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Voices on choices
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Voices on choices: working towards consumer-led alcohol and drug treatment
This study explores approaches towards consumer engagement in drug and alcohol treatment services. This has been slow to develop in Australia and other countries, like the UK, are further ahead and can offer useful lessons for promoting consumer activity specifically in Tasmania but also more broadly across Australia. The research draws together information from interviews with over 40 UK and Australian based service users, drug and alcohol activists, government officials, policy makers and planners, academics and service providers. It also involved a literature review and collating key policy and strategy documents.: Voices on choices: working towards consumer-led alcohol and drug treatment
This study explores approaches towards consumer engagement in drug and alcohol treatment services. This has been slow to develop in Australia and other countries, like the UK, are further ahead and can offer useful lessons for promoting consumer activity specifically in Tasmania but also more broadly across Australia. The research draws together information from interviews with over 40 UK and Australian based service users, drug and alcohol activists, government officials, policy makers and planners, academics and service providers. It also involved a literature review and collating key policy and strategy documents.
SARC brief - voices on choices
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Voices on choices: working towards consumer-led alcohol and drug treatment
This study explores approaches towards consumer engagement in drug and alcohol treatment services. This has been slow to develop in Australia and other countries, like the UK, are further ahead and can offer useful lessons for promoting consumer activity specifically in Tasmania but also more broadly across Australia. The research draws together information from interviews with over 40 UK and Australian based service users, drug and alcohol activists, government officials, policy makers and planners, academics and service providers. It also involved a literature review and collating key policy and strategy documents.: Voices on choices: working towards consumer-led alcohol and drug treatment
This study explores approaches towards consumer engagement in drug and alcohol treatment services. This has been slow to develop in Australia and other countries, like the UK, are further ahead and can offer useful lessons for promoting consumer activity specifically in Tasmania but also more broadly across Australia. The research draws together information from interviews with over 40 UK and Australian based service users, drug and alcohol activists, government officials, policy makers and planners, academics and service providers. It also involved a literature review and collating key policy and strategy documents.
Hard times: Tasmanians in financial crisis
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This report explores the causes of financial crisis in Tasmanian households and looks at what drives people to seek assistance from emergency relief and financial counselling services. It outlines the findings of a two-week, snap-shot survey of 411 clients of these services from around Tasmania.
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You can also download the report below as a single document or in sections.
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Hard times (summary report)
Hard times (full report)
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Hard times (chapters 1-2)
These sections provide an introduction to the policy context and an overview of the literature, as well as demographic information about the survey participants.
Hard times (chapter 3)
This chapter considers participants’ experience of financial crisis, including their level of financial difficulty and access to assistance, their levels of hardship and the particular household expenses that caused them problems.
Hard times (chapter 4)
This chapter considers other underlying issues affecting participants and their access to other support services.
Hard times (chapter 5)
This chapter looks at particular groups of participants found by the research to be especially vulnerable and the relationship between financial crisis and age and gender.
Hard times (conclusion and recommendations)
This chapter draws together the implications of the research findings and outlines Anglicare’s recommendations for change.
Hard times (list of references)
This chapter contains the research reference list and also a copy of the survey form.: This report explores the causes of financial crisis in Tasmanian households and looks at what drives people to seek assistance from emergency relief and financial counselling services. It outlines the findings of a two-week, snap-shot survey of 411 clients of these services from around Tasmania.
Printed version: $35 (including GST)
You can also download the report below as a single document or in sections.
Downloadable versions:
Hard times (summary report)
Hard times (full report)
(Warning: this is a very large file and may take some time to download depending on your connection speed)
Hard times (chapters 1-2)
These sections provide an introduction to the policy context and an overview of the literature, as well as demographic information about the survey participants.
Hard times (chapter 3)
This chapter considers participants’ experience of financial crisis, including their level of financial difficulty and access to assistance, their levels of hardship and the particular household expenses that caused them problems.
Hard times (chapter 4)
This chapter considers other underlying issues affecting participants and their access to other support services.
Hard times (chapter 5)
This chapter looks at particular groups of participants found by the research to be especially vulnerable and the relationship between financial crisis and age and gender.
Hard times (conclusion and recommendations)
This chapter draws together the implications of the research findings and outlines Anglicare’s recommendations for change.
Hard times (list of references)
This chapter contains the research reference list and also a copy of the survey form.
Nothing left to lose
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A review of gambling related crimes dealt with by the Tasmanian Supreme Court 2004-2009: A review of gambling related crimes dealt with by the Tasmanian Supreme Court 2004-2009
Keeping Connected in the Community: A report for Anglicare Australia
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This report for Anglicare Australia contains an overview of social isolation and older people, and descriptions of some recent projects conducted by Anglicare Australia members.: This report for Anglicare Australia contains an overview of social isolation and older people, and descriptions of some recent projects conducted by Anglicare Australia members.
Experts by Experience: strengthening the mental health consumer voice in Tasmania
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This research explores the achievements and struggles of the mental health consumer movement in Australia and internationally, and makes recommendations about how best to support the contribution of consumers to the reform of mental health services in Tasmania.

Printed version: $25.00 (including GST): This research explores the achievements and struggles of the mental health consumer movement in Australia and internationally, and makes recommendations about how best to support the contribution of consumers to the reform of mental health services in Tasmania.

Printed version: $25.00 (including GST)
Pay Day Lending
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Anglicare’s exploration of new, but volatile payday lending sector in Tasmania, with recommendations for the protection of low income consumers.

There is no cost.: Anglicare’s exploration of new, but volatile payday lending sector in Tasmania, with recommendations for the protection of low income consumers.

There is no cost.
Just Another Manic Monday
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This latest research report explores the experiences of workers in community service organisations (CSOs) working with clients with problematic drug and alcohol use.

Printed version $25.00 (including GST): This latest research report explores the experiences of workers in community service organisations (CSOs) working with clients with problematic drug and alcohol use.

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Caught in the safety net: the costs of Centrelink debt recovery and prosecutions
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Anglicare's new research report by Camilla Hughes has revealed the massive impact of Centrelink overpayments on ordinary Tasmanians.

Printed version $25.00 (including GST): Anglicare's new research report by Camilla Hughes has revealed the massive impact of Centrelink overpayments on ordinary Tasmanians.

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Forgotten Families: Raising Children with disabilities in Tasmania
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This is the second of two reports which detail the experiences of people living with disabilities in Tasmania. The latest report by Teresa Hinton explores the close links between childhood disability and family poverty. It investigates the difficulties families have in accessing the support they need in order to sustain their caring responsibilities.

Printed version: $25.00 (including GST): This is the second of two reports which detail the experiences of people living with disabilities in Tasmania. The latest report by Teresa Hinton explores the close links between childhood disability and family poverty. It investigates the difficulties families have in accessing the support they need in order to sustain their caring responsibilities.

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Housing: Building a Better Tasmania. The bigger picture.
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This is the community sector's policy position on affordable housing, written in conjunction with Shelter Tasmania and the Tasmanian Council of Social Service.: This is the community sector's policy position on affordable housing, written in conjunction with Shelter Tasmania and the Tasmanian Council of Social Service.
Housing: Building a Better Tasmania. The background to the community sector's recommendations.
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This is the background to the recommendations made in the community sector's policy position.: This is the background to the recommendations made in the community sector's policy position.
Dropped from the moon: the settlement experiences of refugee communities in Tasmania
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This research project by Jo Flanagan unveils a startling picture of the challenges faced by refugee communities as they try to make new lives in Tasmania.

Printed version: $25.00: This research project by Jo Flanagan unveils a startling picture of the challenges faced by refugee communities as they try to make new lives in Tasmania.

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My Life as a Budget item: Disability, budget priorities and poverty in Tasmania.
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This research report by Teresa Hinton looks at the disturbing connection between poverty and disability in Tasmania. The report highlights Tasmania's disability crisis and the lack of funding that forces people into poverty and isolation.

Printed version: $11.00 (including $1 GST): This research report by Teresa Hinton looks at the disturbing connection between poverty and disability in Tasmania. The report highlights Tasmania's disability crisis and the lack of funding that forces people into poverty and isolation.

Printed version: $11.00 (including $1 GST)
Tasmanian Community Survey: Employment
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This is the second of two reports drawing on data from Anglicare’s Autumn 2005 survey of almost 3,000 Tasmanians.

The report explores Tasmanians’ experience of employment and reveals a significant mismatch between people’s preferred and actual employment status and working conditions.

Printed version: $11.00 (including $1 GST): This is the second of two reports drawing on data from Anglicare’s Autumn 2005 survey of almost 3,000 Tasmanians.

The report explores Tasmanians’ experience of employment and reveals a significant mismatch between people’s preferred and actual employment status and working conditions.

Printed version: $11.00 (including $1 GST)
Tasmanian Community Survey: Financial Hardship
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This is the first of two reports drawing on data from Anglicare's Autumn 2005 survey of almost 3000 Tasmanians.

It argues that despite the State's strong economic performance over the past five years, the legacy of past poor performance lingers, with many Tasmanians continuing to experience hardship.

Sole parents, Health Care Card holders and people living alone are experiencing the highest levels of hardship. This report makes recommendations for policy change at a State and Federal level.

Printed version: $11.00 (including $1 GST): This is the first of two reports drawing on data from Anglicare's Autumn 2005 survey of almost 3000 Tasmanians.

It argues that despite the State's strong economic performance over the past five years, the legacy of past poor performance lingers, with many Tasmanians continuing to experience hardship.

Sole parents, Health Care Card holders and people living alone are experiencing the highest levels of hardship. This report makes recommendations for policy change at a State and Federal level.

Printed version: $11.00 (including $1 GST)
House of cards: Problem gambling and low income earners in Tasmania
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This report tells the stories of low income Tasmanians who have a gambling problem or a family member with a gambling problem. The report calls for stronger consumer protection measures and increased spending on initiatives to assist people with gambling problems.

Sorry, this report is currently unavailable in a printed version.: This report tells the stories of low income Tasmanians who have a gambling problem or a family member with a gambling problem. The report calls for stronger consumer protection measures and increased spending on initiatives to assist people with gambling problems.

Sorry, this report is currently unavailable in a printed version.
Thin ice - living with serious mental illness and poverty in Tasmania
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This report investigates the lives of Tasmanians with serious mental illness who are living on a low income from the perspective of both people who have a mental illness as well as their families.

The overwhelming conclusion from this research is the urgent need for an increased range and supply of support services to assist people with serious mental illness and their families to live successfully in the community.

Printed version: $11 (including $1 GST): This report investigates the lives of Tasmanians with serious mental illness who are living on a low income from the perspective of both people who have a mental illness as well as their families.

The overwhelming conclusion from this research is the urgent need for an increased range and supply of support services to assist people with serious mental illness and their families to live successfully in the community.

Printed version: $11 (including $1 GST)
Bread and Board: When the basics break the budget
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Strong economic growth has provided significant opportunities for Tasmanians during the past two years. However, there continue to be thousands of Tasmanians who experience significant disadvantage.

This research, based on a survey of 812 Tasmanians in financial crisis, looks at how low incomes, ongoing expenses and personal circumstances interact in the lives of very low income earners. The report makes a range of recommendations for action at a State and Federal level.

Printed version: $6.60 (including $0.60 GST): Strong economic growth has provided significant opportunities for Tasmanians during the past two years. However, there continue to be thousands of Tasmanians who experience significant disadvantage.

This research, based on a survey of 812 Tasmanians in financial crisis, looks at how low incomes, ongoing expenses and personal circumstances interact in the lives of very low income earners. The report makes a range of recommendations for action at a State and Federal level.

Printed version: $6.60 (including $0.60 GST)
Blue Collared: The Shrinking World of Work in Tasmania
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Unemployment, casualisation and underemployment have emerged as major issues for people at the bottom end of the labour market.

This report reviews ABS data on changes in the Tasmanian labour market since the late 1970s. It also examines the personal impacts of these changes on the lives of low-income Tasmanians.

The report makes recommendations for policy change at a State and National level including a proposal for State funded program to assist long-term unemployed Tasmanians.

Also available for download: the related program proposal

Sorry, this report is currently unavailable in a printed version.: Unemployment, casualisation and underemployment have emerged as major issues for people at the bottom end of the labour market.

This report reviews ABS data on changes in the Tasmanian labour market since the late 1970s. It also examines the personal impacts of these changes on the lives of low-income Tasmanians.

The report makes recommendations for policy change at a State and National level including a proposal for State funded program to assist long-term unemployed Tasmanians.

Also available for download: the related program proposal

Sorry, this report is currently unavailable in a printed version.
Condition Report: Low income earners in the Tasmanian private rental market
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A range of Federal and State Government housing policies over the past decade have combined with a recent boom in the housing market to dramatically reduce the affordable housing options of low income earners in Tasmania.

This research found that many low income households have been forced into the private rental market, where they face significant barriers and disadvantages. It makes a number of recommendations for change.

Printed version: $11 (including $1 GST): A range of Federal and State Government housing policies over the past decade have combined with a recent boom in the housing market to dramatically reduce the affordable housing options of low income earners in Tasmania.

This research found that many low income households have been forced into the private rental market, where they face significant barriers and disadvantages. It makes a number of recommendations for change.

Printed version: $11 (including $1 GST)