Between 1995 and mid-2001 there was a large increase in the number of penalties imposed on income support recipients for breaches of social security rules and requirements. Tony Eardley, Jude Brown, Margot Rawsthorne, Kate Norris and Liz Emrys found, among other things, that it tends to be the more disadvantaged job seekers who face the...

This report commissioned by the Department of Family and Community Services analyses the current data on children in SAAP, both those who accompany their families and those who are unaccompanied, and discuss policy development and possible further research.

Recent debate on welfare reform has acknowledged the important role of economic and social participation. This report reviews current knowledge on social and economic participation by FaCS customers, identifies the factors that determine different types and levels of participation among different groups of customers, and examines how income support recipients view the purpose and value...