Description |
44 pages : illustrations ; 30 cm |
Series |
Issues in society ; v. 123 |
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Issues in society (Balmain, N.S.W.) ; v. 123
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Contents |
Chapter 1. The Welfare System: What is the welfare system and who uses it?; Australia's welfare services expenditure; Welfare expenditure; Poverty factsheet; Gap between rich, poor widens; Older unemployed people; Unemployed people on Newstart Allowance or Youth Allowance; People with disabilities; Parenting Payment; Welfare providers told to lift game; Charitable organisations in Australia; Welfare agencies struggling to cope; Business, welfare must join hands; It's a tough business being benevolent. -- Chapter 2. Welfare Reform and Debate: The future of welfare in the 21st century; Facts about unemployed people; Facts about Disability Support Pension; Facts about Parenting Payment; Welfare shake-up may hit families; Welfare reform requires compassion, not a stick; State isn't doing a good job; Any revamp of the welfare system must tackle poverty; Welfare obligations must be a two-way street; Work for the dole; Mutual obligation; Work for the dole: summary from an ACOSS briefing paper; Lessons in responsibility for the unemployed; Read and write, or lose dole; Carrot and stick work better if there's less stick; Pressure on sole parents to find a job; Single mums forgo dole for values; Land where pensions are as poisonous as grog; Extra cash for Aborigines fails to lift tyranny of disadvantage |
Summary |
Australia may still be the Lucky Country for some, but how do we as a nation look after the less fortunate without encouraging welfare dependency? What are the respective roles of government, non- government organisations and charities in providing for the needy? Includes discussion of issues such as Work for the Dole schemes |
Analysis |
Federal issue |
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Low income |
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Nongovernment welfare sector |
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Social Security payments |
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Social security payments |
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Statistics |
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Welfare measures |
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Welfare state |
Notes |
Includes index |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (page 42) |
Audience |
Secondary and tertiary students and teachers |
Subject |
Charities -- Study and teaching (Secondary) -- Australia.
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Charities.
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Public welfare -- Study and teaching (Secondary) -- Australia.
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Charities -- Australia.
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Public welfare -- Australia.
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Public welfare.
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Social security -- Australia.
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Welfare economics -- Study and teaching (Secondary)
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Welfare economics.
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Welfare state -- Study and teaching (Secondary)
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Welfare state -- Australia.
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Welfare state.
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SUBJECT |
Australia. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79021326
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Author |
Healey, Justin.
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LC no. |
00002087 |
ISBN |
1876811323 |
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