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November 2003
ACOSS Paper 131. Published by ACOSS, 2003.
Includes: Definition of hidden unemployment. Jobs growth. Impact hidden unemployment on economy. Joblessness. Centrelink. International approaches to measuring joblessness. ABS.
October 2003
ACOSS Info paper 350. Published by ACOSS, 2003.
Includes: Attendance to university by lower socio-economic backgrounds. Attitudinal and financial factors effect upon university participation. HECS. Partial fee deregulation. Full-fee places. HECS repayment threshold. Increasing living expenses of students. Commonwealth learning scholarships.
September 2003
ACOSS Info paper 348. Published by ACOSS, 2003.
Includes: Rent Assistance. Housing affordability. Housing stress. Rent disparities. Affordable locations. Commonwealth State Housing Agreement (CHSA). Unemployment/employment. The Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute (AHURI). Community service providers
September 2003
This Submission responds to the Government consultation paper "Building a simpler system to help jobless families and individuals" and examines the social security system in Australia today, including current problems and how it could be improved. It discusses proposals to restructure the system to ensure that rates of payment are adequate, re-balance the system of mutual obligation, and improve work incentives. The submission calls for a commitment for a major overhaul of the social security system.
ACOSS Paper 129. Fairness and flexibility: reform of workforce age social security payments in Australias. Mutual obligation. Payment categories & activity requirements.
Includes: Labour market. Caring & family. Disability & health. Housing stress. Objectives for reform. Payment structure. Payments or tax credits. Adequacy of payments. Targeting of payments. Poverty trap
June 2003
Submission to the Senate Inquiry into Poverty & Financial Hardship), ACOSS Paper 127. Published by ACOSS, 2003.
Includes: Anti-poverty strategies in Europe. Strategies to reduce poverty. Recommendations. Poverty in Australia. Persistence of poverty. Inequality & poverty. Living standards studies. Measuring poverty. Unemployment. Low wages. Income support. Health. Housing. Indigenous disadvantage.
May 2003
ACOSS Info paper 346. Published by ACOSS, 2003.
Includes: Joblessness. Employment/unemployment. McClure report. Welfare reform. Family Tax Benefit. Youth Allowance. Child Care Benefit. Poverty. Henderson Poverty Line. Social Security. Australians Working Together Package. Base rates of payment. Rent Assistance. Gaps in the safety net. Income tests. Mutual obligation.
March 2003
ACOSS Info paper 326. Published by ACOSS, 2003.
Includes: National Wage cases. Wage fixation. Social security system. Decentralised wage bargaining. Minimum wage. Inequality. Poverty. Social security policy. UNICEF. Child poverty. Part-time, casual and under-employed workers. Child care costs. Social Policy Research Centre.
March 2003
This study reveals a serious imbalance in the debate over Australia's family payments system. It shows that family assistance payments fail to rise in keeping with the higher cost of caring for older children and consequently many low-income families with teenage children are at risk of deeper poverty than young families.
ACOSS Info paper 344. Includes: Family Assistance System. Child Poverty. Joblessness/unemployment. Family Allowance Supplement. Sole parents. Rent Assistance. Costs associated with caring for older children. Social Policy Research centre. Youth Allowance. Financial dependence amongst young people. National Centre for Social and Economic Modeling (NATSEM).
February 2003
ACOSS Info paper 325. Published by ACOSS, 2003.
Includes: Joblessness. Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). Employment. Hidden unemployment. Underemployment. Unemployment benefit. Casualisation of the labour market. Customised assistance (CA). Social security payments. Personal Support Program (PSP). Education. National Youth Service Transition Service. Apprenticeships and traineeships.
January 1970
ACOSS has consistently called in its minimum wage submissions for Fair Work Australia to undertake and review research into measures of relative living standards as a guide to its decisions on minimum wages.