Australia's welfare 2007

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• Preliminary material (490KBPDF; 154KB RTF)
  • Half title and verso pages
  • Title and verso pages
  • Contributors
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Symbols
• Sections
  1. Introduction (92KBPDF; 106KB RTF)
     • A review of progress in welfare
     • Housing and homelessness
     • Children and young people
     • Ageing and disability
     • The wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples
     • Some data issues
     • References
  2. Children, youth and families (313KBPDF; 1.17MB RTF)
     1. Introduction
     2. Australia's children and young people
     3. Australian families
     4. Early childhood and school entry
     5. Education and employment
     6. Children and young people at risk
     7. Data developments
     8. Summary
     9. References
  3. Ageing and aged care (353KBPDF; 1.90MB RTF) ¹
     1. Introduction
     2. Australia's older population
     3. Work and retirement
     4. Social participation
     5. Retirement income
     6. Support for older people - informal care
     7. Support for older people - aged care services
     8. Accessing services
     9. Client profiles and patterns of service use
     10. Outcomes
     11. Aged care expenditure
     12. Summary
     13. References
  4. Disability and disability services (274KBPDF; 1.4MB RTF)
     1. Introduction
     2. Disability in the Australian population
     3. Care, services and assistance
     4. Outcomes
     5. Summary
     6. References
  5. Housing for health and welfare (243KBPDF; 835KB RTF)
     1. Introduction
     2. Economic and social issues impacting on housing assistance
     3. Summary of housing assistance programs
     4. Current housing policy issues
     5. Pressure for change in delivery of housing assistance
     6. Information issues facing housing assistance
     7. Summary
     8. References
  6. The dynamics of homelessness (232KBPDF; 991KB RTF)
     1. Introduction
     2. The major program response to homelessness
     3. Who is turned away from SAAP accommodation?
     4. Who counts as homeless?
     5. Homelessness before and after SAAP accommodation
     6. People in SAAP with mental health and problematic substance use issues
     7. Iterative homelessness and SAAP
     8. SAAP data from 1996 - 97 to 2005 - 06
     9. Policy initiatives
     10. Data development
     11. Summary
     12. References
  7. Welfare services resources (226KBPDF; 2.3MB RTF)
     1. Introduction
     2. Total financial and human resources for welfare
     3. Expenditure on welfare services
     4. Funding for welfare services
     5. Welfare expenditure
     6. International comparisons
     7. Human resources for welfare services
     8. Community services occupations
     9. Community services industries
     10. Unpaid workforce
     11. Summary
     12. References
  8. Indicators of Australia's welfare (291KBPDF; 1.54MB RTF)
     1. Introduction
     2. Healthy living
     3. Autonomy and participation
     4. Social cohesion
     5. Summary
     6. References
• End matter
  • Appendixes (263KBPDF; 4.44MB RTF)
    1. The national information infrastructure
    2. Appendix tables
  • Population tables (95KBPDF; 577KB RTF)
  • Abbreviations (53KBPDF; 47KB RTF)
  • Glossary (88KBPDF; 80KB RTF)
  • Index (144KBPDF; 473KB RTF)

Notes and corrections

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Previous versions of files that have been updated or corrected are presented below.

1. On page 143 the last paragraph should read "The value of accommodation bonds held by providers at the end of the 2005-06 financial year was estimated at $5,333.6 million ($4,270.3 million at the end of the 2004-05 financial year) (estimates supplied by the Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing)." (12 November 2008)
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