Dissing the Disadvantaged – how Australia's social inclusion policies are failing the long-term jobless and people with disabilities.
As part of Social Inclusion Week 2011, the then Minister for Social Inclusion, Tanya Plibersek, outlined the Australian government’s social inclusion agenda in its ‘Foundations for a Stronger, Fairer Australia’ report. It includes improving outcomes for people living with disability and helping jobless families with children to ‘increase work opportunities, improve their parenti…