TY  - BOOK
AU  - Mulino,Daniel
AU  - Kelty,Bill
TI  - Safety net: the future of welfare in Australia 
SN  - 9781760643898 (pbk.)
U1  - 361.614 23
PY  - 2022///]
CY  - Collingwood, Victoria
PB  - La Trobe University Press in conjunction with Black Inc.
KW  - Welfare state
KW  - Australia
KW  - Public welfare
KW  - Social security
KW  - Economic conditions
KW  - Social conditions
KW  - Social policy
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index
N2  - 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
ER  -