Co-presented with Graduate School of Government at the University of Sydney Date/Time: Thursday 4 August from 6 to 7.30pm Venue: Law School Foyer, Level 2, Sydney Law School, Eastern Avenue, the University of Sydney. Venue location Free and open to all with online registration requested. Please register online at this page. The vocation of public […]
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Peter Saunders prize awarded
The inaugural Peter Saunders Prize was awarded to Lucy Groenhart and Terry Burke for their paper ‘What has happened to Australia’s public housing? Thirty years of policy and outcomes, 1981 to 2011’. Professor at the Institute for Social Research, Swinburne University of Technology, Terry’s research interests are lower income housing (public and private rental housing), […]
Call for Expressions of Interest: New Editor for the Australian Journal of Social Issues
The Australian Social Policy Association (ASPA) invites applications to be a co-editor of the Australian Journal of Social Issues (AJSI) for a period of three-years from early 2016. The new co-editor will work alongside the current editor Boyd Hunter. The AJSI has contributed to the development of interdisciplinary analysis of social and policy issues in […]
Spotlight on retirement incomes policy
A special, extended joint lunchtime seminar presented by the Australian Social Policy Association (ASPA) and the Brotherhood of St Laurence (BSL). Speakers Susan St John, Auckland University John Daley, Grattan Institute Angela MacRae, Productivity Commission Date: Thursday 15 October Time: 11.30am – 1.30pm Venue: Father Tuck’s Room, Brotherhood of St Laurence, 67 Brunswick, […]
Symposium explores social insurance
Registrations are now open for the annual symposium of the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia. Co-sponsored by ASPA, Social Insurance for the 21st Century: Exploring pathways for a sustainable, equitable and effective welfare system is co-convened by Profs Allan Borowski and Bettina Cass and promises informed and lively discussion on national and international social […]
Money matters: The state of play in child support
In Australia, as elsewhere, child support continues to attract considerable policy interest. Poverty has an ugly face, particularly for children, and an effective child support system can lessen the chances of children being thrust into poverty if their parents separate. Australia’s child support system is the envy of many countries around the world. But like […]
Collaboration with APO continues
ASPA is continuing to build a relationship with Australian Policy Online (APO) – a clearing house with a wealth of social policy material which has been running for the last 13 years, where ASPA members can publish their reports, research findings and commentary. As a member, ASPA may also use the APO site to advertise […]
East Asian Social Policy (EASP) Conference
Flinders University’s Prof Adam Graycar and ANU’s Prof Matthew Gray are featured in the two plenary sessions at the upcoming EASP conference, hosted by the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore, 30-31 July. ASPA president Adam Graycar will be delivering the plenary address on the Governance of Social Services for […]
Journal news – Wiley to publish AJSI from 2017
The Australian Social Policy Association is proud to announce that on 1 September 2016 a contract was signed with Wiley to publish the Australian Journal of Social Issues (AJSI). As part of this agreement, the Association will maintain ownership of the journal and pay an annual fee for its members to have access to a […]
Spotlight on retirement incomes policy
Melbourne, 15 October, 11.30-1.30pm With suggested changes to both the aged pensions asset test and superannuation tax concession, and with the government yet to heed calls for a major review, the topic of retirement income policy has been the subject of much recent debate. Coinciding with anti-poverty week ASPA and the Brotherhood of St Laurence […]