If you find our service useful and would like to contribute ‘Working for an Australia Free of Poverty’, please consider a donation to the Brotherhood of St Laurence.
ABSTRACT Australia’s welfare 2017 is the 13th biennial welfare report of the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. This comprehensive report provides an authoritative overview of the w... Read more
ABSTRACT Rates of household food insecurity among immigrant populations in Canada and the USA suggest high vulnerability, yet the experience of food insecurity within these groups is not wel... Read more
ABSTRACT A large literature has claimed that higher political participation increases welfare spending. In this paper, I review this literature. I study the theoretical link between particip... Read more
Policy & Politics Highlights – all 7 articles are free to access until 31 July 2018 Studying public deliberation after the systemic turn: the crucial role for interpretive research... Read more
ANU Press has now published online the latest issue of Agenda: A Journal of Policy Analysis and Reform (Volume 25, Number 1). Agenda is the journal of the College of Business and Economics,... Read more
08 May 2018 THE BROTHERHOOD OF ST LAURENCE has long advocated for action to deal with stubborn unemployment still hurting too many in our most vulnerable communities. Ongoing investments are... Read more
Latest articles – A selection of articles with abstracts Can a Unified Service Delivery Philosophy Be Identified in Aging and Disability Organizations? Exploring Competing Service Deli... Read more
Important policy problems rarely fit neatly within existing territorial boundaries. More difficult still, individual governments or government departments rarely enjoy the power, resources a... Read more
ABSTRACT Reforming state and local government taxes that apply to property can contribute to creating a fairer and more sustainable housing system as well as delivering additional economic a... Read more
EXTRACT from an article by Marian Vidal-Fernandez Understanding how to tackle social mobility is a major organisational, evidence-gathering, and data research challenge for government and re... Read more
Media Release Turnbull Government proposals to mandate ‘comprehensive credit reporting’ (CCR) will have negative consequences unless changes are made, according to Consumer Action Law Centre... Read more
Extract from an article by Katherine Gillespie Rent is skyrocketing and life is more expensive than ever—so why hasn’t our national unemployment benefit increased since 1995? The last... Read more
ABSTRACT Youth involvement in community decision-making is considered a core principle of both youth advocacy and progressive governance. Yet, in many communities formal roles for youth rema... Read more
