Social Policy Research Centre

The Social Policy Research Centre is undertaking a Post Implementation Review of the Australian Government’s No Jab, No Pay 2015 Budget measure. The aim of the measure was to increase immunisation rates by strengthening immunisation requirements for children.

This project examined literature from all Australian jurisdictions, and other comparable OECD countries- in particular the UK, USA NZ, Canada and Nordic countries- where similar dilemmas around the provision of kinship care are occurring and where policies and practices are continually evolving (

This project will increase understanding of social inclusion and connection in Australia by revealing their common gendered basis.

This research investigated the participation of culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) women in sport and recreation in Australia.

The project developed initiatives to enhance part-time (fractional) employment as a viable academic career option for balancing work and life, and hence to meet the need expressed by women academics in the Gender Equity in Academic Employment at the University of New South Wales report.

Uniting Care Australia has sought a partner to develop a paper that analyses the potential impact of multiple federal policy reform agendas on improving child and family safety resilience.

This project builds on existing research to develop a better understanding of the issues facing low-income households managing on benefits, specifically focusing on aspects of strategies for managing money in the home, spending and savings.

The Inner City Youth at Risk Project (ICYAR) is a partnership project which draws together 15 government and non-government agencies to target and respond to young people who are experiencing homelessness and or at risk of homelessness in Sydney’s inner city.

What does available information on the objective conditions and subjective well-being reveal about the living standards of older people in different circumstances?

This project investigates the effectiveness of neighbourhood centres in NSW. It assesses the extent to which neighbourhood centres contribute to (a) building stronger communities for children and families and (b) whether they are cost effective.

SPRC worked with the Centre for Social Impact in the Australian School of Business to evaluate the National Compact, an agreement between the Federal government and the not-for-profit sector about shared values and principles for working together.

The project reviewed the information available about the numbers of carers now and into the future in absolute terms and relative to demand, including an analysis of definitions, quality of the data and the extent to which projections are robust, and examined the evidence about the costs and bene

The NSW Homelessness Action Plan 2009-2014 (the HAP) was designed to reform the state-wide homelessness service system to achieve better outcomes for people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness. A number of HAP projects were selected for extended evaluation.

The Research was conducted by the Disability Studies and Research Centre. 

This literature review examined current research and models of health service delivery for people with intellectual disability.

This project's objectives is to develop an evaluation framework that builds a research evaluation agenda to guide evidence-based practice and compare existing and new models of service delivery.

A partnership was established between the researchers and two homelessness service providers to identify gender-responsive service strategies (from research, service providers and clients) as being effective for responding to chronically homeless women.

The research project aims to study the factors that influence intra-family relations and affect Muslim families’ full and active participation in Australian society.