Publications by Author

1. Taxing the family : Australia's forgotten people in the income spectrum

   Lucy Sullivan | 22 Aug 2001 | Policy Monographs

   Over the last two decades, the tax burden has shifted from taxpayers without to taxpayers with dependent children.  While... Read More...

2. Behavioural Poverty

   Lucy Sullivan | 09 Apr 2000 | Policy Monographs

   The welfare debate is bedeviled by the failure to distinguish behavioural from financial poverty. The minimum income available... Read More...

3. REVIEW ARTICLE: The Quality of Mercy

   Lucy Sullivan | 09 Sep 1999 | POLICY Magazine

   Social Welfare and Individual Responsibility: For and Against by David Schmidtz and Robert E. Goodin (Cambridge University... Read More...

4. SCHOOL'S BRIEF: Australia's Prospects in the Global Economy

   Barry Maley, Helen Hughes AO 1928 - 2013, Jennifer Buckingham, Lucy Sullivan | 09 Sep 1999 | POLICY Magazine

   Selected economic excerpts from State of the Nation 1999.

5. State of the Nation: Indicators of a Changing Australia 1999

   Lucy Sullivan | 02 Aug 1999 | Special Publications

   The expanded and revised edition of State of the Nation: Indicators of a Changing Australia 1999 is a comprehensive guide... Read More...

6. REVIEW: When Fair Enough Isn't Good Enough

   Lucy Sullivan | 06 Jun 1999 | POLICY Magazine

   Towards Personal Independence and Prosperity: Income Support For Persons of Working Age in New Zealand by James Cox (New... Read More...

7. SCHOOLS' BRIEF: Taxation of Family Income

   Lucy Sullivan | 12 Dec 1998 | POLICY Magazine

   The Lost Concept of Horizontal Equity

8. Tax Injustice: Keeping the Family Cap-in-Hand

   Lucy Sullivan | 10 Jul 1998 | Issue Analysis

   There is a growing awareness of financial pressure on the family, together with anomalies in the interaction of family earnings,... Read More...

9. COMMENT: The Perils of Republics

   Lucy Sullivan | 03 Mar 1998 | POLICY Magazine

   In practice unanimity of will in the political sphere does not occur, making the reach of authority problematic.

10. Rising Crime in Australia

    Lucy Sullivan | 15 Feb 1998 | Policy Monographs

    Rising Crime in Australia provides a long-term perspective on crime.  For much of the twentieth century crime rates were... Read More...

11. REVIEW ARTICLE: Back From the Brink

    Lucy Sullivan | 09 Sep 1997 | POLICY Magazine

    Shaping Their Future: Recommendations for Reform of the Higher School Certificate by Barry McGaw (Australian Council for... Read More...

12. State of the Nation: Statistical Indicators of Australia's Well-being

    Lucy Sullivan | 01 Apr 1997 | Special Publications

    The first of a series of studies of the social condition of Australia in 1997.

13. REVIEW ARTICLE: Family, Education and Society

    Lucy Sullivan | 12 Dec 1996 | POLICY Magazine

    Family, Education and Society: The Australian Perspective edited by A. R. Barcan and P. O'Flaherty (Academy Press, 1995.)