Australian Poverty

Then and Now

Ruth Fincher, John Nieuwenhuysen
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Australian Poverty

Published

8 March 1994

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9780522848298

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Melbourne University Press

Australian Poverty

Then and Now

Ruth Fincher, John Nieuwenhuysen
A telling comparison between the findings of Henderson's Commission and the present day.
The most important effort to measure poverty in post-war Australia was the 1975 Royal Commission on Poverty, chaired by Professor Ronald Henderson, CMG AO, of the University of Melbourne. Twenty-two years later, the authors of Australian Poverty: Then and Now provide a telling comparison between the findings of Henderson's Commission and the present day. The theme of the chapters in the book rests mainly on a description of Henderson's findings and recommendations in 1975, and the changes, achievements, failings and general comparative conditions today. The volume explains the task of assessing the level of poverty in a country which remains lucky for some but not for others.
The most important effort to measure poverty in post-war Australia was the 1975 Royal Commission on Poverty, chaired by Professor Ronald Henderson, CMG AO, of the University of Melbourne.

Twenty-two years later, the authors of Australian Poverty: Then and Now provide a telling comparison between the findings of Henderson's Commission and the present day.

The theme of the chapters in the book rests mainly on a description of Henderson's findings and recommendations in 1975, and the changes, achievements, failings and general comparative conditions today.

The volume explains the task of assessing the level of poverty in a country which remains lucky for some but not for others.

Ruth Fincher

Ruth Fincher is Redmond Barry Distinguished Professor Emeritus at the University of Melbourne. She is a Board member of the International Social Science Council and a past Vice President of the International Geographical Union.

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John Nieuwenhuysen

Emeritus Professor John Nieuwenhuysen AM is an Honorary Fellow and Emeritus Professor in Economics at Monash University and a fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences of Australia. He was Director of the Monash Institute for Study of Global Movements, and has held posts at the University of Melbourne, the University of Pittsburgh, the International Labor Office, Geneva; the British Department of Industry and Trade; and the University of Natal. He has also chaired four…

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