Author : Luke Buckmaster
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (793 download)
Book Synopsis Is Income Management Working? by : Luke Buckmaster
Download or read book Is Income Management Working? written by Luke Buckmaster and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: " ... Income management has been a controversial part of the Australian Government?s welfare reform agenda in recent years. While various conditions have always been applied to eligibility for welfare payments, restrictions on how payments may be spent are a new development that has been criticised by some as paternalist and stigmatising. Much of the debate surrounding income management has related to the question of evidence. That is, does a sufficient body of evidence exist to justify the policy of compulsory income management? Alternatively, is there evidence of policy failure or harmful consequences arising from income management? In other words, is income management working? ..." [taken from introduction].