Philip Mendes
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 3840799 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Philip Mendes |
| PRENOMES | Philip |
| SOBRENOME | Mendes |
| ASSINATURA | MENDES P |
| AFILIAÇÕES | Monash University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2750-4140 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 107 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 277 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 105 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 2 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 1996 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 9 |
Older care leavers and the aged care system
Older Care Leavers—also known as Forgotten Australians—often encounter aged care systems that fail to meet their needs or account for their traumatic histories. Systemic gaps in care planning, service design, and policy reform have left this group at risk of retraumatisation and exclusion as they age. This study explored the perspectives of older Care Leavers living in the community, who may face decisions about future aged-care options. After co…
Resisting the Reframing of Poverty as Welfare Dependency
During the long period of Labor Party Government from 1983 to 1996, the Australian Council of Social Service (ACOSS) arguably became one of the most effective policy advocacy groups in Australia. But the election of the Howard‐led Coalition Government in 1996 presented new challenges including the management of ideological discord with the Coalition and rebuffing active attempts by the government to exclude social justice advocates from political…
Examining Policies and Practices to Support Young People Transitioning From Out‐of‐Home Care (Oohc) in Asia
Young people transitioning from out‐of‐home care, also known as care leavers, are globally recognised as a vulnerable group. There is a scarcity of literature on leaving care across the Global South, including Asia. The authors examined policies and practices from the grey literature to gain insights from broader literature beyond peer‐reviewed literature on Asia, which is relatively scarce and has a distinct social and cultural context compared …
Assessing the Quality of Transition Plans in Out‐of‐Home Care
Despite transition planning practices for young people (YP) in out‐of‐home care (OoHC), many continue to experience inequities after care, suggesting that intended outcomes are not being achieved. In Victoria, Australia, a Care and Transition Plan (transition plan(s)) document is the primary mandated tool to capture YP's transition goals, actions and supports for leaving care. The quality of the transition plans may play a critical role in shapin…
The Long Shadow of Institutionalisation
Forgotten Australians—those who spent time in institutional or out‐of‐home care as children until the 1980s—form a marginalised and often overlooked group within Australia's ageing population. Although formally recognized under the Aged Care Act, their distinct needs remain largely invisible in mainstream aged care. This study examines the perspectives of aged care professionals on the safety, accessibility and responsiveness of services for olde…
Insights into the Implementation of Compulsory Income Management in the Northern Territory
A scoping review of policies and practices to support young people transitioning from out-of-home care in Asia
Young transitioning from out-of-home care in Asia need formal leaving care support. • Policies and practices are mainly inadequate to support young people leaving out-of-home care in Asia. • Residential care settings (RCS) are major alternative care providers in Asia. • Stigma and cultural barriers experienced by care leavers. • There is a need to develop a social ecology of support that is socially and culturally appropriate for care leavers in …
Beyond Survival
Older care leavers, or Forgotten Australians, who experienced institutional and foster care up until the 1980s, are now an ageing and vulnerable population in Australia. This study draws on interviews with 24 care leavers to examine how institutional histories shape their lives and approaches to aged care. Analysis revealed four overlapping life‐story themes: the profound impact of childhood institutionalisation, the enduring effects of systemic …
Way beyond the care cliff
Purpose This study explores the experiences of care-experienced people living in supported housing provided by the Rees Foundation in England. This study aims to understand the challenges faced by those over 25 who have aged out of statutory support and explores how the Rees Foundation’s services help address these challenges. Design/methodology/approach This study uses a qualitative approach, using semi-structured interviews with five tenants an…
The Introduction of Extended Out‐of‐Home Care (Oohc) Until 21 Years in Australia
It is increasingly recognised by global research that extending out‐of‐home care (OOHC) until at least 21 years of age is the policy reform most likely to advance improved outcomes for care leavers. In recent years, all eight Australian jurisdictions (States and Territories) have introduced forms of extended care programs. Yet, major variations remain between these jurisdictions in terms of the placement types covered, the levels of support and f…
Resisting the Anti-Welfare State Backlash
An intersectional feminist analysis of compulsory income management in Australia
Globally, women experience poverty at disproportionate rates to men, with the situation being worse for Indigenous women and women of colour. Social security systems are one avenue for income redistribution that can alleviate poverty. However, such systems are themselves embedded within and produced by unequal social relations, meaning they can also serve to perpetuate and exacerbate social inequalities. This is exemplified under neoliberal welfa…
Educational experiences and needs of students in out-of-home care
Numerous studies show that children and young people in out-of-home care (OOHC) face significant disadvantage in completing high school and accessing post-secondary education. The current research involved a two-round Delphi survey which aimed to identify educational challenges and school reforms to improve the educational experiences of children and young people in OOHC. A total of 45 participants from three OOHC stakeholder groups (carers of ch…
From Welfarist Support for Vulnerable Groups to a Social Justice Perspective
It has often been suggested that poor Australians were a forgotten cohort during the long period of post‐World War Two prosperity. Yet the peak non‐government welfare body, the Australian Council of Social Service (ACOSS), aimed from its establishment in 1956 to publicise concerns about poverty, and stimulate policy responses to relieve the disadvantage of those living in poverty. Using a range of primary sources including ACOSS annual reports, p…
Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Policies and Interventions that Improve Health, Psychosocial, and Economic Outcomes for Young People Leaving the Out-of-Home Care System
Young people who transition to adulthood from out-of-home care (OOHC) are more likely to experience a range of poorer outcomes relative to their same-age peers in the community. This systematic review assessed the effectiveness of policies or interventions (hereafter “interventions”) aimed at improving housing, health, education, economic, and psychosocial outcomes for youth leaving OOHC (hereafter “care leavers”). Eleven databases of published l…
Perspectives on the ongoing impact of compulsory income management in the Northern Territory
Since 2007, income support recipients in the Northern Territory (NT) have been subjected to compulsory income management (CIM), a form of welfare conditionality which continues, despite the withdrawal of CIM from other locations in Australia and research that identifies negligible benefits. Implemented with the goal of improving social well‐being and health outcomes, CIM quarantines a proportion of income support payments which cannot be used to …
How does the media represent institutional child sexual abuse within Jewish communities? A case study of the Malka Leifer court case
Concerns about institutional child sexual abuse within Jewish communities have been documented in two recent national inquiries into child sexual abuse, in Australia, and England and Wales. Yet to date, there has been little analysis of how media reporting informs public awareness of these concerns, and potential programme and policy responses. This paper examines media reports of the high‐profile case of ultra‐orthodox Jewish school principal Ma…
How has the media framed the introduction of the supervised injecting room in Victoria? A comparison of editorials of The Age and Herald Sun 2017–2022
Influenced by a harm reduction philosophy, the then Victorian Labor Government announced the establishment of the state's first medically supervised injecting room (MSIR) in North Richmond in late 2017. But, public and political opinion remains sharply divided as to the merits of the MSIR. One influence on policy development appears to be media commentary on the MSIR and the wider illicit drugs policy debate. This paper compares the official edit…
The most significant child welfare reform in a generation”
For more than three decades, official and independent enquiries have documented the poor outcomes experienced by many young people transitioning from out‐of‐home care (OOHC) in Australia, known as care leavers. Yet, until 2017, most of the state and territory governments cut off financial support to these vulnerable young people at no later than 18 years of age and failed to provide them with the ongoing material and relationship assistance into …
Residential care settings for children in the Philippines
This article investigates the contemporary transnational and neocolonial characteristics of children’s welfare in the Philippines, drawing on the perspectives of young people in residential care settings (RCSs) (aka orphanages) as well as the views of programme and policy actors embedded across child protection systems. Its findings highlight the funding and governance roles of transnational actors in child and family welfare programmes, the comm…
Examining the role of lived experience consultants in an Australian research study on the educational experiences of children and young people in out-of-home care
Children and young people’s access to and engagement in education is a key determinant of future positive outcomes. Children and young people in out-of-home care disproportionally experience educational disruptions and disengagements affecting their ability to participate in schooling, further and higher education. There is increasing international interest in the participation of young people with lived experience of out-of-home (OOHC) in resear…
Young people transitioning from out-of-home care
Responsibilising young benefit recipients
New Zealand recipients of the Youth Payment and Young Parent Payment, who are disproportionally Indigenous Māori and sole mothers, must participate in ‘Money Management’. This form of income management restricts spending, monitors financial transactions and requires compulsory budgeting education. Drawing on interviews with Money Management participants, Youth Service mentors and policymakers, this article argues that Money Management aims to res…
An analysis of the intersecting factors and needs that informed the experiences of young people transitioning from out of home care in the Australian states of Victoria and Western Australia
Young people transitioning from out-of-home care (often called care leavers) are globally a disadvantaged group who can be particularly vulnerable to experiences of housing instability and homelessness. This qualitative study, based on interviews with 34 care leavers in the Australian states of Victoria and Western Australia, examined their transition experiences and outcomes with a specific focus on access to stable and affordable housing. Our s…
Ajsi Transitions From Out‐Of‐Home Care Special Issue Editorial by Philip Mendes, Lynne McPherson, Jemma Venables, Steven Roche and Jenna Bollinger
Retrenching or renovating the Australian welfare state
Most conventional studies of the former Australian Liberal–National Coalition government refer to its neo‐liberal ideological agenda: its concern to reduce government interference with free market outcomes by restricting access to social security payments. That analysis suggests a substantial retrenchment of the Australian welfare state based on redirecting responsibility for the disadvantaged from government to corporations, private individuals …
Is there a case for the registration of social workers in Australia
The Australian Association of Social Workers has campaigned for many years for the registration of social workers in Australia, but with little success to date. This paper critically examines the key arguments for and against registration with reference to academic and government policy literature from international jurisdictions (primarily New Zealand and England) where government regulation of social work already exists. This review of existing…
The history of social work in Australia
Historical knowledge plays an important role in the development of social work identity. Yet there has been little analysis of the historical literature on social work and social workers in Australia. Attention is drawn here to both the strengths in the existing literature, and also to the major gaps in our knowledge of social work practice, education, activism and professional organisations. Arguments are considered for a greater prioritising of…
Compulsory Income Management
The introduction of compulsory income management by the then Coalition Government in 2007 signalled the increasing policy influence of individualistic as opposed to structural explanations of social disadvantage. Using key policy and evaluation literature, this article critically examines the principal arguments for and against compulsory income management. Specific questions are raised about the top-down and coercive nature of compulsory income …
Blaming the messenger
This paper explores the agenda-setting role of the media in child abuse, citing local and international examples. The author argues that much media coverage of child abuse promotes a conservative, pro-family political agenda, offering a narrow individualistic/legalistic view of child abuse as opposed to a broader structural definition. This conservative agenda is particularly reflected in media hostility to social workers involved in child abuse …
Social Workers and Social Activism in Victoria, Australia
In an era of small government and continued structural oppression, many social workers are compelled to engage in social and political activism. This article reports in-depth interviews with ten prominent social workers in Victoria, Australia about their social action. Attention is drawn to professional, ideological, and educational influences; links with social work education, values, skills, and identity; political, professional, educational, o…
Young People Transitioning from Out-of-home Care
Young people transitioning from out-of-home care are globally a vulnerable group who have generally not received the ongoing and holistic support that they require to transition successfully into a
Social workers and social action
Professional social work associations have long espoused at least a rhetorical commitment to promoting more equitable social policy outcomes. Yet too often the actions have failed to live up to the rhetoric. This article explores the social action history of the Victorian state branch of the Australian Association of Social Workers. Attention is drawn both to the highlights and lowlights of the branch's social policy interventions. The problemati…
Young People Transitioning from Out-of-Home Care
Young people transitioning from out-of-home care (generally called care leavers) are recognised globally as a vulnerable group. In the last eighteen months, four Australian jurisdictions have extended state care till twenty-one years in an attempt to advance the life opportunities of this cohort. These initiatives are strongly influenced by extended care programmes in the USA and England, which have reported improved outcomes for care leavers. Th…
Young People Transitioning from Out-of-home Care in Victoria
A significant proportion of young people leaving out-of-home care make their transition to independence via the youth justice system, exposing them to further risks and reducing their likelihood of full social and economic engagement in mainstream society. This article presents the initial findings of a research project based on a partnership between Monash University and seven nongovernment child and youth welfare agencies in Victoria, Australia…
Income management in A ustralia
The introduction of income management – sometimes called welfare quarantining – for subgroups of Australian income security recipients within the N orthern T erritory, and subsequently a number of other trial sites, has provoked considerable contention. The present study critically examined the arguments and evidence presented in favour of income management with particular reference to the guidelines, methodology and findings of official evaluati…
Teaching social policy to social work atudents
Local and international evidence suggests that professional social work education often fails to effectively prepare graduates to implement social policy objectives within their everyday practice. This paper critically analyses the development of social policy subjects within one particular Australian social work course. Particular attention is drawn to subject objectives, content, reading material, teaching methods and assessment. Some suggestio…
The contribution of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child to understanding and promoting the interests of young people making the transition from care to adulthood
Graduating from the child welfare system
Historically, insufficient resources and assistance have been provided to young people leaving state care. Care leavers have been found to experience significant health, social and educational deficits including homelessness, disproportionate involvement in juvenile crime and prostitution, poor social supports and early parenthood. This paper compares the UK and Australian debates around improving outcomes for care leavers. Whilst there are some …
Ending Australia’s Status as a “Leaving Care Laggard”
Young people transitioning from out-of-home care, commonly called care leavers, are known to be a vulnerable group. Many experience poor outcomes leading them to become homeless or involved in the criminal justice system. Yet compared to most other Anglophone democracies, Australia lacks mandatory assistance for care leavers beyond 18 years of age. There are also major legislative, policy, and program differences between care leaver entitlements …
Compulsory income management
Compulsory Income Management ( CIM ) is a form of conditional welfare that involves the mandatory quarantining of a portion of welfare recipients’ social security payments. Quarantined funds are accessible via a government‐issued debit card, with restrictions surrounding where and on what funds can be spent. Official justifications of CIM have framed these policies as attempts to combat substance abuse and gambling problems, and to thus secure be…
The needs and experiences of young people with a disability transitioning from out-of-home care
Young People Transitioning from Out-of-Home Care
Young people transitioning from out-of-home care comprise arguably one of the most vulnerable and disadvantaged groups in society. They experience multiple disadvantages resulting from their abuse or neglect prior to entering care, their often negative experiences in care, and the lack of support provided to them as they transition from care. Compared to most young people, they face particular difficulties in accessing educational, employment, ho…
The Introduction of Extended Out‐of‐Home Care (Oohc) Until 21 Years in Australia
It is increasingly recognised by global research that extending out‐of‐home care (OOHC) until at least 21 years of age is the policy reform most likely to advance improved outcomes for care leavers. In recent years, all eight Australian jurisdictions (States and Territories) have introduced forms of extended care programs. Yet, major variations remain between these jurisdictions in terms of the placement types covered, the levels of support and f…
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (Indigenous) young people leaving out-of-home care in Australia
The complexities of cultural support planning for Indigenous children in and leaving out‐of‐home care
Indigenous children and young people are over‐represented at all stages of the Australian child protection system. Policy and legislative initiatives exist in the state of Victoria, Australia aiming to support the connection between Indigenous children and young people in state care and their culture and community. This exploratory research involved focus group consultations with seven child and family welfare agencies to investigate the impacts,…
Half A Citizen
Half a Citizen: Life on Welfare in Australia John Murphy, Suellen Murray, Jenny Chalmers, Sonia Martin, and Greg Marston Crows Nest, NSW, Allen & Uwnin, 2011 viii + 240 pp., ISBN 9781742376059, $39
The Social Harms Outweigh the Benefits
Welfare conditionality, where income support payments are tied to prescribed activities or alternatively good behaviour, has intensified in recent years. The toughest form of conditional welfare is arguably compulsory income management (IM), which involves the quarantining of between 50 and 90 per cent of a participant’s benefit payment for spending on food, rent, and other essential items in order to reduce substance abuse, and enhance socially …
Introduction for Special Issue on Income Management
The changing nature of the Australian welfare state
The Australian Council of Social Service (ACOSS) is Australia's leading welfare advocacy group. During 2011–13, ACOSS coordinated a high-profile campaign to lift the rate of the Newstart allowance for the unemployed. The campaign used a number of advocacy strategies such as policy reports, petitions, media releases, support from other key interest groups and consultations with parliamentarians, but was unsuccessful in persuading the Labor governm…
The historical and political context of mandatory reporting and its impact on child protection practice in victoria
This article explores the historical and political debate concerning mandatory reporting of child abuse in Victoria. The argument advanced here is that the decision by the Victorian Government to introduce mandatory reporting in early 1993 reflected narrow political priorities, rather than any concern for enhanced service or practice outcomes. As a result, Victoria has witnessed a short-sighted shift of resources from child abuse prevention and s…
Jews, Ukrainians, Nazi War crimes and Literary hoaxes down under
Helen Deminenko est le laureat 1995 du Miles Franklin Award, c'est-a-dire du prix litteraire le plus en vu en Australie. Pour beaucoup, le livre de Deminenko tente de justifier l'Holocauste. Le roman raconte l'Holocauste a travers les yeux d'un collaborateur ukrainien. En fait, Deminenko semble reprendre des mythes inepuisables tels que celui du pouvoir juif sur le monde ou des prejudices causes sur le peuple ukrainien par le judeo-bolchevisme. C…
From Keynes to Hayek
The Liberal Party has traditionally been a party of pragmatic conservatism blending three disparate ideological tendencies: the social liberal or ‘wet’ ameliorative tendency, the economic liberal or ‘dry’ individualist tendency, and a less organised social conservative tendency. The Menzies era and Fraser Governments reflected the influence of all three tendencies. However, since 1983, the Federal Liberal Party has arguably become dominated by cl…
The Rise and Fall of the Jewish/Left Alliance
The disproportionate historical involvement of Jews in the political Left is well known. However, far less attention has been paid to the political and ideological factors which attracted Jews to the Left. This article attributes Jewish support for the Left to both class and ethnic considerations. Poverty and anti‐Semitism influenced Jews to join a movement which promised to end capitalist and racial oppression. However, following the Holocaust a…
From the wage earners welfare state to the targeted welfare state
This paper explores the social welfare policies and ideology of the Federal ALP from 1983 to 1999. Traditionally, the Labor Party has been committed to government intervention in the free market to promote a fairer distribution of income, and social protection for the poor/disadvantaged. However, the HawkelKeating years arguably saw an abandonment of the Laborist plan for a fairer and more egalitarian society in favour of economic rationalist/fre…
Eliminating Welfare Dependency Not Poverty
This article examines the ideological assumptions behind the Howard Government's welfare reform strategy. Critical attention is drawn to concepts such as welfare dependency and mutual obligation, which have ensured a focus on individual rather than structural solutions. In addition, the global context of welfare reform is explored with particular reference to the role of US welfare reform guru Lawrence Mead. Overall, both the policy process and c…
Globalisation and the Welfare State
This article examines the impact of globalisation on welfare states, with some specific reference to the Australian situation. The argument advanced is broadly commensurate with that of Ramesh Mishra, who argues that globalisation is as much a political and ideological phenomenon as it is economic. Whilst Mishra acknowledges that economic globalisation suggests a consistent international downward trend in social expenditure, he also documents the…
The cold war, McCarthyism, the Melbourne Jewish council to combat fascism and Anti‐Semitism, and Australian Jewry 1948‐1953
(2000). The cold war, McCarthyism, the Melbourne Jewish council to combat fascism and Anti‐Semitism, and Australian Jewry 1948‐1953. Journal of Australian Studies: Vol. 24, The Beautiful and the Damned, pp. 196-206
The Senator Sam Cohen Affair
This paper explores the Senator Sam Cohen Affair, the public brawl between sections of the Jewish community and the Australian Labor Party (ALP) during and following the 1961 federal election. Attention is drawn to the factors which precipitated the Affair including Left/Right conflicts within the Jewish community and the ALP, Cohen's controversial pre selection for the Senate ahead of Maurice Ashkanasy, the international Jewish campaign against …
JAS Review of books
David Hendy, Radio in the Global Age, Polity Press, Cambridge, 2000, pp 260, pb $53.90. Rob Johnson, Cash for Comment: The Seduction of Journo Culture, Pluto Press, Annandale, 2000, pp 286, pb $32.95. J Mohan Malik (ed.), Australia's Security in the 21st Century, Allen & Unwin, Sydney, 1999, 304 pp, $32.95. Andrew McGahan, Last Drinks, Allen & Unwin, Sydney, 2000, pp 377, pb $24.95. Eve Langley, The Pea‐Pickers (1942), A&R Classics, Sydney, 2001,…
Public attacks on social work in Australia
This paper examines two historical examples of public attacks by the conservative Bulletin magazine on Australian social wok the 1961 assault on an alleged communist conspiracy in the Melbourne University Social Studies Department, and the 1981 critique of alleged marxist influence within the University of Sydney Social Work Department. Attention is drawn both to the short-term impact of these attacks on the social work profession and its commitm…
Blaming the messenger
This paper explores the agenda-setting role of the media in child abuse, citing local and international examples. The author argues that much media coverage of child abuse promotes a conservative, pro-family political agenda, offering a narrow individualistic/legalistic view of child abuse as opposed to a broader structural definition. This conservative agenda is particularly reflected in media hostility to social workers involved in child abuse …
JAS review of books
David Burchell and Andrew Leigh (eds), The Prince's New Clothes: Why Do Australians Dislike Their Politicians?, University of New South Wales Press, 2002, pp 191, pb $34.95. ISBN 086840604X. Don Watson, Recollections of a Bleeding Heart: a portrait of Paul Keating, Random House, 2002, hb $45.00. ISBN 0091835178. Warwick Anders, The Cultivation of Whiteness: Science, Health and Radical Destiny in Australia, Melbourne University Press, 2002, pp 364…
Drug wars down under
This article analyses the recent debate over the proposed introduction of safe injecting facilities (SIFs) for heroin users in the State of Victoria. It is argued that this debate strongly reflected the increasing globalisation of national social policy debates. Both supporters and opponents of SIFs drew constant attention to the alleged success or failure of existing SIFs in Europe. In addition, the debate saw the direct intervention of internat…
Jews, Nazis and communists down under
This article examines the controversial campaign by the Jewish Council to Combat Fascism and Anti‐Semitism to stop large‐scale German immigration to Australia in the early 1950s. The campaign was historically significant in that this was the first time Australian Jewry had initiated politically divisive public protests linked to national political and electoral considerations. Attention is also drawn to some of the factors which ultimately hinder…
The Melbourne Jewish Left, Communism and the Cold War. Responses to Stalinist Anti‐Semitism and the Rosenberg Spy Trial
This article explores the political marginalisation of the Melbourne Jewish Council to Combat Fascism and Anti‐Semitism during the Cold War. Attention is drawn to contending views about the nature of the Council's links with communism. By comparing the Council's response to two coinciding international events during 1952 and 1953 ‐ the anti‐Jewish show trials in Stalinist Eastern Europe, and the Rosenberg spy trial in the USA ‐ evidence is derive…
A Cross-National Comparison of Welfare Lobby Groups
Theories of globalisation suggest that national lobby groups continue to exert significant impact on social policy outcomes. This paper compares two prominent national welfare lobby groups, the British Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG), and the Australian Council of Social Service (ACOSS). Attention is drawn to their similarities and differences in a number of areas including their origins, major aims and objectives, representation, ideology, fun…
Social workers and social action
Professional social work associations have long espoused at least a rhetorical commitment to promoting more equitable social policy outcomes. Yet too often the actions have failed to live up to the rhetoric. This article explores the social action history of the Victorian state branch of the Australian Association of Social Workers. Attention is drawn both to the highlights and lowlights of the branch's social policy interventions. The problemati…
Teaching social policy to social work atudents
Local and international evidence suggests that professional social work education often fails to effectively prepare graduates to implement social policy objectives within their everyday practice. This paper critically analyses the development of social policy subjects within one particular Australian social work course. Particular attention is drawn to subject objectives, content, reading material, teaching methods and assessment. Some suggestio…
Australia's welfare wars
Jews and Australian Politics
Graduating from the child welfare system
Historically, insufficient resources and assistance have been provided to young people leaving state care. Care leavers have been found to experience significant health, social and educational deficits including homelessness, disproportionate involvement in juvenile crime and prostitution, poor social supports and early parenthood. This paper compares the UK and Australian debates around improving outcomes for care leavers. Whilst there are some …
Australia's welfare wars
Labourists and the welfare lobby
The Australian Council of Social Service (ACOSS) and the federal ALP have often been depicted as political allies due to the relative symmetry of their ideological positions. However, this article argues that their relationship is far more complex than an alliance would suggest, and has always involved a mixture of both cooperation and conflict. On the one hand, the ALP seems to expect political loyalty from ACOSS, but has never been willing to c…
The history of social work in Australia
Historical knowledge plays an important role in the development of social work identity. Yet there has been little analysis of the historical literature on social work and social workers in Australia. Attention is drawn here to both the strengths in the existing literature, and also to the major gaps in our knowledge of social work practice, education, activism and professional organisations. Arguments are considered for a greater prioritising of…
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