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Safety net : the future of welfare in Australia / Daniel Mulino ; foreword by Bill Kelty.

By: Mulino, Daniel [author.]Contributor(s): Kelty, Bill [author of introduction, etc.]Material type: Text

TextPublisher: Collingwood, Victoria : La Trobe University Press in conjunction with Black Inc., [2022]Copyright date: ©2022Description: xii, 372 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781760643898 (pbk.); 1760643890 (pbk.)Subject(s): Welfare state -- Australia | Public welfare -- Australia | Social security -- Australia | Australia -- Economic conditions | Australia -- Social conditions | Australia -- Social policyDDC classification: 361.614 Summary: The welfare state is one of the crowning achievements of the twentieth century, giving citizens access to healthcare, pensions, disability and unemployment benefits. This unprecedented expansion of the state was a product of the postwar period of the late 1940s, when governments ramped up investment in this grand safety net. By the 1970s, half of all government spending went towards social-welfare programs, but today the welfare state stands at a crossroads, beset by both political opposition and funding pressures as the population ages.Australian Labor Party MP Daniel Mulino provides a sweeping account of the history of welfare in Australia and abroad, from Bismarckian Germany to present-day Canberra. In this deeply researched and lucid account, Mulino looks to the challenges facing today's welfare state and reflects on what steps must be taken to protect and extend it.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

The welfare state is one of the crowning achievements of the twentieth century, giving citizens access to healthcare, pensions, disability and unemployment benefits. This unprecedented expansion of the state was a product of the postwar period of the late 1940s, when governments ramped up investment in this grand safety net. By the 1970s, half of all government spending went towards social-welfare programs, but today the welfare state stands at a crossroads, beset by both political opposition and funding pressures as the population ages.Australian Labor Party MP Daniel Mulino provides a sweeping account of the history of welfare in Australia and abroad, from Bismarckian Germany to present-day Canberra. In this deeply researched and lucid account, Mulino looks to the challenges facing today's welfare state and reflects on what steps must be taken to protect and extend it.

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