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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Abstract When the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) was drafted,
governments grasped that human rights are needed as safeguards, not only against …

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 …

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 …

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 …