The 1990s have seen dramatic restructuring of state social provision in the US, the UK,
Canada and Australia. This has occurred largely because of the rise of market liberalism …

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

The development of women's refuges in Victoria, Australia emerged within the context of
emergency accommodation for women being the province of charity-based organisations …

Peak bodies or umbrella organisations have played a major role in the policymaking
process in the Australian community sector since the 1970s. Yet there is very little empirical …

This thesis analyses the history of the Victorian women's domestic violence services
movement from 1974 through to a period of significant change in 2005. Whilst services …

The 1970s saw a shift of focus by professions responding to domestic violence cases
perpetrated by men towards women within Australia. Their focus was targeted at the factors …

The Australian community services sector has experienced significant reductions in both
state and federal government funding during the 1980s and 1990s. I While many services …

This article explores the question of whether all community work with women is feminist
community work and suggests it is useful to distinguish the latter according to its social goals …

Despite growing interest from researchers about the provision of rural social support
services in Australia in general, there is still very limited understanding of the way specialist …

Wend] Weeks, Senior Lecturer, SociJJJ Work, Unil> enily ofMelbourne, ParlcviJJe 3052
AusInlliJJ lWenty-five years of women's commitment and hard labour have built many …