Australia's welfare 1999: Services and assistance

Publication table of contents and part PDFs

• Preliminary material (721K PDF)
  • Title page and verso
  • Letter of transmittal
  • Contributors
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Symbols
• Chapters
  1. Introduction (67K PDF)
     • Changes in community services since 1997
     • Directions in family and community services
     • Taxation reform
     • Recent developments in community services information
     • The Review of Commonwealth - State Service Provision
  2. Expenditure on welfare services (410K PDF)
     • Introduction
     • Total expenditure
     • Expenditure by governments
     • Recurrent government expenditure on welfare services by four welfare services categories
     • The contribution of community service organisations
     • Tax expenditures in the community services sector
     • The contribution of the household sector
     • International comparison of government expenditure on welfare services
     • Summary
  3. Changing work patterns and the community services workforce (392K PDF)
     • Introduction
     • Changing patterns of work
     • The community services workforce
     • Factors affecting the demand for community services
     • Factors affecting the supply of community services
     • Overview and future prospects
  4. Children's and family services (352K PDF)
     • Introduction
     • Families and children in Australia
     • Family payments and tax expenditures
     • Child care and preschool services
     • Family support services
  5. Assistance for housing (333K PDF)
     • Introduction
     • Profile of housing tenure
     • Housing services and assistance
     • Housing assistance for Indigenous Australians
     • Data development
  6. Aged care (478K PDF)
     • Introduction
     • The need for care
     • Service provision
     • Outcomes
     • Summary
  7. Disability services (547K PDF)
     • Introduction
     • The prevalence of disability
     • Services and assistance
     • Outcomes
     • Summary
  8. Child protection and support services (262K PDF)
     • Introduction
     • Child abuse and neglect
     • Children on care and protection orders
     • Children in out-of-home care
     • Future directions
  9. Services for homeless people (466K PDF)
     • Introduction
     • The need for services for homeless people
     • Programs for homeless people
     • Recipients of assistance
     • Services provided
     • Outcomes for clients
• End matter
  • Appendix tables (245K PDF) ¹
  • Abbreviations (37K PDF)
  • Glossary (49K PDF)
  • Population data (54K PDF)
  • Index (100K PDF)

Notes and corrections

1. A correction has been made to table A7.1, page 350, where data for moderate and mild core activity restriction was incorrectly calculated, but that the errors in this table were NOT replicated throughout the text.