Since the tightening of Australian policy for protection visa applicants began in the 1990s, access to health care has been increasingly restricted to asylum seekers on a range of different visa types. This paper summarises those legislative changes and
Current Australian health policy on access to medical care for refugees and asylum seekers has two faces. On the one hand, health care access for resettling refugees is comprehensive and one of the best compared to other resettlement countries. On the other hand, health policy for asylum seekers...
Once largely managed by the community sector, ECEC services have also shifted to for-profit providers. This has driven down operational standards, reduced access to care, and imposed a cost to taxpayers [61]. The Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) notes that these workers are often ear...
information assurance, health information systems Introduction Today’s service industries would regard information, computer and telecommunication (ICT) technologies as part of their critical infrastructure. Although some sectors such as healthcare, have been slow in their adoption of ICT, it is evident...
Even, like, being in the Centrelink queue and thinking, 'what the hell am I doing here? I'm not like these people.' [Laughs] You know?" (P13_M_ LT_30–44). "I think the fact that I was resenting the people that could sit at home and get paid and do nothing sums it up. ...