Caught in the safety net : the costs of Centrelink debt recovery and prosecution / Camilla Hughes
- Bib ID:
- 4362220
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- Author:
- Hughes, Camilla
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- Hobart : Anglicare Tasmania, Social Action and Research Centre, 2008
- 58 p. ; 30 cm.
- ISBN:
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- 9781921267093
- 9781921267086
- Summary:
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"This report looks at the experiences of Tasmanian Centrelink customers who are in debt to Centrelink. It provides an overview of one state's experience of a decade of changes in social security law, declining legal aid funding and mounting social and economic pressures - such as the 'churning' of the low wage and casual labour market and the growing affordable house crisis."--P. 6.
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- Machine derived contents note: 3. Introduction 11
- 3.1 Aims of the research
- 3.2 Research methods
- 3.3 Demographic profile of the
- research participants
- 3.4 Limitations of the research
- 3.5 Context of the research
- 4 Findings: How do debts arise? 19
- 4.1 The challenge of correctly
- declaring income
- 4.2 Literacy and numeracy
- 4.3 Complex interactions with other systems
- 4.4 Marriage-like relationships
- 4.5 Centrelink error
- 4.6 Summary
- 5 Findings: Dealing with debt 27
- 5.1 Debt recovery processes
- 5.2 Experiences of Centrelink debt
- recovery processes
- 5.3 Getting assistance with Centrelink debt
- 5.4 Customers' experiences of tribunals
- 5.5 Prosecutions
- 5.6. Summary
- 6 Findings: The impact of debt 41
- 6.1 Initial reactions
- 6.2 Repaying the debt
- 6.3 Long term impacts
- 6.4 Bankruptcy
- 7 Conclusion and recommendations 46
- 7.1 Correctly declaring income
- 7.2 Debt prevention
- 7.3 Marriage-like relationships
- 7.4 Centrelink error
- 7.5 Debt recovery processes
- 7.6 Accessing advice and information
- 7.7 Reviews
- 7.8 Tribunals
- 7.9 Prosecutions
- 7.10 Impact.
- Notes:
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- "April 2008".
- Bibliography: p. 56-58.
- Also available in an electronic format via the Internet. Address as at 28 April 2008: http://www.anglicare-tas.org.au/index.php?option=com_docman&task=cat_view&gid=34&Itemid=81.
- This research was funded by Anglicare Tasmania and the Tasmanian Government, with funds provided through the Family Assistance Program.
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- Anglicare Tasmania. Social Action and Research Centre
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