Families, Welfare And Social Policy

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ithout obligation has unintentionally caused considerable damage to the culture and social cohesion of Aboriginal communities. Pearson does not want welfare spending cut, but he does want it reformed and redirected.
Our remaining contributions are not directly addressed to issues of welfare reform, but tackle other areas of public policy which impact on the wellbeing of families. Two of them look at taxation policy as it affects families. Lucy Sullivan, from the Centre for Independent Studies, argues that the current income tax system unfairly advantages earners without children, and David Johnson, of the Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, forecasts that the new Goods and Services Tax and associated income tax and benefits changes will enhance the spending power of families.
Two other contributors focus on labour market policy. Belinda Probert, a sociologist at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, criticises the impact of labour market deregulation on women's ability to combine career and child rearing, and...