy Stubbs, Julia Perry and Hazel Blunden
Social Justice and Social Change Research Centre, University of Western Sydney, and Shelter NSW
Abstract (Paper available for download)
"Not welfare on wheels": relationships between transport, accessibility and well-being
Anne Hurni
University of Western Sydney
Abstract (Paper available for download)
Public transport as an issue of social policy and place-based integrated governance
Janet Stanley and John Stanley
Brotherhood of St Laurence and Bus Association Victoria
Abstract
Income Distribution and Social Inequalities
Hardship and inequalities within households
Chair: Lyn Craig (Social Policy Research Centre)
Hardship, struggles with food and the policies that make things worse
June Grugan and Sally Babbington
Anglicare, Sydney
Abstract
His money or our money: financial abuse of women in intimate partner relationships
Elizabeth Branigan and Marty Grace
Council of Single Mothers and Their Children and Victoria University
Abstract (Paper available for download)
Looking back, looking forward: domestic violence and social policy in Australia
Suellen Murray
RMIT University
Abstract
Work and Family
Fertility
Chair: Ciara Smyth (Social Policy Research Centre)
Family planning, declining fertility and the convergence of family policies
Maureen Baker
Department of Sociology, University of Auckland
Abstract (Paper available for download)
Comparative study of partners’ fertility desires and intentions: a HILDA Survey based analysis
Habtemariam Tesfaghiorghis
Department of Family and Community Services
Abstract (Paper available for download)
Assisted reproductive technology: the fallback option?
Lixia Qu and Ruth Weston
Australian Institute of Family Studies
Abstract (Paper available for download)
Youth
Social inequality and pathways into adulthood
Chair: Kelly Sutherland (Social Policy Research Centre)
Factors contributing to young people’s experiences of economic disadvantage
Kaye Brown
Department of Family and Community Services
Abstract (Paper available for download)
Towards equity? Social inequality, education and post-school plans - some policy implications
Maree Murray and Adrian Beavis
The Smith Family
Abstract (Paper available for download)
Whose agency? Whose structure? Social background, social mobility and the transition from school to work
Jessica Sutherland
The Smith Family and National Institute of Labour Studies
Abstract (Paper available for download)
Community and Society
Governance and community building
Chair: Cathy Thomson (Social Policy Research Centre)
A short theory of community capital for public policy: paradigm shift or candle in the wind?
David Adams
University of Tasmania
Abstract
Governing the social: rules, control or trust?
Tim Reddel
Commission for Children and Young People and Child Guardian, Queensland
Abstract (Paper available for download)
Looking back, looking forward: child care services building social capital within the context of social change
Joy Goodfellow
Hon. Associate, Macquarie University
Abstract
Income Distribution and Social Inequalities
Income inequality
Chair: Rosanna Scutella (Brotherhood of St Laurence)
Wage inequalities among full-time workers
Peter Saunders
Social Policy Research Centre, UNSW
Abstract (Paper available for download)
Impacts of demographic and economic changes on measured income inequality
Yongping Li
Australian Bureau of Statistics
Abstract (Paper available for download)
Counting for something: adding time in unpaid work to the ‘full income’ distribution
Trish Hill
Social Policy Research Centre
Abstract
Childhood and Child Wellbeing
The impact of poverty on children
Chair: Mary Haines (PricewaterhouseCoopers)
The relationship between parenting and poverty
Ilan Katz
Social Policy Research Centre
Abstract
Childhood adversity and poverty in adult life
John Frederick
Department of Social Work, Monash University
Abstract (Paper available for download)
Families’ experiences following homelessness: the implications for children’s wellbeing and development.
Violet Kolar
Hanover Welfare Services
Abstract (Paper available for download)
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