The latest article from our Compulsory Income Management Study - expertly led by @StevenHWRoche - is now out! We find that Compulsory Income Management measures are poorly suited to addressing the needs of children, as they fail to influence the structural factors that most impact their wellbeing.

The Report of the Select Committee on Poverty in SA was tabled last month. Wonderful to see our Hidden Costs report and our AJSI article on compulsory income management and homelessness extensively cited parliament.sa.gov.au/en/Committees/… Greg Marston Dr Michelle Peterie Zoe Staines @StevenHWRoche

Gratifying to see two of our Compulsory Income Management Study publications discussed in this Select Committee report The Committee's first recommendation is that the Gov of SA consider "requesting the Government of Australia wind-up the #CashlessDebitCard scheme in the #Ceduna region by 31 Dec 2022"

Our Compulsory Income Management Study findings are reported in the Australian today “Child welfare issues are ­nuanced & multi-factorial, & frequently exist in a broader context of … disadvantage [...] Crude coercive measures like CIM are woefully ill-equipped to address them" protect-au.mimecast.com/s/1SloC71R2NTA…

Our research is discussed in the Australian today @StevenHWRoche Dr Michelle Peterie Zoe Staines We found that welfare quarantining has "limited verifiable effectiveness in enhancing child wellbeing and reducing children’s exposure to harm" protect-au.mimecast.com/s/1SloC71R2NTA…

COMING SOON: Compulsory Income Management in Australia and New Zealand: More Harm than Good? By Greg Marston, Louise Humpage, Dr Michelle Peterie, Philip Mendes, Shelley Bielefeld and Zoe Staines Details and pre-order: policy.bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/compulsory-inc…

Nice to get this in the post today karen soldatić Louise St Guillaume — includes a chapter by Compulsory Income Management Study team on subjectification, suffering, and emotional resistance under #CIM #incomemanagement #CDC #cashlessdebitcard Dr Michelle Peterie Greg Marston

#PovertyIndustry at work in Aus 👉 Indue Pty Ltd total contract expenditure for the #CashlessDebitCard, at Feb '22, was $63.26M. Yet, lifting those on JobSeeker above the #povertyline is unaffordable? 🤔 #AusPol2022 #AusVotes22 Compulsory Income Management Study parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/downl…

The book from our study - Compulsory Income Management in Australia and New Zealand: More Harm than Good - comes out this month! Available at policy.bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/compulsory-inc…

So exciting to see this important addition to our book series bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/research-in-co… with Policy Press. Now available for pre-order. Prof. Heejung Chung #alexandrakaasch

Apparently book selfies are a thing? This is the best I could do… the book speaks for itself — #cashlesswelfare does more harm than good. (My daughter’s 🌈 in the background speaks of new horizons with #Labor’s commitment to abolish the #CDC 👏 ) ⁩ ⁦Compulsory Income Management Study⁩ ⁦

Wonderful to have an enthusiastic endorsement of our book by Prof Guy Standing policy.bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/compulsory-inc… Compulsory Income Management Study Dr Michelle Peterie Greg Marston Policy Press

Drawing on first-hand accounts from those living under the systems, this book explores the impact of #Australia and #NZ income management policies and asks whether they have caused more harm than good. #Income Zoe Staines Dr Michelle Peterie policy.bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/compulsory-inc…

The latest article from our Compulsory Income Management Study is out in Critical Social Policy. We show that Money Management (NZ's version of the #CDC) does not build financial capability as claimed. Rather, it can be counterproductive in this respect journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11… Greg Marston Zoe Staines

The latest article from our team is now out in Critical Social Policy Responsibilising young benefit recipients: Income management and financial capability in New Zealand journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11… Greg Marston Zoe Staines Dr Michelle Peterie TASA

At the Senate inquiry hearing, Dr Bielefeld says she has "grave concerns about people in the NT going back on the mandatory BasicsCard which is just as unjust as the Cashless Debit Card. People want autonomy and control over their lives."

Professor Greg Marston says at the senate hearing on Labor's proposed legislation that will remove the Cashless Debit Card, but could leave people in the NT on the BasicsCard: The design principle that is problematic on the CDC is the same as the BasicsCard - both cause problems

Yesterday, colleagues Greg Marston, Philip Mendes & Shelley Bielefeld presented evidence from our Compulsory Income Management Study research on the #BasicsCard & the #CashlessDebitCard to the Senate Community Affairs Legislation Committee. Read their testimonies here: parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/searc…

Thank you Aust J Polit Science for this honour. Our paper 'Is Conditional Welfare an Effective Means for Reducing Alcohol and Drug Abuse?' (led by Philip Mendes Monash Social Work) has won the annual Mayer Journal Article Prize for the best article published in the journal in 2021 APSA Australia