Carrots or sticks? The Use of Incentives to Achieve Social Policy Goals in Australia

Chenoweth, Lesley Irene; Warburton, Jennifer; Buckley, Amma

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“…Australian Council of Social Services (2007) reports that high levels of unmet needs for community services generally do not compare favorably with other OECD countries. Additionally, there has been an increase in middle-class welfare provisions, whereby, for example, the government subsidizes private health-care contributions, offers first home buyer cash grants (not means tested) and some child-care rebates (Chenoweth, Warburton, & Buckley, 2005).…”

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Redefining Welfare: Australian Social Policy and Practice

Chenoweth

2008

Asian Soc Wrk & Pol Rev

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The present paper outlines and analyzes Australia's welfare reform policies as they have been implemented over the past decade. While there have been numerous social policy initiatives over this period, welfare reform provides an interesting site for analysis and review. This suite of policies and programs is of particular importance from several standpoints. First, its target groups -those needing income security assistance, including the unemployed, people with disabilities, and single parents -are historically and traditionally of concern to social work and social welfare. Second, welfare reform policies have had significant impact on social welfare agencies, and the social workers and welfare workers employed in them. Finally, welfare reform has had a wider impact on inequality in Australia and our attitudes to those in need. This paper first provides a brief overview of the context of Australian social policy and welfare, its origins and current situation. It then outlines the key operational elements of welfare reform and how it has been implemented. The third section of the paper offers a critical analysis of these policies and programs and finally poses some questions and issues requiring further discussion and research.

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