Compulsory income management under the Stronger Futures laws : providing ‘flexibility’ or overturning freedom of contract?

Shelley Bielefeld

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    Abstract

    This article argues that whilst income management has been heralded by the Government as providing ‘greater choice and flexibility’ for welfare recipients, the scheme significantly erodes freedom of contract for those subject to it. The doctrine of freedom of contract maintains that consumers are to have freedom to enter into contracts for goods and services of their own choice with merchants of their own choice.
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)18-21
    Number of pages4
    JournalIndigenous Law Bulletin
    Volume8
    Issue number5
    Publication statusPublished - 2013

    Keywords

    • public welfare
    • Aboriginal Australians
    • economic conditions
    • liberty of contract
    • race discrimination
    • social justice
    • government policy
    • income maintenance programs

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