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Understanding Income Support: What Does 'Adequate' Really Mean?

This article by Paul O’Callaghan, Executive Director of CSSA, delves into the concept of 'adequacy' in income support. It raises essential questions about the values and facts behind the current system, exploring the alarming statistics of poverty in Australia and the OECD after-housing measure. CSSA proposes the establishment of an independent commission to set adequacy benchmarks and recommends reforms to enhance work incentives and affordability. Learn about the impacts of financial hardship and the urgent need for better income support for jobless Australians.

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Understanding Income Support: What Does 'Adequate' Really Mean?

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  1. Income support What does ‘adequate’ mean anyway? Paul O’Callaghan, Executive Director CSSA

  2. Adequate for what? (and who says?) Questions about values Questions about facts CSSA’s proposal for reform

  3. Adequate, adj. Fully satisfying what is required; quite sufficient, suitable, or acceptable in quality or quantity.

  4. Households in poverty OECD after-housing poverty measure 75.3% 27.8% 5.9% Main source of income Source: NATSEM,Going Without: Financial Hardship in Australia

  5. Deprivation 35.7% % greaterthan 3 deprivations 20.1% 4.8% Main source of income Source: NATSEM,Going Without: Financial Hardship in Australia

  6. Financial stress 45.4% % 3 or more financial stressors 14.9% Main source of income Source: NATSEM,Going Without: Financial Hardship in Australia

  7. CSSA’s proposal: an independent commission Independent commission establishes adequacy benchmarks • Other objectives • Work incentives • affordability Government sets income support rates

  8. More information Adequate income support for jobless Australians CSSA Submission to Senate Standing Committee on Education, Employment and Workplace Relations Committee Inquiry into the adequacy of the allowance payment system for jobseekers and others, the appropriateness of the allowance payment system as a support into work and the impact of the changing nature of the labour market. http://catholicsocialservices.org.au/node/44783 Going Without: Financial Hardship in Australia A new NATSEM report commissioned by the Major Church Providers of social services in Australia shows some people living on the dole are living in such poverty, that their chances of getting a job are seriously limited. http://catholicsocialservices.org.au/node/44790

  9. Deprivation Source: NATSEM,Going Without: Financial Hardship in Australia

  10. Financial stress Main source of income Source: NATSEM,Going Without: Financial Hardship in Australia

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