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Current NDIS can't provide decent jobs, researchers warn

14 Jul 2017

New research has found that the NDIS pricing system does not cover the full costs of disability support and will fail to provide high quality services.

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Shared home ownership helps people with disability, researchers find

07 Apr 2017

New research by UNSW's Social Policy Research Centre has found that shared home ownership schemes for people with disability bring potential benefits but also expose people to debt risks.

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What did the rich man say to the poor man? Why spatial inequality in Australia is no joke

31 Mar 2017

Not only has income inequality in Australia grown over the past two decades, rich and poor are also more segregated in terms of where they live, writes Bruce Bradbury.

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Prison support program helps reduce re-offending rates, UNSW research finds

16 Mar 2017

The ACT's Extended Throughcare Pilot Program is helping reduce recidivism rates and crime in the community, a UNSW evaluation has found.

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Shared ownership can help make housing affordable for people with disability

10 Feb 2017

Shared ownership schemes can unlock access to suitable housing, although these are less common in Australia than overseas, write Ilan Wiesel and Karen R Fisher.

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How China trumps Australia when it comes to supporting disabled workers

04 Jan 2017

When it comes to Australia's employment of people with a disability, perhaps we need to learn from Chinese policy, which combines employment quotas and a levy on employers who do not comply, writes Karen Fisher.

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One+One

15 Dec 2016

Dr Cassandra Goldie, head of the Australian Council of Social Service, has a PhD in Law from UNSW. At the university she met Professor Peter Saunders, from the Social Policy Research Centre, with whom ACOSS has now partnered to produce landmark reports into poverty.

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Report uncovers a grim picture of child poverty in Australia

17 Oct 2016

Research conducted by UNSW’s Social Policy Research Centre has revealed an increase in the number of children living in poverty.

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Whatever happened to Australia's 'no child shall live in poverty' pledge?

17 Oct 2016

It's now almost 30 years since Bob Hawke promised to end child poverty by 1990. In the meantime we have seen economic growth deliver rising real incomes to most Australians, yet the pledge remains a distant goal, writes Peter Saunders.

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Baby boomers aren't to blame for Generation Y's woes

22 Apr 2016

Baby boomers have become a convenient scapegoat for our social and economic ills. But this intergenerational narrative is neither true nor helpful, writes Myra Hamilton.

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