DECEMBER 2021
In our final issue for 2021 we feature a policy report proposing strategies to improve employment outcomes for people with disability, and an overview from our research project Financial Lives in Uncertain Times.
You can read more about our current work at www.bsl.org.au/research. Catch up on the year's research reports or browse our policy submissions.
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We wish you a relaxing summer break and look forward to updating you again in 2022.
BSL Research and Policy Centre team
REPORT: 10 STRATEGIES FOR IMPROVING DISABILITY EMPLOYMENT
What needs to be done to reform policies and practices that aim to increase the participation of people with disability in employment?
Building on research conducted by BSL in collaboration with the Disability and Health Unit at the University of Melbourne, our policy report offers a blueprint of 10 strategies to guide government reforms to multiple systems that shape employment opportunities.
Read the report 10 strategies for improving employment outcomes for people with disability (PDF, 1.4 MB) by Andrew Thies, Deborah Warr, Shelley Mallett and Diane Brown
REPORT: ASSESSING THE IMPACT OF COVID-19 ON FINANCIAL WELLBEING
Our analysis of financial wellbeing over three time periods finds that Australians on low incomes are more exposed to risks, making them vulnerable to a crisis such as the COVID-19 pandemic. Moreover the financial impacts are likely to be long term.
Read the report by Emily Porter and Dina Bowman Losing traction: lessons in financial wellbeing from the COVID crisis (359 KB)
This project, Financial lives in uncertain times, has been supported by ANZ through the ANZ Tony Nicholson Fellowship.
POLICY: REVIEWING AND STRENGTHENING VICTORIA’S DISABILITY ACT
In responding to the Review of Victoria’s Disability Act, we identified areas where the Act could be strengthened to support the inclusion of all people with disability, and ensure they can participate in their communities.
Read the BSL response to the Review of Victoria’s Disability Act (PDF, 233 KB)
Dr Margaret Kabare joined the Work and Economic Security team of the Research and Policy Centre as a Senior Research Officer in 2021.
Margaret has taught community development at Murdoch University, and worked previously was at Save the Children Australia. She has a PhD in sociology and a Masters of Social Development and Management.
Her current research examines how narratives about people and places shape women’s economic security and how the narratives might be challenged and reframed. This work is part of the broader SEED project.
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