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Christian Porter is championing a new approach to the way welfare is distributed in Australia. AAP/Lukas Coch

September 20, 2016

The $4.8 trillion dollar question: will an ‘investment approach’ to welfare help the most disadvantaged?

Peter Whiteford, Australian National University

The proof of whether an investment approach to welfare actually does improve outcomes for the disadvantaged is still some years down the track.

Patrick McClure’s recently released review of Australia’s welfare system borrowed heavily from the reform agenda across the ditch. AAP/Dave Hunt

March 8, 2015

Australia should think twice before adopting NZ welfare model

Michael Fletcher, Auckland University of Technology

The claim that New Zealand’s investment approach to welfare reform has been “very successful” is at best unproven. Arguably, it is plain wrong.

The McClure Report should start a conversation, not be the end-point in welfare reform debate. Image sourced from www.shutterstock.com

February 26, 2015

McClure report is the start of a national discussion on welfare reform, not the end‑game

David Gilchrist, Curtin University

The McClure review into Australia’s welfare system is an important milestone - but it is not the end game. The report, chaired by former Mission Australia head Patrick McClure, has undertaken an analysis…

In the seven years since the Northern Territory Intervention, a large body of evidence has been built up showing few if any benefits from compulsory - as distinct from voluntary - income management. AAP/Terry Trewin

October 7, 2014

Government that ignores evidence sets up welfare policies to fail

Eva Cox, University of Technology Sydney

The mess of federal budget negotiations has taken over the limited space for social policy debates. However, we are due to get final reports on a range of inquiries. These include the McClure report on…

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