Aboriginal Reform Policies

Question 1

What are the similaties and differences between the NT intervention and Cape York Welfare Program?

Answer 1

Question 2

What was the situation in the NT like before the reform? (x4)

Answer 2

Question 3

What did the NT intervention involve (x4 points)

Answer 3

Question 4

What is a welfare payment?

Answer 4

Tax benefits

Youth allowance
Parenting payment

newstart

Question 5

What were some pros of the NT reform impementation on child sex abuse, child health checks, disbanding CDEP, alcohol and porn restriction (quarantine welfare)

Answer 5

Increased community awareness, additional health problems found and alot more children are comining in for checks, kept people out of real employment, reduction in admissions to ED, welcomed and embraced by some communites

Question 6

What were some cons of the NT reform impementation on child sex abuse, child health checks, disbanding CDEP, alcohol and porn restriction (quarantine welfare)

Answer 6

Unqualified claims of child sex abuse, often inexperienced doctors, used to provide jobs in communities, people relocate and drink out of town, people lose rights and autonomy

Question 7

What is the Cape York welfare reform project and some of their core principals

Answer 7

Aims to develop reformed incentives and appropriate enabling supports at the community level which catalyse the restoration of social norms in the Welfare Reform communities and ultimately in the whole Cape York region.

Seek to deal with dysfunction and poverty as behaviours.

• All welfare should be conditional.
• Further government investment in capability building is needed.
• Incentives need to be fundamentally changed to encourage people to engage in the real economy.

Question 8

What are the 4 key targets for the cape york welfare reform?

Answer 8

• Social Responsibility
• Education
• Economic Opportunity• Housing

Question 9

What are the results of the cape york welfare reform in the community?

Answer 9

Increased work to get acceptance from key stakeholders (community, Govt, Services and leaders)

Not all trial communities support Project.

Large financial investment for small gains.

Functioning of the FRC

50% of eligible adults had contact with FRC.

Referral services established.

Increase school attendance initially.

Establishment of CY Aboriginal Academy.

Establish business hubs in communities

Housing and economic stream is slow to progress.

– Except improvement in public housing tenancy.

Employment – CDEP to full time work. New employment is slow to establish.