Archive

Updated material on Welfare-to-Work from Welfare Rights: Centrelink Payments and the Welfare to Work Changes and the Participation & Compliance Handbook available at: http://www.wrcqld.org.au/publications.htm
5 Sept 2006

Go and Get a Job - possible limits to the 'work first' approach to employment policy under Welfare-to-Work. Paper presented by Simon Smith, Policy Officer CSSA, to the University of QLD's Welfare to Work Conference:
17 July 2006

Work First and Welfare to Work - Abstract of Paper by Simon Smith, Policy & Research Officer, CSSA, for UQ Conference:
Homelessness and Employment Assistance & Welfare to Work - Parity Article by Simon Smith
Workchoices and Homeless people - Parity Article by Patricia Hewitson, Senior Policy Officer , CSSA
Mental Health - Internal CSSA Briefing
CSSA Social Policy Forum Summary Record
14 July 2006

Information on the Welfare-to-Work changes taking effect on 1 July 2006
3 July 2006

Response from Catholic Welfare Australia to the Senate Community Affairs Legislation Committee Inquiry into Employment and Workplace Relations Legislation Amendment (Welfare to Work) Bill 2005 and Family and Community Services Legislation Amendment (Welfare to Work) Bill 2005; Opening Statement to Public Inquiry ; Senate Inquiry Website
21 November 2005

Brotherhood of St Laurence's Forum: IR Reform, Social and Economic Dimensions
Forum Program ; Address by Mr Frank Quinlan, Executive Director, Catholic Welfare Australia ; Brotherhood of St Laurence information on Forum
11 October 2005

Catholic Welfare Australia Appears Before House of Representatives Committee on Family Law Exposure Draft
Opening Statement at the Public Hearing, 25 July 2005 ; Submission to the House of Representatives Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee, 15 July 2005
25 July 2005

Catholic Welfare Australia Appears Before Senate Select Committee on Mental Health
Opening Statement at the Public Hearing; Submission to the Senate Select Committee on Mental Health, 13 May 2005
4 July 2005

Response from Catholic Welfare Australia to the Commonwealth Parliamentary Inquiry into Balancing Work and Family ; Executive Summary ; Opening Statement to the Public Hearing ; Summary of Media Coverage
8 April 2005

Response from Catholic Welfare Australia, the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Catholic Council, and the Australian Catholic Social Justice Council
to the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations' Building on Success: CDEP Discussion Paper 2005
24 March 2005

Workforce Participation and DSP Participants: Some Policy Issues
Presented by Simon Smith, Policy & Research officer, Catholic Welfare Australia at the Centacare Employment Conference, Launceston, Tasmania
28 Feb - 2 March 2005

Response from Catholic Welfare Australia to the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations' Paper Next Steps for Disability Open Employment Services
25 February 2005

Catholic Welfare Australia's position on the AWT Bill: Feb 2003
This paper presents Catholic Welfare Australia's position on current amendments to the Family and Community Services Legislation Amendment (Australians Working Together and Other 2001 Budget Measures) Bill 2002.
February 2003

Catholic Social Teaching and Strategies for the Future in the Contemporary Australian Context
Mark Raper SJ Address at the Annual Conference of Catholic Welfare Australia Sydney
21 August 2002