Edited by the Institute for Social Research, Swinburne University of Technology

Report on government services 2010

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01 February 2010Governments spent over $136 billion on the services covered in this year's report, equivalent to around 13 per cent of Australia's national income.

The report covers:

    •    Children's services
    •    School education
    •    Vocational education and training
    •    Police services
    •    Court administration
    •    Corrective services
    •    Ambulance events
    •    Fire events
    •    Public hospitals
    •    Maternity services
    •    Primary and community health
    •    Breast cancer detection and management
    •    Mental health
    •    Aged care services
    •    Services for people with disability
    •    Supported accommodation and assistance services
    •    Child protection and out-of-home care services
    •    Juvenile justice services
    •    Mainstream community housing
    •    Indigenous community housing
    •    Public housing and state owned and managed Indigenous housing
    •    Delivery of Commonwealth Rent Assistance
    •    Government services and Indigenous people


Image: Scootie / flickr

Noticeboard

14 January 2010

The National Prison Book Program provides prisoners with free reading materials. Our aim is to provide books to prisoners and enhance prison library and educational services.

13 January 2010

ACCAN is establishing an Independent Grants Panel (‘the Panel’) to make recommendations about the allocation of Grants. We are calling for Expressions of Interest to join the Panel which has three (3) positions available.

03 December 2009

For the past thirteen years the Journal of Economic and Social Policy (JESP) has produced a biannual hard copy publication