Welfare State



Some of the budget changes on welfare appear to be about sending the message that receiving welfare is undesirable. Whether these changes actually reduce social… Read More ›

Budget Forum 2017: Welfare Changes Stigmatise Recipients and Are Sitting on Shaky Ground

The 2017-18 federal budget delivered this week was politically pragmatic and clever (not tricky), but economically risky. It looks as though Malcolm Turnbull and his… Read More ›

Budget Forum 2017: Federal Budget Is Politically Pragmatic But Economically Risky

A colleague recently asked me to review a collection of Australasian essays on the universal basic income (UBI). Showing the cross disciplinary interest in UBI,… Read More ›

Basic Welfare: Can We Stop Defending Labour?

John Hills’s acclaimed book Good Times, Bad Times: The Welfare Myth of Them and Us rests on a simple but seldom-made observation: much of the redistribution carried… Read More ›

“Them” and “Us”: The Enduring Power of Welfare Myths

Unexpected bills can be a challenge for any household. But for people who rely on social security payments, the unexpected news of a significant debt… Read More ›

Timing It Wrong: Benefits, Income Tests, Overpayments and Debts

Large projected fiscal burdens due to population ageing have caused many countries to increase the access age of their old age pensions. The average pensionable… Read More ›

Means Testing Public Pensions: A Policy Option for an Ageing Population

The financial hardship of poor working families represents a key policy challenge in many countries. Sue Regan interviews Jane Millar, Professor of Social Policy at… Read More ›

An Interview with Professor Jane Millar, OBE

Despite some analysis from the media suggesting single parents might find being on welfare more attractive than working, more than half of sole parents in… Read More ›

Does It Pay to Work? – The Case of a Single Parent with 4 Children

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