This groundbreaking book both explains and expands the growing debate on ecological
(environmental) social work at the global level. In order to achieve this, the book strengthens …

The past two decades have witnessed the application of new forms of conditionality to
Australian social security policy. This paper argues that a distinctive feature has been the …

The provision of social services in Australia has changed dramatically in recent decades.
Governments have expanded social provision without expanding the public sector by …

Major transformations in forms of governance of the liberal state have been wrought over the
course of the last century, including the rise of neoliberalism and 'new public …

Australia recently enacted welfare-to-work reforms for sole parents, the partially disabled
and the long-term unemployed. At the sametime, it enacted labour law reforms, which …

Conjugal Rites explores the legal shape of marriage as it has been determined by countless
decisions concerning entry and exit into the ancient rite. Heather Brook examines the …

This article assesses the ways in which expectations around familial reliance are built into
welfare policies for newly arrived immigrants. Through analysis of policies in place in …

Perhaps the most potent symbol of the Howard government's faith in New Public
Management (NPM) was the Job Network. Interrogating the Rudd government's …

This paper examines the forms of life established through the visual governance of the
Australian social security mobile app (application)—the Express Plus Centrelink app. It is …

Abstract In June 2014 the Abbott Coalition Government issued a report called A New System
for Better Employment and Social Outcomes (Department of Social Services, 2014a). This …