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abstract: 'Income support for carers has been available in Australia since the
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early 1980s. In contrast to most other forms of income support,
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eligibility for Carer Payment has been progressively expanded in recent
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years, and increasing numbers of carers are claiming the payment as a
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result. This article examines the history of income support for carers
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by reviewing changes in eligibility criteria in the social security
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legislation and considering how those changes were framed. We argue that
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reforms to carers'' income support have developed within competing frames
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of social justice and social investment, with an increasing emphasis on
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a social investment discourse, which prioritises paid work over care.
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Neither of the dominant frames addresses gender equality, and in
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practice, income support policy has reinforced familial (women''s)
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responsibility for caring. Given the gendered nature of caring in
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Australia, gender equality issues must be considered in future policy
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reforms to ensure that the competing pressures on women to care and to
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engage in paid work do not lead to greater disadvantage and inequality
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for women and the people for whom they care.'
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affiliation: 'Maker, Y (Corresponding Author), Univ Melbourne, Sch Social \& Polit
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Sci, Melbourne, Vic 3010, Australia.
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Maker, Yvette; Bowman, Dina, Univ Melbourne, Sch Social \& Polit Sci, Melbourne,
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Vic 3010, Australia.'
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author: Maker, Yvette and Bowman, Dina
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author_list:
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- family: Maker
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given: Yvette
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- family: Bowman
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given: Dina
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da: '2023-09-28'
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doi: 10.1002/j.1839-4655.2012.tb00259.x
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eissn: 1839-4655
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files: []
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issn: 0157-6321
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journal: AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF SOCIAL ISSUES
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keywords: carers; family; income support; social justice; social investment
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keywords-plus: POLITICS; WELFARE
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language: English
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number: '4'
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number-of-cited-references: '51'
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orcid-numbers: Maker, Yvette/0000-0002-3713-6273
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pages: 435-456
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papis_id: f63462c7ddf7d40c8ba1c542472a4650
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ref: Maker2012incomesupport
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times-cited: '6'
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title: 'Income support for Australian carers since 1983: social justice, social investment
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and the cloak of gender neutrality'
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2023-10-01 08:15:07 +00:00
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type: article
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2023-09-28 14:46:10 +00:00
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unique-id: WOS:000208855400001
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usage-count-last-180-days: '0'
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usage-count-since-2013: '7'
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volume: '47'
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web-of-science-categories: Social Issues
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year: '2012'
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