Peter Whiteford
Interested in most aspects of social policy in Australia & internationally (also certain literary genres and restricted musical choices); also history (art too)
ANU, Canberra crawford.anu.edu.au/crawford_peopl…
- Very clear explanations: Aged care at home is changing. Here’s what you’ll pay for and how to plan theconversation.com/aged-care-at... via @ConversationEDU
- Australia's fertility decline: Evidence and policy experience e61.in/how-financia...
- The latest report from the ACOSS/UNSW Poverty and Inequality Partnership shows that 3.7m people are experiencing poverty. That number represents 1 in 7 people. Read the report at bit.ly/povertyoverv...
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- When a partner has a health shock, our study shows what happens to work, chores and fun theconversation.com/when-a-partn...
- My review from 2024: ‘The social engineering of shame’: Rick Morton’s Mean Streak exposes the populism behind the unlawful Robodebt scheme theconversation.com/the-social-e...
- The more in favour of welfare you are, the more likely you are to support cycle lanes theconversation.com/the-more-in-...
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- The ABS has released an Information Paper on why it did not release results from the 2023-24 Survey of Income and Housing www.abs.gov.au/statistics/d...
- Rising health expenditures and population ageing prompted OECD governments to increase social security contributions in 2024, reflecting a broader trend towards increasing revenues to strengthen the long-term sustainability of social protection systems. www.oecd.org/en/publicati...
- 1 in 8 households don’t have the money to buy enough food (in 2023) theconversation.com/1-in-8-house...
- We can’t fix what we don’t track. That’s why Australia needs an official poverty measure theconversation.com/we-cant-fix-...
- Reposted by Peter WhitefordNew jobs here! I'm on the Advisory Board of this Leverhulme Trust-funded project investigating 'The long-term impact of New Labour’s social and economic policies', and there are two Research Fellowship posts available: jobs.nottingham.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx...
- www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... An overview of yesterday’s announcement
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- Australian Economic Review: Volume 58, Issue S1 Fifty Years Beyond the Henderson Inquiry: Rethinking Poverty Measurement for Australia (free) at onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14678462...
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- Social Services cleared to pursue historical welfare debts www.themandarin.com.au/295770-dss-c...
- Synergy to repay $2.29 million after overcharging Centrelink customers for power www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07...
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- Jonathan Bradshaw at the symposium on his legacy in Social Policy in the 21st century #York2025 @easp-spa-2025.bsky.social
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- Robodebt dampening public servants’ AI enthusiasm www.themandarin.com.au/293399-robod...
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- Very interesting paper from @RogerWilkins_au "Have changes in the Australian labour market this century contributed to rising voter disaffection?" melbourneeconomicforum.com.au/wp-content/u... 1/2
- The share of Australian households with income from government payments is at a 25 year low. Those with zero or less than 1% of their income from social security has increased from 41 to 58%.
- The War on Government Statistics Has Quietly Begun: Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick disbanded the Federal Economic Statistics Advisory Committee. Bloomberg www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti... (paywall)
- The Impact of Australian Government Assistance on Housing Stress www.austaxpolicy.com/budget-forum... Since March 2022, maximum CRA rates have risen by 45%, including regular indexation every six months. Additionally, the government raised base rates of JobSeeker and YA by $40 per fortnight. 1/2
- Despite recent increases, Australia remains near the bottom of OECD advanced economic nations when it comes to the adequacy of out-of-work payments for the short-term unemployed. johnmenadue.com/despite-rece...
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- JobSeeker Payments are still below the Poverty Line, and here’s why that affects us all www.austaxpolicy.com/jobseeker-pa...
- Despite recent increases, JobSeeker still leaves people below the poverty line. Here’s why that affects us all theconversation.com/despite-rece...
- “Inside the DOGE Threat to Social Security,” "Mistakes and overpayments do occur, but the agency’s inspector general recently found that less than one per cent of benefits distributed between 2015 and 2022 were improper." tinyurl.com/vnxsbcc8 May be a paywall ...
