Aboriginal Australia an Economic History of Failed Welfare Policy

Laura Davidoff and Leslie Duhs

No 371, Discussion Papers Series from University of Queensland, School of Economics

Abstract: Aboriginal welfare policy of recent decades has been widely rejected as a failure. Radically different policies are now being trialed, in recognition of the continuing large gap between indigenous and non-indigenous living standards. Some Aboriginal leaders themselves have called for a rejection of the passive welfare policies of the past, in acceptance of a Friedman-style critique of �money for nothing� welfare handouts, while nonetheless calling for a Sen-style capabilities approach to the policy needs of the future.

Date: 2008
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