Policy reforms must be implemented now to ensure that Australia does not experience a welfare-driven European-style financial crisis. Read More
The annual cost of the National Disability Insurance Scheme is set to blowout by at least $7 billion. Read More
Mixed results leave room for more welfare reform “There are more than 100,000 fewer recipients of Parenting Payment Single and Parenting Payment Partnered now than there were in 2006,” says a new... Read More
The ‘churn’ of middle-class welfare is costing Australia around $130 billion every year, and could be significantly reduced without cutting welfare to those who need it most, says a new report being... Read More
Declaring dependence on, and independence from, the modern welfare state: In a time when governments are running up enormous welfare bills and intrusively regulating everyday life, a series of essays being... Read More
RUDD GOVERNMENT MAKING IT MORE ATTRACTIVE TO CLAIM WELFARE: The Rudd government is planning to water down the existing work requirements and mutual obligation policies that have helped unemployed people... Read More