New article from our ARC Compulsory Income Management Study team, just published in Australian Journal of Social Issues 'Compulsory income management: Combatting or compounding the underlying causes of homelessness?' onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.10… TASA @uqsocsci #Indue #CashlessDebitCard #BasicsCard #homelessness

Early bird TASA 2019 closes tonight! Link below to register. Great papers, researchers and events

“It is only by causing further damage to their body can they make ends meet.” This is the reality of #Newstart for one disabled research participant with 'partial capacity to work'. Read Louise St Guillaume's submission to the Senate Inquiry into Newstart: bit.ly/2nYGqdc

Thanks Work, Employment & Society! Wonderful to see our article - 'Emotional Compliance & Emotion as Resistance: Shame & Anger among the Long Term Unemployed' - published in such excellent company Gaby Ramia Greg Marston Roger Patulny

This symposium, supported by TASA and organised by karen soldatić and Louise St Guillaume, was utterly brilliant and one of the highlights of my year. Definitely watch keynote!

Call for Papers: Social Inclusion. Full details in the tweet below. Please share with your networks! Ashleigh Lin Bep N Uink Prof Corrinne Sullivan Yael Perry @m_trudgett SocialWorkWSU Institute for Culture and Society (ICS) Braden Hill Philippa Collin George Turner, PhD @SSAPChat Louise Crabtree-Hayes

What is life like for people with a disability deemed to have partial capacity to work? Our new research shows it is often an experience of poverty, with disability exacerbated by an inability to afford medical essentials and #Newstart obligations. bit.ly/38yZjFO

What is life like for people with a #disability living on #Newstart? | Looking forward to this timely public seminar from Louise St Guillaume, karen soldatić, Penny Dakin, Professor john gilroy & @MDAA_NSW at WSU's Whitlam Institute on Friday whitlam.org/events/2020/2/… Whitlam Institute

The proportion of #Newstart recipients who are sick & disabled has surged from 25% in 2014 to 42% last year | Research by Louise St Guillaume shows many live in poverty, “unable to afford basic necessities such as food, baby formula & sanitary pads” theguardian.com/australia-news… TASA

Thanks to Whitlam Institute and all who participated so pleased to launch our important report on #Newstart, #poverty and #disability cdn.flipsnack.com/widget/v2/flip…

Sick or disabled people on Newstart face 'unrealistic' obligations to find work theguardian.com/australia-news…

This is a huge problem. The proportion of sick or disabled #Newstart recipients keeps rising and rising – and 35% are over 55. theguardian.com/australia-news… #auspol

#Jobactive providers are still not designing appropriate job plans for participants. After a capability interview the most common reason (64%) a jobactive participant is found not capable is because there are errors in job/participant plans. #Estimates #Auspol

As it gets harder to claim DSP, more ppl with disabilities are thrown onto Newstart. Too little money, too little help. bit.ly/3axukdR

Listen to E.G. Whitlam Fellow 2019, Dr Louise St Guillaume, speak to Fiona Wyllie from ABC Statewide Drive talk about her research on Newstart, Poverty and Disability - interview starts at 2.39.00. abc.net.au…/nsw-state…/statewide-drive/12009098

Mutual obligations for all programs need to be suspended from now. Does the Government really think it’s going to be a good idea for those with mutual obligation requirements to be attending appointments, for #workforthedole and meetings during this time? #Auspol #COVID19

What problems can people w/ psycho-social disability face when claiming #DSP? Louise St Guillaume summarises her report on these systemic barriers in RIGHTS REVIEW - see buff.ly/38mB8fi Hear more at EJA 2021 Conference: buff.ly/3k5oGGj Louise St Guillaume University of Notre Dame

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.

Bill for #CDP replacement proposes pilots, paying ~200 of the ~40k CDP participants $100-190 extra per f/n to do 30-35 hours of work👉leaving them ~$323 below the poverty line. 👉Our sub on the Bill’s shortfalls here (w Jon Altman, Elise Klein, @fmarked): aph.gov.au/DocumentStore.…