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Interim report of the Reference Group on Welfare Reform

Productivity Commission submission

This submission was released released in May 2000. This submission is a response to the interim report of the Reference Group on Welfare Reform, Participation Support for a More Equitable Society.

The Group was appointed by the Minister for Family and Community Services in September 1999 to assist the Government with the development of a Green Paper on welfare reform. The Reference Group delivered its final report in June 2000.

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  • Contents

1   Introduction

2   The reform proposals

3   Proposed evaluation framework

4   Alternative delivery approaches - effects on recipient outcomes
4.1   Direct government delivery
4.2   Competitive tendering and contracting
4.3   Demand - based funding

5   Concluding remarks

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