Australian welfare policy, 1950 to 2007: continuity and disruption

本项目旨在分析从1949年奇夫利政府末期到2007年霍华德政府末期的澳大利亚福利政策。该项目旨在使人们对收入支助制度所面临的挑战、医疗保险和退休金等政策改革的关键动力以及澳大利亚模式的“例外论”产生新的认识。预期成果包括根据1950年至2020年核心收入支助系统的时间序列数据建立一个新的数据库。预期的好处包括更好地了解需要进行何种福利改革，以支付失业、贫困、老年护理、残疾和儿童需求等重大社会风险。

This project aims to analyse Australian welfare policy from the end of the Chifley government in 1949 to the end of the Howard government in 2007. The project intends to generate new understandings about the challenges facing the income support system, the key dynamics of policy reforms such as Medicare and Superannuation, and the “exceptionalism” of the Australian model. Expected outcomes include a new database based on time-series data concerning the core income support systems from 1950 to 2020. Intended benefits include a better understanding of the sort of welfare reform needed to pay for major social risks of unemployment, poverty, aged care, disability and the needs of children.