Resources
Table of content
- Australian Resources
- Government Agencies
- Data Sources
- Universities and Research Centres
- Australian National University
- Curtin University
- Griffith University
- Macquarie University
- RMIT University
- Swinburne University of Technology
- University of Canberra
- University of Melbourne
- University of Newcastle
- University of NSW
- University of Queensland
- University of South Australia
- University of Sydney
- University of Western Australia
- Professional bodies
- Think Tanks, Research Centres and Lobby Groups
- Selected Journals and general social policy sources
- International Resources
Australian Resources
Government Agencies
Australian Government
http://australia.gov.au/
A Guide to the Australian Government
http://www.directory.gov.au/
Parliament of Australia
http://www.aph.gov.au/
Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet
http://www.pmc.gov.au/
The Treasury
http://www.treasury.gov.au/
Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs (FaHCSIA)
http://www.facs.gov.au (note Social Policy Research Series and links to earlier series of Department of Social Security Research Papers)
Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations
http://www.dewr.gov.au
Department of Human Services
http://www.humanservices.gov.au
Centrelink
http://www.centrelink.gov.au
Health Insurance Commission/Medicare Australia
http://www.hic.gov.au
Department of Health and Ageing
http://www.health.gov.au
Australian Institute for Health and Welfare
http://www.aihw.gov.au/
Australian National Audit Office
http://www.anao.gov.au
Australian Public Service Commission
http://www.apsc.gov.au
Parliamentary Library Social Policy Resource Guides
http://www.aph.gov.au/library/intguide/sp/
Australian Bureau of Statistics
http://www.abs.gov.au/
Data Sources
Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry Research and Publications
http://acci.asn.au/Research-and-Publications
Australian Consolidated Acts
http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/cth/consol_act/
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare online data collections and resources
http://www.aihw.gov.au/data/
Australian Treaties Database
http://www.dfat.gov.au/treaties/index.html
Australian Treaties Library
http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/other/dfat/
Measures of Australia’s Progress
http://www.abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/abs@.nsf/mf/1370.0.55.001
National Library of Australia
http://www.nla.gov.au/
Parliamentary Library
http://www.aph.gov.au/About_Parliament/Parliamentary_Departments/Parliam...
Reserve Bank Publications
http://www.rba.gov.au/publications/index.html
Reserve Bank Statistics
http://www.rba.gov.au/statistics/index.html
Year book Australia
http://www.abs.gov.au/websitedbs/D3310114.nsf/home/year+book+products?op...
Universities and Research Centres
Australian National University
Australian Data Archive
http://ada.edu.au/
Australian Demographic and Social Research Institute
http://adsri.anu.edu.au/
Australian Survey of Social Attitudes
http://aussa.anu.edu.au/
Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research
http://caepr.anu.edu.au/
Centre for Economic Policy Research
http://cbe.anu.edu.au/college/schools-centres/cepr/
Children’s Policy Centre
http://cpc.crawford.anu.edu.au/
SPEAR: The Social Policy Evaluation, Analysis, and Research Centre
http://rse.anu.edu.au/spear/index.php
Curtin University
John Curtin Institute of Public Policy
http://business.curtin.edu.au/research/centres_institutions/jcipp/index.cfm
Women in Social & Economic Research
http://business.curtin.edu.au/research/centres_institutions/research_cen...
Griffith University
Centre for Governance and Public Policy
http://www.griffith.edu.au/business-government/centre-governance-public-...
Centre for Work, Organisation and Wellbeing
http://www.griffith.edu.au/business-government/centre-work-organisation-...
Macquarie University
Centre for Research on Social Inclusion
http://www.crsi.mq.edu.au/crsi_home/
Department of Economics Research Papers
http://www.businessandeconomics.mq.edu.au/our_departments/Economics/econ...
RMIT University
Centre for Applied Social Research
http://www.rmit.edu.au/casr
Swinburne University of Technology
Centre for Social Impact
http://www.csi.edu.au/
University of Canberra
National Centre for Social and Economic Modelling
http://www.natsem.canberra.edu.au/
ANZSOG Institute for Governance
http://www.governanceinstitute.edu.au/
University of Melbourne
Centre for Public Policy
http://public-policy.unimelb.edu.au/
Centre for Social Impact
http://www.csi.edu.au/
Department of Economics
http://www.economics.unimelb.edu.au/
HILDA Survey
http://www.melbourneinstitute.com/hilda/
Journeys Home
http://www.melbourneinstitute.com/journeys_home/
Melbourne Institute
http://www.melbourneinstitute.com/
University of Newcastle
Centre of Full Employment and Equity
http://e1.newcastle.edu.au/coffee/
University of NSW
Australian Human Rights Centre
http://www.ahrcentre.org/
Australian Institute for Population Aging Research, Australian School of Business
http://www.asb.unsw.edu.au/research/australianinstituteforpopulationagei...
Centre for Applied Economic Research, Australian School of Business
http://www.asb.unsw.edu.au/research/centreforappliedeconomicresearch/Pag...
Centre for Refugee research
http://www.crr.unsw.edu.au/
Centre for Social Impact
http://www.csi.edu.au/
CPS Research Group (previously Centre for Pensions and Superannuation), Australian School of Business
http://www.asb.unsw.edu.au/research/cps/Pages/default.aspx
Journalism and Social Media Research Centre
http://jmrc.arts.unsw.edu.au/
National Centre for HIV Social research
http://nchsr.arts.unsw.edu.au/
Social Justice Project, Faculty of Law
http://www.law.unsw.edu.au/centres/social-justice-project
Social Policy Research Centre
http://www.sprc.unsw.edu.au/
Taxation and Business Law
http://www.asb.unsw.edu.au/schools/taxationandbusinesslaw/research/Pages...
University of Queensland
Institute for Social Science research
http://www.issr.uq.edu.au/
University of South Australia
Australian Centre for Child Protection
http://www.unisa.edu.au/Research/Australian-Centre-for-Child-Protection/
Centre for Work + Life
http://www.unisa.edu.au/Research/Centre-for-Work-Life/
Hawke Research Institute
http://www.unisa.edu.au/Research/Hawke-Research-Institute/
Social Policy Research Group
http://www.unisa.edu.au/Research/Social-Policy-Research-Group/
University of Sydney
Centre for Disability Studies
http://www.cds.med.usyd.edu.au/
University of Western Australia
Centre for Social Impact
http://www.csi.edu.au/
Professional bodies
Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia
http://www.assa.edu.au/
Australian Social Policy Association
http://www.aspa.org.au/
Think Tanks, Research Centres and Lobby Groups
The Australia Institute
https://www.tai.org.au/
Australian Institute of Family Studies
http://aifs.gov.au
Australian Council of Social Service
http://www.acoss.org.au/
Australian Fabians
http://www.fabian.org.au/1.asp
Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute
http://www.ahuri.edu.au/
Australian Research Alliance for Children and Youth
http://www.aracy.org.au/
Benevolent Society
http://www.benevolent.org.au/
Brotherhood of St Laurence
http://www.bsl.org.au/
Centre for Independent Studies
http://www.cis.org.au/
Centre for Policy Development
http://cpd.org.au/about/
Child Rights Australia
http://www.childrights.org.au/
Committee for Economic Development of Australia
http://www.ceda.com.au/
COTA for Older Australians
http://www.cota.org.au/australia/
The Evatt Foundation
http://evatt.org.au/
Institute of Public Affairs
http://www.ipa.org.au/
Menzies Research Centre
http://www.mrcltd.org.au/
National Assessment Program
http://www.nap.edu.au/
National Pro Bono Resource Centre
http://www.nationalprobono.org.au/home.asp
National Welfare Rights Network
https://www.welfarerights.org.au/
Per Capita
http://www.percapita.org.au/
Selected Journals and general social policy sources
Cambridge Journals Online
http://journals.cambridge.org
Journal of Social Policy
http://journals.cambridge.org
Journal: Social Policy and Administration
http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/journal.asp?ref=0144-5596
Australian Social Policy Journal
http://www.facs.gov.au (note also links to previous Department of Social Security Publications, including the Social Security Journal).
Journal: Critical Social Policy
http://www.sagepub.com/journal.aspx?pid=5
Australian Policy Online
http://www.apo.org.au
Family Matters
http://www.aifs.gov.au/institute/pubs/fammats.html
Sage Journals Online
http://online.sagepub.com
Social Policy Journal of New Zealand
http://www.msd.govt.nz/publications/journal.html
Wiley Online Library
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com
General social policy web site
www.sosig.ac.uk/vts/social-policy/
SPA Online: website of the Social Policy Association of the UK
http://www.york.ac.uk/depts/spsw/spa/index.htm
Social Policy Net: guide to social policy links on the Web
http://www.socialpolicy.net/
Introduction to Social Policy
http://www.rgu.ac.uk/publicpolicy/
International Resources
Organisations
Asian Development Bank
http://www.adb.org/
Council of Europe People with Disabilities
http://hub.coe.int/web/coe-portal/what-we-do/society/disabilities?dynLin...
European Commission Employment, Social Affairs & Inclusion
http://ec.europa.eu/social/home.jsp?langId=en
Global Applied Disability Research and Information Network (GLADNET)
http://www.gladnet.org/
Inter-America Development Bank
http://www.iadb.org/en/inter-american-development-bank,2837.html
International Association for Research in Income and Wealth
http://www.iariw.org/
International Labour Organization Skills and Employability Department
http://www.ilo.org/skills/lang–en/index.htm
International Labour Organization Social Protection Sector
http://www.ilo.org/protection/lang–en/index.htm
International Monetary Fund
http://www.imf.org/external/index.htm
International Social Security Association
http://www.issa.int/
International Sociological Association: Research Committee on Poverty, Social Welfare and Social Policy RC19
http://www.isa-sociology.org/rc19.htm
Nordic Social Statistical Committee
http://nososco-eng.nom-nos.dk/default.asp?side=88
OECD Social and Welfare issues
http://www.oecd.org/social/
OECD Tax
http://www.oecd.org/tax/
Social Policy Association of the UK
http://www.social-policy.org.uk/
UNICEF
http://www.unicef.org/
UNICEF Office of Research
http://www.unicef-irc.org/
United Nation Enable
http://www.un.org/disabilities/
World Bank
http://www.worldbank.org/
World Health Organization
http://www.who.int/en/
Data Sources
Asian Development Bank Statistics and Databases
http://www.adb.org/data/statistics
Australasian Legal Information Institute
http://www.austlii.edu.au/
The Campbell Collaboration Library
http://www.campbellcollaboration.org/lib/
Council of Europe Topics
http://hub.coe.int/web/coe-portal/topics
ILO Disability and Work
http://www.ilo.org/global/topics/skills-knowledge-and-employability/disa...
ILO Statistics and Databases
http://www.ilo.org/global/statistics-and-databases/lang–en/index.htm
Inter-American Development Bank Social Protection
http://www.iadb.org/en/topics/social-protection/social-protection-and-th...
International Monetary Fund Data and Statistics
http://www.imf.org/external/data.htm
LIS (Luxembourg Income Study)
http://www.lisdatacenter.org/
OECD Social Policies and Data
http://www.oecd.org/social/soc/
OECD Statistics
http://www.oecd.org/statistics/
OECD Working Papers
http://www.oecd.org/about/publishing/oecdworkingpapersseries.htm
A Summary of United Nations Agreements on Human Rights
http://www.hrweb.org/legal/undocs.html
UNICEF Assessing the Impact of Economic Trends on Children
http://www.childimpact.unicef-irc.org/
United Nations Economic Commission for Europe
http://www.unece.org/
United Nations Economic Commission for Europe Gender
http://www.unece.org/gender/Welcome.html
United Nations Human Development Reports
http://hdr.undp.org/en/
United Nations Population Division
http://www.un.org/en/development/desa/population/
United Nations Statistics Division
http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/default.htm
United Nations Treaty Collection
http://treaties.un.org/Home.aspx
World Bank
http://data.worldbank.org/
World Health Organization: International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health
http://www.who.int/classifications/icf/en/
Other Specific Regions and Countries
For other international resources including European and Asian organisations, research centres and specific country information please download ‘resource file (PRF) (128Kb)’
http://www.sprc.unsw.edu.au/media/File/resource_list.pdf
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