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The untimely abolition of the Community Development Employment Program
Publisher
Employment
Social security
Economic development
Australia
Description
This paper focuses on proposed changes to the Social Security Act 1991 that would facilitate changes to the Community Development Employment Projects (CDEP) scheme, and examines the serious potential consequences of abolishing CDEP as currently formulated in non-remote areas by July 2009 and remote areas by July 2011.
This paper was prepared as a submission to the Senate Community Affairs Committee Inquiry into the Family Assistance and Other Legislation Amendment (2008 Budget and Other Measures) Bill 2008.
Publication Details
Copyright:
Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research, ANU 2009
Access Rights Type:
open
Post date:
21 Aug 2009
