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ABSTRACT The introduction of Universal Credit, a new social assistance benefit for working age people in the UK, constitutes radical welfare reform and entails a significant intensification... Read more
ABSTRACT Public services operate increasingly through financialising policy technologies in which governments and other funders ‘invest’ in programmes and interventions that can measure and... Read more
EXTRACT Improving the quality and quantity of interactions between policymakers and academics continues to exercise contributors from all sides who wish to build more and better bridges betw... Read more
ABSTRACT In this article, we identify the unfolding unintended consequences which flow from one instance of policy layering in Australia’s National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS).... Read more
ABSTRACT Developing and implementing social policy aimed at resolving wicked problems has occupied governments and not-for-profit organizations for decades. Such problems are enduring due to... Read more
Volume 20, Issue 2 , May 2019: Special Issue in Celebration of Amartya Sen’s 85th Birthday Table of Contents Introduction to the Special Issue in Celebration of Amartya Sen’s 85... Read more
EXTRACT The Australian Work + Family Policy Roundtable is a research network of 32 academics from 17 universities and research institutions with expertise on work, care and family policy. Th... Read more
ABSTRACT The paper investigates the role of brands in new forms of welfare services, introducing the concept of brand co-creation as a mean to bring cohesion, motivation and alignment inside... Read more
EXTRACT “Social capital” is a protean term, meaning different things to different people at different times. In general, it is seen as a measure of community strength, as well as a measure o... Read more
ABSTRACT Disability insurance scheme comes in at $1.6bn less than expected, but advocates blame shortfall on problems for people accessing the scheme. Two of the biggest savings in the budge... Read more
ABSTRACT This Federal Budget will be brought down in an election year, where it seems the main aim from Government will be a surplus. ACOSS has long supported efforts to responsibly return t... Read more
ABSTRACT This article surveys how SIR models have been extended beyond investigations of biologically infectious diseases to other topics that contribute to social inequality and environment... Read more
ABSTRACT Activists in the internet era are taking action through online petitions, twitter storms and by forming new digital advocacy organizations such as Campact, 38 Degrees and GetUp!. Ho... Read more
ABSTRACT Objective: To review studies published in the Australasian Journal on Ageing (AJA) about the aged care workforce, and to identify influences on quality of care and potential policy... Read more
02 April 2019 Statement from Conny Lenneberg, Executive Director of the Brotherhood of St Laurence A Budget is more than a fiscal document or set of policy priorities. It is, as acknowledged... Read more
