Neither major party seems to understand the structural causes of unemployment, or how to adapt welfare policy to meet those needs.
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Labor’s proposed reform of family benefits will impact on higher income families.
On reform, the 2016-17 budget is a holding one, with tinkering on the sides.
What aspects of the government’s reforms succeeded in assisting people into employment? And did the reforms improve the population’s economic well-being? Or have they left some groups worse off?
Low-income families will actually end up worse off, if Osborne’s cuts to welfare continue.
Progress in South Africa’s welfare system is being hindered by corruption, labour disputes and a lack of research and innovation in the field.
On welfare reform, it’s a question of listen and learn.
Getting jobseekers off benefits and into well-paid jobs should be a priority. So why has pace been glacial?
Christian Porter on domestic violence
Michelle Grattan speaks with Social Services Minister Christian Porter about the government's moves on domestic violence, his thinking on welfare reform and his support for making adoption easier.
Income management was first applied to Indigenous communities before being implemented more widely. The Healthy Welfare Card policy appears to be on this same path.
Might the lessons of Australia’s super-efficient welfare system offer a potential way forward for the development of a basic income – a universal, low but adequate payment?
How can it be determined whether any improvements that may occur as part of the 12-month “cashless debit card” trial are the result of the card or increased funding for services, or a mix of both?
The government’s revised Family Tax Benefit proposals will still have some significant negative impacts on low-income families, but they are not as regressive as the 2014 budget.
In his valedictory speech, former treasurer Joe Hockey has effectively challenged the Turnbull government to be bold.
There is no mandatory four-week wait for young people to receive benefits in New Zealand.
The government should follow the evidence-based advice before wasting more money on a new “trial” program that further infantilises mainly Indigenous welfare recipients and won’t work.
Here’s how well do the Eurozone countries look after their citizens.
The government and the Greens have struck a deal to pass tougher eligibility arrangements for the pension.
Centrelink’s failure to answer calls is a sign of a deeper problem: a lack of respect from government services for vulnerable citizens.
Various studies, culminating in the final evaluation report of income management in the Northern Territory, have found such programs don’t achieve the claimed benefits. Why did the budget extend them?
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