Table of contents
- Preliminary material (445KB PDF)
- Title page and verso
- Letter of transmittal
- Contributors
- Contents
- Preface
- Symbols
- Sections
- Introduction (341KB PDF)
- Issues of government and community interest
- The national information infrastructure
- Enhancing the measurement of welfare
- Indicators of Australia's welfare (760KB PDF)
- Introduction
- Healthy living
- Autonomy and participation
- Social cohesion
- Future directions
- Informal care (940KB PDF)
- Introduction
- Caring in a changing Australia
- Context of care
- Caring for children
- Caring for people of all ages with a disability
- The future availability of carers
- Conclusion
- Welfare services resources (753KB PDF)
- Introduction
- Total resources
- Expenditure on welfare services and its funding
- Tax expenditures
- Human resources in welfare services
- Summary
- Assistance for housing (855KB PDF)
- Introduction
- The economic and social background
- Housing assistance to low-income renters
- Assistance to home owners and purchasers
- Data development
- Conclusion
- Children's and family services (878KB PDF)
- Introduction
- Families and children in Australia
- Assistance for families
- Child care and preschool services
- Child protection and out-of-home care services
- Adoptions
- Data development
- Conclusion
- Ageing and aged care (1.2MB PDF)
- Introduction
- Ageing in Australia
- Support and care for older people
- Care services in the community
- Residential care
- Client profiles
- Expenditure
- Outcomes
- Summary
- Disability and disability services (838KB PDF)
- Introduction
- Recent developments
- Prevalence of disability and need for assistance
- Services and assistance
- Outcomes
- Conclusion
- Services for people experiencing homelessness (795KB PDF)
- Introduction
- Developing definitions of homelessness
- Supported Accommodation Assistance Program
- Other Commonwealth initiatives
- Some state and territory initiatives
- Summary
- Introduction (341KB PDF)
- End matter