Selected Publications and Papers (Post 1992)

• “The Whitlam Government’s Social Welfare Legacy”, Chapter 4, pp. 71-95, in S. Prasser and D. Clune (Eds), The Whitlam Era. A Reappraisal of Government, Politics and Policy, 2022, Connor Court Publishing, Queensland (co-author A. Podger).

• “Andrew Burbidge 1946-2020”, in Burbidge, A. 2020, Andrew Remembers and Remembering Andrew, HR Publications, Williamstown, Victoria, pp.186-188.

• “Performance management and evaluation meets culture and politics: Australia’s experience”, Asia Pacific Journal of Public Administration, 2020, pp. 1-13 (co-authors J. R. Bray and M. C. Gray).

• “Robodebt needs a royal commission”, Public Sector Informant, 4 August 2020, pp. 4-5 (co-authors P. Whiteford and A. Podger)

• Submission to Senate Standing Committee on Community Affairs Inquiry into the Adequacy of Newstart and Related Payments, 26 September 2019 (co-authors P.Whiteford , S. Innis , and B. Bradbury).

• “Fifty Years of Changing Families: Implications for Income Support”, Chapter 4, pp. 67-88, in P. Saunders (Ed), Revisiting Henderson. Poverty, Social Security and Basic Income, 2019, Melbourne University Press, Carlton, Victoria (co-authors M.Gray, L. Qu, and R. Weston).

• “The Henderson Poverty Inquiry in Context”, Chapter 3, pp. 47-66, in P. Saunders (Ed), Revisiting Henderson. Poverty, Social Security and Basic Income, 2019, Melbourne University Press, Carlton, Victoria (co-author S.Regan).

• “It’s not just Newstart. Single patents are $271 per fortnight worse off. Labor needs an overarching review”, The Conversation, 3 December, 2018 (co-authors P.Whiteford, B.Phillips, B. Bradbury, M.Gray, and M. Stewart)

• “David Stanton. Director 1999-2003” in Saccotelli L and Muldoon A, “The evolution of family research at AIFS”, Family Matters, 2018, No. 100, pp. 45-46.

• Social Policy Inquiries in Australia: the Henderson Poverty Inquiry in Context, TTPI Working Paper 8/2018, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University, May (co-author S. Regan).

• “The economic consequences of divorce in six OECD countries”, 2017, Australian Journal of Social Issues, Vol. 52, No. 2, June, pp.180-199. (co-authors D. de Vaus, M.Gray and L.Qu)

• “A history of social security in Australia”, 2017, The Record, Brotherhood of St Laurence, Autumn, pp. 28-30 (co-author A Herscovitch).

• “New conditionality in Australian social security policy”, 2016,Australian Journal of Social Issues, Vol. 51, No. 1, pp. 3-25. (co-authors D. Taylor and M. Gray).

• “The economic consequences of divorce in six OECD countries”, Research Report No. 31, Australian Institute of Family Studies, 2015. (co-authors D. de Vaus, M.Gray and L.Qu).

• “Designing Social Security Systems: Learning From Australia and Other Countries”, 2014, Public Administration and Development, Vol 34, No 4, pp. 231-250. (co-authors A.Podger and P.Whiteford).

• “The Economic Consequences of Divorce in Australia”, 2014, International Journal of Law, Policy and the Family, February, pp.1-22. (co-authors M.Gray, D. de Vaus and L.Qu).

• ”Social Policy and Programs: From Principles to Design”, Asia and the Pacific Policy Studies (APPS) Working Paper Series, 01. 2013, April 2013. (co-author A Herscovitch). http://ssm.com/abstract=22588099

• “Divorce and the wellbeing of older Australians”, Ageing and Society, Cambridge University Press, Vol. 31, Issue 3, 2011, pp. 475-498. (co-authors M.Gray, D. de Vaus and L.Qu).

• ‘The Effect of Relationship Breakdown on Income and Social Exclusion”, pp.265-288, in Saunders P. and Sainsbury R. (Eds), Social Security, Poverty and Social Exclusion in Rich and Poorer Countries, Intersentia, Oxford, 2010 (co-authors D. de Vaus, M.Gray and L.Qu).

• “Costs of Children and Equivalence Scales: A Review of Methodological Issues and Australian Estimates”, Australian Journal of Labour Economics, Vol. 13, No. 1, 2010, pp. 99-115, (co-author M.Gray).

• “Divorce and the wellbeing of older Australians”, Research Paper No. 46, Australian Institute of Family Studies, February, 2010 (co-authors D. de Vaus, M.Gray and L.Qu.

• ‘History of Social Security in Australia’, Family Matters, Issue No. 80, 2008, pp. 51-60 (co-author A. Herscovitch).

• The Financial Consequences of Divorce for later Life’, pp.257-278, in P. Kemp, K. Van den Bosch and L. Smith (Eds), Social Protection in an Ageing World, Intersentia, Oxford, 2008 (co-authors D. de Vaus, M.Gray and L.Qu).

• ‘Leaving Home Trends’, Threshold Magazine, November 2007, pp. 24-25 (co-authors R. Weston, L. Qu and G. Soriano).

• ‘The Consequences of Divorce for Financial Living Standards in Later Life’, Research Paper No. 38, Australian Institute of Family Studies, February 2007 (co-authors D. de Vaus, M. Gray and L. Qu).

• ‘Ministerial Taskforce on Child Support’, Family Matters, Issue No. 71, Winter 2005, pp. 58-61 (co-authors M. Gray and B. Smyth).

• In the Best Interests of Children-Reforming the Child Support Scheme, Report of the Ministerial Taskforce on Child Support, Commonwealth of Australia, 2005 (co-authored with other Members of the Task Force).

• ‘An Achievement Worth Celebrating’, SPRC Newsletter, (25th Anniversary Issue), No. 90, May 2005, pages 4 & 12.

• ‘Retirement Incomes in Australia’, Seminar Paper presented to the Institute of Social Security Studies, Capital University of Economics and Business, Beijing, China, 18 September 2004.

• ‘Long Work Hours and the Wellbeing of Fathers and Families’, Australian Journal of Labour Economics, Volume 7, Number 2, June 2004, pp.255-273 (co-authors M. Gray, L. Qu, and R. Weston).

• ‘The Value of Unpaid Work of Older Australians’, Family Matters, Issue No.66, Spring/Summer 2003, pp.34-39 (co-authors D. de Vaus and M. Gray).

• ‘The Fertility Crisis?’ Family Matters, Issue No.63, Spring/Summer 2002, pp.2-3.

• Lessons of United States Welfare Reform for Australian Social Policy, Research Paper No.29, Australian Institute of Family Studies, November 2002 (co-author M. Gray).

• ‘Targeting, Adequacy and Incentives: Assessing the Australian system of retirement incomes’, paper given to a seminar on Pension Reform at the 9th International Research Seminar on Issues in Social Security, Foundation for International Studies in Social Security and Swedish Federation of Social Insurance, Sigtuna, Sweden, 15-18 June 2002 (co-author P. Whiteford).

• ‘Work and Family Life. Our Workplaces, Families and Futures’, Family Matters, Issue No. 61, Autumn 2002, pp. 4-11 (with M. Gray).

• ‘Celebrating some Australian milestones’,* Family Matters*, Issue No. 60, Spring/Summer 2001, pp. 2-5.

• ‘Families and income security: Changing patterns of social security and related policy issues’, Family Matters, Issue No. 60, Spring/Summer 2001, pp. 24-35 (with P. Whiteford and M. Gray).

• ‘Australian families in transition: Some socio-demographic trends, 1901-2001’, Family Matters, Issue No. 60, Spring/Summer 2001, pp. 14-23 (with R. Weston, L. Qu and G. Soriano).

• ‘Pension Systems and Policy in the APEC Economies’. Volume 1 – Overview; Volume 2 – Pension Systems and Policy: Discussion Papers; Volume 3 – Social and Economic Statistics. March 1998 (with P. Whiteford).

• ‘Pension Systems in the APEC Economies’. Paper presented at the APEC Regional Forum on Pension Fund Reforms, Cancun, Mexico, February 1998 (with P. Whiteford).

• ‘Financing Social Security Pensions: The Experience of Australia’, in Financing Retirement Benefits: The Asia and Pacific Experience, Social Security Documentation, Asia and Pacific Series, No. 20, 1998, International Social Security Association, Geneva, pp. 33-80 (with R. Daprè).

• ‘Reforming Social Security in China’, Social Security Journal, December 1996, pp.128-147 (with M. Fuery and C. Walters).

• ‘Developments in Family Payments– 1983-96’, Social Security Journal, December 1995, pp. 120-154 (with M. Fuery).

• ‘Financing Social Security Pensions’ (with R. Daprè), Policy Research Paper No.68, July 1995, Department of Social Security, Australia.

• ‘Social Security and Sole Parents: Developments in Australia’. Paper for ISSA Expert Group Meeting on Changes in Family Structures and Social Security, Brussels, September 1990 (with A. Herscovitch). Published in ISSA Studies and Research, No. 29, 1992, pp. 157-184.