Contributed Papers Program

Unholy Alliance or Force for Social Good? The Prominence of Faith Based Discourses and the Growth of Church and Faith Based Organisations in Social Policy and Service Provision.
Colin Penter and Bindi Other-Gee
Matrix Consulting Group
Abstract (and paper if available)

The Social Contract Re-negotiated: Protecting Public Law Values in the Age of Contracting
David de Carvalho

Abstract (and paper if available)

The Communitarian Imaginery: Deconstructing the Concept of ‘Community’ in Australia’s Welfare Reform Debate
Deborah Brennan and Bettina Cass
University of Sydney
Abstract (and paper if available)

'Answering Back': Why Australia's Youth Policies Are Unjust.
Judith Bessant
Australian Catholic University
Abstract (and paper if available)

Young People, Transitions and Labour Market Power: Coping with Complexity
Jane Higgins
University of Canterbury, NZ
Abstract (and paper if available)

The Unheard Injustice: Young People and Centrelink Breaches - Information Denied.
Susan Lackner
RMIT City Campus
Abstract (and paper if available)

The Darebin Poverty Inquiry: A 'Whole of Community' Approach to Alleviating Poverty.
Glenn Menner
City of Darebin
Abstract (and paper if available)

Understanding Poverty: Developing Dialogue and Debate
Sally Jope and Stephen Gianni
Brotherhood of St Laurence
Abstract (and paper if available)

Snakes and Ladders - Women's Pathways Into and Out of Homelessness
Sue Casey
University of Melbourne
Abstract (and paper if available)

Women, Superannuation and the SGC
Alison Preston
Curtin University of Technology-Women’s Economic Policy Analysis Unit
Abstract (and paper if available)

Women and Superannuation in the 21st Century: Poverty or Plenty?
Simon Kelly, Richard Percival and Ann Harding
NATSEM, University of Canberra
Abstract (and paper if available)

Changing Conceptions of Informal Care in Australia
Merrin Thompson and Megan Mitchell

Abstract (and paper if available)

Rethinking Relocatable Housing Estates as a Residential Strategy for Retirees
Dorothy Secomb and Frances Lovejoy
University of New South Wales
Abstract (and paper if available)

The New Social Policy and the Digital Age: A Case Study of a Wired High Rise Public Housing Estate
Scott Ewing, David Hayward, Julian Thomas and Liza Hopkins
Swinburne University of Technology
Abstract (and paper if available)

Do Housing Conditions Impact on Health Inequalities Between Australia’s Rich and Poor?
Anne-Marie Waters and Richard Percival
AHURI Research Affiliate, National Centre for Social and Economic Modelling.
Abstract (and paper if available)

Walking the Path with New Parents: Information Provider Interaction with Families to Foster Change
Jocelyn Williams*, Margie Comrie** and Frank Sligo**
*Unitec Institute of Technology, Auckland, New Zealand and **Department of Communication and Journalism, Massey University, Palmerston North
Abstract (and paper if available)

Training, Consultation & Information: Building Capacity in Dual Diagnosis
Steve Goldsmith
Dandenong Area Mental Health Service
Abstract (and paper if available)

Individualised Funding in Disability Services
Carmel Laragy
Department of Human Services, Victoria
Abstract (and paper if available)

"Yes Virginia! There Are Alternatives" Social Policy and The Hawke-Keating Government 1983-96: First Report on an Arc Discovery Project
Rob Watts, Judith Bessant, Tony Dalton and Paul Smyth
RMIT University
Abstract (and paper if available)

Fashion, Fiction, Fertile Inquiry? Struggling with the Postmodern Challenge and Social Policy Analysis
Greg Marston
University of Queensland.
Abstract (and paper if available)

Limiting the Social Role of the State : The Catholic Social Principle of Subsidiarity in Three Different Countries.
Paul Smyth
University of Queensland
Abstract (and paper if available)

‘Policy is for the Policy Makers’: the Cultural Cost of Different Visions
Gaynor Macdonald
University of Sydney
Abstract (and paper if available)

Representing the Two Cultures of Indigenous Poverty: An Intellectual History
Tim Rowse
CAEPR, ANU
Abstract (and paper if available)

Is Child Abuse Prevention in the Front-Line Possible? A Qualitative Study of Family Support Work with Disadvantaged Families.
Robert Urquhart and Michael Wearing
UnitingCare Burnside and University of New South Wales
Abstract (and paper if available)

Substitute Care for Children and Young People - the National Picture from 1970 to 2000
Helen Johnstone
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Abstract (and paper if available)

An Unacceptable Risk: A Report on Child Contact Arrangements Where There is Violence in the Family
Zoe Rathus, Angela Lynch and Kathryn Rendell
Women's Legal Service Inc.
Abstract (and paper if available)

Active Ageing - the Social Policy Implications of Education in Mid and Later Life
Judith A.Davey
Victoria University of Wellington, NZ
Abstract (and paper if available)

More or Less Active: Experiences of Older Workers and Early Retirees
John Landt and Ralph Nicholls
Department of Family and Community Services
Abstract (and paper if available)

Older Men - Who Gets New Jobs?
Julia Perry
Social Policy Research Centre, UNSW
Abstract (and paper if available)

Measuring the Performance of a Flexible Labour Market: New Measures of Underemployment and Overwork
Richard Denniss
The Australia Institute
Abstract (and paper if available)

Casual Employment - The End of the Career?
Priscilla Shorne
Murdoch University
Abstract (and paper if available)

Australian Welfare Reform: Deconstructing Welfare Dependency
Paul Henman
Macquarie University
Abstract (and paper if available)

Housing Implications of Social, Spatial and Structural Change
Judy Yates
University of Sydney
Abstract (and paper if available)

Responding to Regional Disadvantage: What Can Be Learned From Overseas Experience?
Brendan Gleeson and Chris Carmichael (presented by Bill Randolph)
AHURI Research Centre, University of NSW/University of Western Sydney
Abstract (and paper if available)

Housing assistance and regional development
Bill Pritchard, John Lea and David Medhurst
AHURI research Centre, University of Sydney
Abstract (and paper if available)

Socioeconomic Banditry: Poker Machines and Income Redistribution in Victoria
James Doughney
Victoria University
Abstract (and paper if available)

Targeting aged care to people who are financially or socially disadvantaged. South Australian case study. (Title changed from printed program)
Brian Fleming
Department of Health
Abstract (and paper if available)

Socioeconomic Disadvantage and the Prevalence of Disability in Victoria
Bruce Bradbury and Kate Norris
Social Policy Research Centre, UNSW
Abstract (and paper if available)

Beyond Impoverished Visions of the Labour Market
Ian Watson and John Buchanan
ACIRRT, University of Sydney
Abstract (and paper if available)

Moving In and Out of Disadvantage: Population Mobility and Australian Places
Ruth Fincher and Maryann Wulff
University of Melbourne
Abstract (and paper if available)

Indigenous Poverty
Boyd Hunter
CAEPR, Australian National University
Abstract (and paper if available)

Community Activism and Change: the Cases of Sydney and Toronto
Ariadne Vromen
Government and International Relations. University of Sydney
Abstract (and paper if available)

Passionate Partnerships
*Jackie Braw and **Alex Sosnov
*NSW Attorney General's Department and **Gay and Lesbian Rights Lobby
Abstract (and paper if available)

Uneasy Bedfellows: What Role Now for Social Movements in the Policy Process?
Sarah Maddison
University of Sydney
Abstract (and paper if available)

Parental Welfare Use and Children’s Outcomes: Is There Evidence for a Welfare Culture Model?’
Rachel Smithies
Ministry of Social Policy, New Zealand
Abstract (and paper if available)

Welfare Provision and Family Division in Australia
Luisa Nocella and Allyson Mutch
University of Queensland
Abstract (and paper if available)

Investigating Information Poverty and its Implications for Community Development
Frank Sligo and Jocelyn Williams
Department of Communication and Journalism, Massey University, Palmerston North, and School of Communication, Unitec Institute of Technology, Auckland, New Zealand
Abstract (and paper if available)

Invisible Even to Themselves? The Paradoxical Time Signature of Co-residential Carers
Toni Payne*, Michael Bittman** and Cathy Thomson**
*Carers NSW and **Social Policy Research Centre, UNSW
Abstract (and paper if available)

Ageing and Disability: Australia Population Patterns and Implications
Xingyan Wen, Ros Madden and Nicola Fortune
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Abstract (and paper if available)

Ageing in Place: Has Policy Implementation Been Effective?
Frieda Mason, Diane Gibson and Peter Braun
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Abstract (and paper if available)

Location and Housing Needs of Sole Parents
Bob Birrell and Virginia Rapson
AHURI Research Centre Swinburne University/Monash University
Abstract (and paper if available)

From Asylum to Suburbia: Understanding Deinstitutionalisation in Australia
Lisa Bostock, Brendan Gleeson, Ailsa McPherson and Lillian Pang
University of Western Sydney
Abstract (and paper if available)

Housing and Health Care for Younger and Older Adults with Disabilities
Catherine Bridge, Amanda Parsons, Susan Quine, and Hal Kendig
AHURI Research Centre, University of Sydney
Abstract (and paper if available)

Employment Assistance for Long-term Unemployed People: the Need for a Re-think
Peter Davidson
Australian Council of Social Service
Abstract (and paper if available)

Mutual Obligation: A Reasonable Policy?
Pamela Kinnear
The Australia Institute
Abstract (and paper if available)

Assessing the Impact of the Job Network on Community-Based Agencies
David Abello and Helen MacDonald
Social Policy Research Centre and Brotherhood of St Laurence
Abstract (and paper if available)

A Reassessment of the Availability of Family Friendly Work Practices: Analysis Using the AWIRS
Matthew Gray and Jacqueline Tudball
Australian Institute of Family Studies
Abstract (and paper if available)

The Impact of Marital Separation on Sole Mothers’ Labour Market Participation
Maggie Walter
University of Tasmania
Abstract (and paper if available)

Changes in the Gender Division of Household Labour in Australia
Janeen Baxter
University of Queensland
Abstract (and paper if available)

Reforming the Welfare System in Remote Aboriginal Communities: an Assessment of Noel Pearson's Proposals
David F. Martin
Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research, ANU
Abstract (and paper if available)

Indigenous Welfare Reform: Something New or More of the Same?
Sue Green
Aboriginal Research and Resource Centre, University of New South Wales
Abstract (and paper if available)

Worlds Apart: Postcodes with the Highest and Lowest Poverty Rates in Today's Australia
Rachel Lloyd, Ann Harding and Harry Greenwell
NATSEM, University of Canberra
Abstract (and paper if available)

Exploring Indicators of Financial Stress
Bob McColl, Leon Pietsch and Jan Gatenby
Australian Bureau of Statistics
Abstract (and paper if available)

Sensitivity of Australian Income Distributions to Choice of Equivalence Scale: Exploring some Parameters of Indigenous Incomes
Boyd Hunter*, Steven Kennedy** and Daniel Smith**
*CAEPR, Australian National University, **RSSS, ANU, ***Australian Bureau of Statistics
Abstract (and paper if available)

Work Hours, Family Life and Perceptions of Financial Wellbeing: Links with Happiness?
Ruth Weston, Lixia Qu and Grace Soriano
Australian Institute of Family Studies
Abstract (and paper if available)

The Affordability of Child Care Services
Helen Moyle, Susan Kelly and Priscilla Dowling
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Canberra
Abstract (and paper if available)

Social Enterprise: Partnership for Sustainable Change
Rob Simons
The Smith Family
Abstract (and paper if available)

Mission: Enterprise
Marie Leech
Mission Australia
Abstract (and paper if available)

Volunteers and Community Legal Centres: A Partnership Under Threat
Rose Melville
University of Woollongong
Abstract (and paper if available)

Net Impact of Job Network Services and WfD
Michael Cameron
Evaluation and Monitoring Branch, Department of Employment, Workplace Relations and Small Business.
Abstract (and paper if available)

Attitudinal Segmentation of Australian Job Seekers - A Work in Progress
Joan ten Brummelaar and Angela Southwell
Labour Market Policy Group, DEWRSB
Abstract (and paper if available)

Indigenous Welfare: Individual rights or collective responsibility? An Analysis of Noel Pearson's Critique of Welfare and Indigenous Communities
Vicki Grieves
Department of Aboriginal Studies, University of Newcastle
Abstract (and paper if available)

Indigenous Hunter-Gatherers in the 21st Century: Beyond the Limits of Universalism in Australian Social Policy?
Jon Altman
Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research (CAEPR), ANU
Abstract (and paper if available)

Welfare Dependency, Welfare Autonomy?
Bill Arthur
Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research, ANU
Abstract (and paper if available)

Australian Unemployment Protection: Challenges and New Directions
Wayne Vroman
The Urban Institute, US
Abstract (and paper if available)

Health, Beneficiaries and Welfare to Work: Competing Visions of Employability
Maureen Baker and David Tippin
University of Auckland, NZ
Abstract (and paper if available)

The Impact of Disability Rights Legislation on Employment in the United States
Elizabeth Lightfoot
University of Minnesota, US
Abstract (and paper if available)

Mapping Social Capital: An Empirical Investigation of the Distribution of Social Capital across Australian Families and Communities
Wendy Stone and Jody Hughes
Australian Institute of Family Studies
Abstract (and paper if available)

Explaining Trust: Social Capital and Socio-economic Inequality
Toby Fattore, Nick Turnbull and Shaun Wilson
University of New South Wales
Abstract (and paper if available)

Issues in Service Delivery
Jenny Bourne
Dept of Family & Community Services
Abstract (and paper if available)

Participatory Democracy in Action - Managed Consultation or Grassroots Representation?
Susan Rudland, Roberta Ryan and Lucy Grieg
Brian Elton & Associates and School of Social Science and Policy, UNSW
Abstract (and paper if available)

Deliberative Democracy - Are Local Communities Up To It?
Robert Kenk
Sutherland Shire Council
Abstract (and paper if available)

Community Indicators and the Specificity of Localities: Articulating Local Government Partnerships
Roberta Ryan and Phillip Mar
University of New South Wales and Macquarie University
Abstract (and paper if available)

Limitations of a Cost Savings Framework for Funding Preventive Care
Karen Fisher
Social Policy Research Centre, UNSW
Abstract (and paper if available)

Workplace Change in Local Government: the Impact of Competition Policy and the New Public Management on Service Delivery to Communities
Lou Wilson, Barbara Pocock and Marg Sexton
University of Adelaide
Abstract (and paper if available)

Community Organisations- Adapting to Change
Jenny Jakobs and Michelle Lunn
Massey University
Abstract (and paper if available)

Factors Influencing the Educational Performance of Students from Disadvantaged Backgrounds
*Jill Considine and **Gianni Zappala
*ACIRRT, University of Sydney and **The Smith Family
Abstract (and paper if available)

Youth Allowance and Participation in Education, Training and Work: Results from the Youth Allowance Longitudinal Survey
Phil Brown*, Anne McConnell*, Rebecca Muldoon*, Stephen Lamb** and Lyn Robinson***
*FaCS, **University of Melbourne and ***ACER
Abstract (and paper if available)

Young People, Drugs and Criminal Justice: Implementation of the NSW Youth Drug Court Pilot Program
Mardi Flick and Tony Eardley
Social Policy Research Centre, UNSW
Abstract (and paper if available)

Bridging the Digital Divide: Conceptual Issues and Practical Approaches
Grant Fitzner

Abstract (and paper if available)

Triple Bottom Line and Community Services
Mark Henley
Adelaide Central Mission
Abstract (and paper if available)

The Changing Role of the Voluntary Sector in Australia
Eli Ristevski
La Trobe University
Abstract (and paper if available)

The Sound of One Hand Clapping: A Confidence Survey of Aotearoa/New Zealand’s Voluntary Sector
Will Low and Eileen Davenport
Auckland University of Technology
Abstract (and paper if available)

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