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ABSTRACT This report results from an all-day round-table discussion by 32 experts from diverse backgrounds in Australia. The participants met in Parliament House Canberra on Monday 18 June 2... Read more
ABSTRACT In mid-July 2017 Metiria Turei, the co-leader of the New Zealand Green party, spoke at the Green Party AGM about her time on social welfare1 in the 1990’s. She talked about lying to... Read more
ABSTRACT Peter Fisher, Treasury under-secretary in George W. Bush’s administration, once memorably described the US government as “a gigantic insurance company (with a sideline business in n... Read more
ABSTRACT Resilience has predominantly been investigated as an individual’s response to adversity and, at the level of the collective, how communities respond to a direct threat. The social w... Read more
ABSTRACT CAEPR Working Paper 108/2016 described the number and pattern of social security penalties being applied to jobseekers participating in the Remote Jobs and Communities Program. The... Read more
ABSTRACT After years of lobbying, Queenslanders will soon be protected under a Human Rights Act, to replace a patchwork of legislation under a new framework to ensure freedom of speech, safe... Read more
ABSTRACT Since 1981, the World Values Survey has tracked changes in the values and beliefs of citizens in 97 countries, including Australia. These surveys have identified considerable change... Read more
ABSTRACT At present, little is known about the corporate characteristics that support a socio-economic development towards degrowth. Addressing this research gap, we conducted interviews wit... Read more
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
