Welfare payments and school attendance

Welfare payments and school attendance: an analysis of experimental policy in Indigenous education
Larissa Behrendt and Ruth McCausland / Australian Education Union
Making the welfare payments of Indigenous people conditional on measures such as their children's school attendance is becoming an increasingly popular policy measure in Australia. This paper sets out the increasing influence of the concept of mutual obligation in Australia and its particular application to Indigenous policy. Posted 13-08-2008

Indigenous welfare reform

Indigenous welfare reform in the Northern Territory and Cape York: A comparative analysis
Jon Altman and Melissa Johns / Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research
This paper examines and compares two Indigenous jurisdictions in the Northern Territory and Cape York that have been subject to radical policy interventions by Federal and State Governments. Posted 05-08-2008