People and Place articles from September 2004

People and Place archives from September 2004

Will the government's proposed insurance reform increase the health insurance coverage of older Australians?
September 1, 2004... This article examines the impact of the Coalition Government's proposed increase in the private hospital insurance rebate for people aged 65 and over. It concludes that the increased rebate is only likely to benefit those already insured. Most...

What matters to women: beyond reproductive stereotypes.
September 1, 2004... This article reports on a qualitative study of reproductive decision-making. The findings suggest that many of the popular stereotypes of women's aspirations and motivations that fuel public discussions of Australia's falling birth-rate and...

Can increased immigration be a substitute for low fertility?
September 1, 2004... This paper argues that immigrants are not substitutes for births. As demonstrated through several scenarios modelling Australia's future population, fertility and immigration do not have equivalent impacts on population size and age structure....

The northern population drift accelerates--Queensland, Australia's growth state.
September 1, 2004... Queensland has been Australia's fastest growing State in percentage terms and often in numerical terms since the 1980s. This growth is largely driven by migration, both interstate and overseas. The 2001 Census revealed that, between 1996 and...

The regulation of medical practice in Australia, Canada, United States and Britain.
September 1, 2004... Overseas trained doctors (OTDs) are playing an important role as medical officers and specialists in the Australian public hospital system and as general practitioners in 'area of need' locations. This role is increasing as a result of the...

Youth Allowance: more please!
September 1, 2004... A Senate committee is currently reviewing the level of student income support. Using previously unpublished data, this article shows that the proportion of full-time higher education students who are Youth Allowance recipients is low and, in...

Collective action and the theory of ethnic nepotism: a review of Frank Salter (ed.) Welfare, Ethnicty and Altruism.
September 1, 2004... New research shows that, in general, member of multiethnic societies are less likely to behave altruistically towards each other than are members of more ethnically homogeneous societies. But the question of how we should explain these finding...