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Income Distribution and Social Inequalities
The welfare state
Chair: John Hudson (University of York)
The welfare expenditure debate: economic myths of the left and the right revisited
Peter Whiteford
OECD
Abstract (Paper available for download)
The expansion of the Australian welfare state after 1980
Shaun Wilson and Trevor Breusch
Centre for Social Research, Research School of Social Sciences, The Australian National University
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Employment, Unemployment and Welfare Reform
Disadvantage and employment
Chair: Sherman Chan (Social Policy Research Centre)
Job (in)security and mental health: an analysis using waves 1 and 2 of the HILDA Survey
Marc Adam and Paul Flatau
Murdoch University
Abstract (Paper available for download)
Evidence of exclusion amongst PSP participants
Daniel Perkins
Brotherhood of St Laurence
Abstract (Paper available for download)
Community and Society
Voluntarism, strong communities and consultation
Chair: Lyn Craig (Social Policy Research Centre)
So what does constitute a strong community?
Roberta Ryan and Sharon Burke
Elton Consulting
Abstract (Paper available for download)
Beyond bonding? Voluntary associations social capital and gender: a case study of women’s participation in context
Christie Robertson
School of Social Science and Policy and Social Policy Research Centre, UNSW
Abstract (Paper available for download)
Out of arm’s reach or at the touch of a button? Local government and the technologies of community consultation
Denise Meredyth
Institute for Social Research, Swinburne University of Technology
Abstract
Childhood and Child Wellbeing
Children's services
Chair: Xiaoyuan Shang (Social Policy Research Centre)
Looking back: institutional care of children at The Benevolent Society, our history and its lessons
Kathryn Squires and Annette Michaux
The Benevolent Society
Abstract
NSW early childhood professionals’ perceptions of the regulatory environment as a potential source of job satisfaction
Marianne Fenech
Macquarie University
Abstract
Affordability funding models for early childhood services
Christiane Purcal and Karen Fisher
Social Policy Research Centre
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Citizenship and Disability
Disability data and research
Chair: Philip French (DSaRI)
Disability data: looking back, looking forward
Ros Madden, Tim Beard and Xingyan Wen
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Abstract (Paper available for download)
The impact of disability on living standards and attitudes: reviewing the evidence
Peter Saunders
Social Policy Research Centre
Abstract (Paper available for download)
Reaching the hard to reach: effectively engaging people with disability in social policy research
Sally Robinson
Disability Studies and Research Institute
Abstract
Youth
Paid and unpaid work among young people
Chair: Ann Dadich (Social Policy Research Centre)
Discourses on children and caring and their significance for policy on caring
John Falzon, Jan Mason and Liz Watson
Social Justice and Social Change Research Centre, University of Western Sydney
Abstract
Young carers: support for the future
Cathy Thomson, Trish Hill, Kimberly Fisher and Michael Bittman
Social Policy Research Centre, UNSW, University of Essex and University of New England
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An analysis of children’s paid and unpaid work in New South Wales
Toby Fattore
NSW Commission for Children and Young People
Abstract (Paper available for download)
Retirement and Ageing
Ageing, retirement and care
Chair: Sol Encel (Social Policy Research Centre)
A longitudinal view of Australian aged care policy: a socio-clinical perspective
Tony Broe
Prince of Wales Medical Research Institute
Abstract (Paper available for download)
Age old problems?
Lucy Cheetham
COTA National Seniors Partnership
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"Who knows when I can retire!" Middle-aged women consider retirement
Penny Warner-Smith
Research Centre for Gender and Health, The University of Newcastle
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Spatial Dimensions of Social Policy
Local planning and policy
Chair: Ilan Katz (Social Policy Research Centre)
The fate of place: the neglect of urban poverty in Australian public policy
Peter Walsh
Queensland University of Technology
Abstract
A sustainability review of the Local Environment Plan
Harriet Westcott
Institute for Sustainable Futures, UTS
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Organisation and Delivery of Community Services
Children and family services
Chair: Marilyn McHugh (Social Policy Research Centre)
Privatization, corporatisation and social policy. What future for children’s services?
Christine Woodrow and Frances Press
University of Western Sydney and Charles Sturt University
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Clues for change? Comparing organisational climate and job satisfaction in family support and child protection
Gabrielle Meagher and Karen Healy
School of Economics and Political Science, University of Sydney and School of Social Work and Applied Human Sciences, University of Queensland
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Sustaining caring community programs for families: a FAST case study
Sabina Leitmann and Frances Crawford
Curtin University of Technology
Abstract
Indigenous Australians
New debates on Indigenous policy
Chair: Tony Eardley (Social Policy Research Centre
What matters? Policy driven evidence, Indigenous government and the Harvard Project
Martin Mowbray
Charles Darwin University
Abstract (Paper available for download)
Community without society: the Indigenous social transition and Australian Aboriginal policy
Gary Robinson
School for Social and Policy Research, Charles Darwin University
Abstract
Petrol bowsers for washing kids’ faces: a new era in Indigenous policy
Ruth McCausland
Jumbunna Indigenous Research Unit, University of Technology, Sydney
Abstract (Paper available for download)
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