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Analysis

Forget Moral Decline: Aussies Might Be Getting Kinder

Staff Reporter, Tuesday, 7th October 2014 -  There is new evidence that Australians are exhibiting a strong attachment and commitment to kindness as a moral value, according to University of Tasmania Researchers Nicholas …

Analysis

Step by Step, Conservative Forces Move to Silence NGOs’ Voices

Contributor, Saturday, 30th August 2014 -  The Federal Liberal Party, Government Ministers, Coalition MPs, the Minerals Council of Australia and the Institute of Public Affairs (IPA) are targeting the advocacy role of Australia’s…

Opinion

Forrest Report Ignores What Works and Why in Indigenous Policy

Staff Reporter, Wednesday, 6th August 2014 -  Andrew Forrest’s recently released Review of Indigenous Training and Employment Programmes offers a unified set of proposals, however, these options could make things worse, …

Opinion

Not Missing in Action: The Enduring Penalty of ‘Being Female’

Staff Reporter, Friday, 1st August 2014 -  While many aspects of working life have changed in recent decades, the inequality of outcomes experienced by male and female employees has been remarkably resistant, writes Liz …

Ten Job Seekers Per Vacancy: A Reality Check on Welfare Overhaul

Lina Caneva, Tuesday, 29th July 2014 - 
 
 
 
 
 
It turns out that the policies for under 30s in the Federal Budget in May were a precursor to a much wider set of changes affecting unemployed people
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Analysis

When Job Seekers Outnumber Jobs 5 to 1, Punitive Policy is Harmful

Staff Reporter, Monday, 14th July 2014 -  Evidence shows that long-term unemployment is more about social and physical barriers than the character of the job seeker, so the justification for punitive welfare policy becomes…

Analysis

Welfare Review Fails to Understand Australia’s Labour Market

Staff Reporter, Monday, 7th July 2014 -  The vision for the reform of the Australian social welfare system depends entirely on whether labour market opportunities will open up to those for whom it had previously been closed,…

Analysis

Unemployment is Hitting Youth Hard: This is What We Should Do

Staff Reporter, Monday, 30th June 2014 -    A change in approach to the policy design of programs for young unemployed people could be a big step towards getting youth into work in Australia, writes Jeff Borland, Professor…

Hard Times Getting Harder for Cash-Starved Community Services

Staff Reporter, Wednesday, 18th June 2014 -  Governments want community organisations to move away from public funding and become more self-reliant, but is that possible, asks Research Fellows from the Social Policy Research…

Analysis

If We Are to Work to 70, We Need to Rethink Work

Staff Reporter, Monday, 19th May 2014 -  As the Federal Government confirms its plans to increase the Australia’s retirement age to 70, Sue Richardson, Principal Research Fellow, National Institute of Labour Studies…

Opinion

The Commission of Audit Wants to Rip Up Australia’s Social Contract

Staff Reporter, Friday, 2nd May 2014 -  The costs of many of the Commission of Audit’s recommendations may ultimately be too high for Australia, writes Veronica Sheen, Research Associate, School of Social Sciences…

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