Social (In) security and inequality in Australia: The limited role of human rights in the policy debate

B Goldblatt - 2017 - papers.ssrn.com
This chapter explores the place of human rights within policy and legislative debates on
social security in Australia 40 years after the Sackville Report recommended that the …

The right to social insecurity: a human rights perspective on the evolution of Australian welfare policy

P Alston - Australian Journal of Human Rights, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
In this lecture I use an international human rights law lens through which to look at some of
the key trends in current Australian welfare law and policy. In contrast to the focus in the mid …

The Right to Social Security

M Stephens - Law into Action: Economic, Social and Cultural …, 2019 - papers.ssrn.com
New Zealand has a well developed social security system, but to what extent can it be said
to realise the international right to social security? This chapter traces the evolution of New …

The Social Security Act: just another Act or a blueprint for social justice?

T Carney - Australian Journal of Social Issues, 1990 - Wiley Online Library
This paper takes the opportunity of the Social Security Review to reflect on the meaning of
social security reform. It argues that traditional conceptions of the welfare state are unduly …

[图书][B] Poverty, policy and the state: The changing face of social security

M O'Brien - 2008 - books.google.com
New Zealand has experienced both sweeping economic and social reform and growing
poverty and income inequality in the last twenty years. This book explores the changes to …

Equal access to social and economic rights in Australia–the troubling case of ParentsNext

B Goldblatt - Australian Journal of Human Rights, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
This reflection considers the slow progress towards domestic recognition of social and
economic rights in Australian law and the notable gaps that remain. It focuses on the lack of …

How to advance social rights without jeopardising the Human Rights Act 1998

P Hunt - The Political Quarterly, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract When the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) was drafted,
governments grasped that human rights are needed as safeguards, not only against …

On law and economic inequality: a response to Philip Alston

R Dixon - Australian Journal of Human Rights, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
In LThe Right to Social Insecurity: A Human Rights Perspective on the Evolution of
Australian Welfare PolicyL, Philip Alston provides an insightful analysis of the complex …

Neoliberal welfare reform and 'rights' compliance under Australian social security law

T Carney - Australian Journal of Human Rights, 2006 - Taylor & Francis
Recent neoliberal reforms to Australian social security and labour law privilege individual
industrial bargaining and adopt a 'job-first'policy for welfare recipients, which exposes them …

[图书][B] Australia and human rights: Situating the Howard Government

C Fleay - 2020 - books.google.com
The Howard government's term in office in Australia from 1996 to 2007 is often portrayed as
one where Australia retreated from its international human rights obligations. Throughout …