Abstract
This chapter first provides an overview of the changes to Australia's Disability Support Pension (DSP) and then focuses on the implications for regional Australia, particularly the historical role of the DSP in sustaining regional populations in times of economic change. This section raises significant questions about the impact of the national neoliberal retraction of social policy on regional towns. It also shows the kind of adjustments and policy responses that local government authorities harness for some of their most vulnerable populations in times of economic change. Finally, the chapter discusses the potential effects on regional Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with disabilities who are seeking access to the disability income support system but are frequently denied it due to the interstice of Aboriginality, disability and regionality.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | The Neoliberal State, Recognition and Indigenous Rights: New Paternalism to New Imaginings |
| Editors | Deirdre Howard-Wagner, Maria Bargh, Isabel Altamirano-Jimenez |
| Place of Publication | Acton, A.C.T. |
| Publisher | ANU Press |
| Pages | 131-146 |
| Number of pages | 16 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9781760462215 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9781760462208 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2018 |
Open Access - Access Right Statement
This title is published under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial- NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0).Keywords
- Aboriginal Australians
- government policy
- neoliberalism
- people with disabilities
- public welfare
- rural areas
