Although Western nations have long placed conditions on access to social security
payments, many of the more recent conditions utilising technological tools have intensified …

This article concerns the relationship between shame and lived experiences of welfare in
Australia, a multicultural settler colony. References to shame abound in the literature dealing …

In light of concerns that the technologies employed by the digital welfare state exacerbate
inequality and oppression, this article considers contemporary shifts in the administration of …

Welfare conditionality, whereby eligibility for income support payments is linked to
prescribed forms of behaviour or values, is intended to encourage responsible behaviour in …

Public health measures to address the COVID-19 pandemic have disrupted welfare regimes
around the world. The Australian government suspended activation requirements for …

More than a decade on from their conception, this book reflects on the consequences of
income management policies in Australia and New Zealand. Drawing on a three-year study …

Food security is influenced by various factors and policy settings. The related concept of
food sovereignty, which emphasizes the rights of communities to 'define their own food …

Abstract The former Coalition Commonwealth Government consistently asserted that
representative Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (hereafter Indigenous) organisations …

Loneliness contributes to mortality risk, comparable to the risks associated with smoking and
obesity, although the causal determinants of loneliness remain less clear. This paper …

This book provides an accessible, research-informed text for students, social workers and
other social service workers and community development workers focused on practically …