Existing research evidence suggests the hegemony of neoliberal measures within Australian welfare policy has resulted in higher, not lower, levels of social and economic injustice.
Australia has moved from a laggard to a global leader in leaving care policy and practice, but further work is required to broadly address three major areas.
The budget’s back in surplus after 15 years, briefly, and there are measures to ease cost-of-living pressures, but can it tame inflation?
The Australian Council of Social Service (ACOSS) has kept poverty and inequality on the policy agenda.
There are good reasons for the federal government to abolish the Cashless Debit Card, but what about the BasicsCard?
The Australian Greens, rather than the Labor Party, have emerged as the champions of the contemporary Australian welfare state.
The high level of poverty in affluent Australia is a national disgrace, and its prevention should be a priority for all political parties. But it’s not.
COVID-19 killed off any prospect of a budget surplus in the foreseeable future, but good fiscal management should see us ride out its economic impacts.
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