Detailed Analysis and Recommendations: Australian Social Policy Report

This report analyzes current Australian social policies, focusing on education, healthcare, and family support. It examines the background and integration of these policies, highlighting key aspects such as education spending, social inclusion initiatives, and healthcare funding models like Medicare and the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS). The report critically assesses the effectiveness of these policies, discussing their impact on various aspects of Australian society, including childcare costs and family welfare. It provides suggestions and recommendations for improvements, emphasizing the need to address areas where services may be lacking and to enhance safety measures, particularly for women. The conclusion summarizes the findings and underscores the importance of social services in improving the quality of life for Australians.

Analysing current
Australian government
policy

Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................1
Background discussion and integration of social policy of Australia.........................................1
Discussion and critical assessment of the policy........................................................................4
Suggestions and recommendations.............................................................................................4
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................5
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................6

INTRODUCTION
Social policy makes weave of the fabric of society and culture of the people. Social policy made
with the norms and culture beliefs of the people living in the country. Social policy makers focus
on the needs of the society and culture of the people so that they can effectively make the policy
that can help in growth and enhancement of culture beliefs (Alizadeh, Sarkar, and Burgoyne,
2019). It includes rules and regulation of the government such as income support, health and
climate change, employment and many more. Social policy may include all the regulation that
government done for the effective growth and enhancement of goals and objectives of the
country. This report is based on Australian social policy and its effectiveness in the country. This
help to understand about various rules and norms government have in order to fulfil the needs of
people(Buchanan, and Smyth, 2020). This can help to gain knowledge and information about the
social policy and that helps to understand about the needs and wants of the people so that it can
effectively fulfil. Social policy of Australia includes various important aspect that can provide
better living standard to the people and effective growth to the economy of the country. This
report include information about background of the social policy of the country, also it include
discussion of the different aspect of the policy so that effective outcomes can be achieved from
the report. Also in the last it includes recommendation and suggestions on the policy of country.
MAIN BODY
Background discussion and integration of social policy of Australia.
The central for independent studies remains at the forefront of the social policy of
Australia, with the focus on the key issues in the country such as health care, education of the
child protection, welfare state is a priority for the CIS social research team. Government focus on
the welfare state spending on the effective growth of state people and providing effective
services to them so that effective living standard can be achieve ( Bochel, and Daly, 2020). CIS
seeks a future Australia that has individual freedom under a limited government rules and
regulation for the effective social cause(Thiel, Garrick, and Blomquist, 2019 ). This helps the
Australian citizens to gain effective growth and detail services. Social services enhance the level
of effectiveness that provide effective growth to the people and help to gain effective growth of
the services. Below are key highlights of the policy and its impact on the people.
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Education: In education social policy of the Australia government state that education in
non-governmental institution tend to higher. they focus on the metropolitan area of the regional.
Overall competition in the high schools are 80% and this could have an impact on the growth
and effectiveness of the country in the world. The low level pre schools spending and becoming
weak point of Australian governmental policy( Capano, and Howlett, 2020)( Cheers, 2019).
Australia has spends on the development of high schools and this could impact the level of
growth of preschool arrangements( Stanford, 2019). Australia spending continues to spend on the
OECD average preschool. Government also provide subsidies to non-governmental schools that
helps to increase the level of inquiry outcome and helps to promote the education of the students
at all level. Despites the subsidies also the tuition fee of the non-governmental schools are also
less affluent parents. Bosting funding of non – governmental institution can help to increase the
level of effectiveness in the studies of the individual and enhance the level of individual growth(
Dalton, Draper, Weeks and Wiseman, 2020). this social policy norms of the Australian
government help to enhance the level of growth of the students and increase the growth of
individual at university and school level. Students tend to have better knowledge and information
form the schools so that their future growth can be enhanced by the institutions.
Social Inclusion: Australia has the mixed record of inclusion that enhance the level of
social policy and norms in the state. The government is focus on the increase the level off
promotion of social policies that reduce social exclusion( Dickey, 2020). That is comparatively
flexible labour market has probably has been affected from the various services and effective
instruments that helps to enhance the level of effectiveness. Various instruments ensure the level
of social inclusion in the state so that effective outcome can be achieve by the government.
Despite the level of relatively unequal income distribution and other social policy that enhance
the level of effectiveness, and decrease the level of social exclusion between the people. Promote
social inclusion is become for the government to increase the level of social inclusion and
growth of the people in the country( Seelkopf, and Starke, 2019). Minister of social services
focus on the health care services that promote the tools and techniques of the social inclusion so
that effective outcome can be achieve by the person by the use of effective services. Australian
government focus identifying possible improvements and ensuring the system was sustainable in
the country.
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Health: There has been no notable development in health care policy under the Morrison
government ( Harris-Hogan, Barrelle, and Smith, 2019). The Australian health care system is a
complex mix of public and private health care system that promote healthy living and healthy
life style of the people. The funding system is also mixed with social services and policy. Its
performance on the level of quality, inclusive and cost efficacy of the performance in the level of
effectiveness of the services and its growth in the country(Wanna, Kelly, and Forster, 2020).
The government directly provide funds for the health care of the people and that help in better
growth and level of effectiveness in the services offered by the government on the basis of the
social policy. They provide health care funds in three system; Medicare, which is the services
provided by the doctors; the Pharmaceutical benefits scheme(PBS) ( Hartley,Anderson, and
Pedersen, 2019). Its one of the major services provided by the government and that promote the
healthy living of the people and their growth in the country. PBS is most successful pillar of the
health care policy of the government that promote the healthy living of the people. Quality of
medical care helps to gain better objectives and growth in the high quality services by the doctors
and enhancement in the life style of the people. Government provide high level off training
programs to the doctors so that effective outcome can be achieved in the country.
Families: the high cost of child care yet for the school continues to be problem for the
Australian government. However in the budget the government announced a plan to spend AUD
3.5 billion over five years on the assistance of childcare services in the country. This provides
better growth to the childcare and the families will be providing the effective services that help to
gain better and effective outcome in the future. Replacing subsidy programs in most effective
manner and that promote the health and services of the children and provide effective out come
to the government and helps to gain better outcomes in the future ( Henman, 2019). Receiving
subsidies of 85% of their child care fees that help to gain better outcomes in the future and
growth of the child care services. Rate is generally declines because of the family income and
increase in the zero for the subsidiary of the product and services in the country. Following the
large increases in family payments over the early 2000s however the payment has scaled by in
recent years(Howard, Miller, and Edwards, 2020). Welfare policy of the government has
increased that helps to gain better outcomes and growth in the country so that effective outcomes
can be achieve in the future and growth can gain by the persons. This child care system helps in
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the betterment of the familes and their living standard at the publication of the services also this
help to enhance the level of growth and success of the policy in the country.
Safe living: Internal security of the individuals is responsibility of the government that
increase the level of effective. Issues of violence and crime could be difficult for the government
to control the level of the issues( McIntosh, and Wright, 2019). Most state the rate of crime is
relatively low. Coordination between the various policies can have impact on the level of
effectiveness and growth of the country living being. One third women of the Australia has faced
physical violence in the country( Olney, and Dickinson, 2019). The national level of taking
responsibility of the crime scenes that have impact for the level of the effectiveness in the
country. To deal with the issues and crimes government has impose various rule and regulations
that helps to gain better outcomes and growth for the country.
Thus, form the above discussion it can be understand that social policy of the Australia has
effective outcomes that helps to gain better outcomes and growth of the country in most effective
manner. These policies helps the government to take care of the people and provide them
services that helps to gain better growth and enhancement of future living in the country. There
are various rules and regulation that government has made to set the level of effectiveness in the
social services. Services provided by the government have impact on the level of growth and
success of the person in the country.
Discussion and critical assessment of the policy.
Social policy of Australia has effective impact on the people and their livings that helps to
gain better growth and effectiveness in the future of the policy and enhancement of the living.
The country’s government is focused on providing effective services to the people of the country
so that effective growth in the future can be achieved(Samarakoon, 2019). The social policy is
most successful that have an impact on the level of the growth and enhancement of goals and
objectives in the future. Country focus on the level of effectiveness and growth of the person so
that they can effectively gain better objectives in the future. high cost policies can impact the
level of effectiveness in the services of the people so that they can achieve goals and objectives
in the future growth. Healthcare system of the government has effective services that help the
person so that they can gain better objectives in the future(Savage, and O’Connor, 2019). Total
growth of the country depends on the level of services provided by the government. Thus,
various policies has effective outcome for the individuals and it help in better growth and living
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in the country. This helps the people of the country to gain better growth and outcomes in the
future. there are effective growth of child care services that helps to gain better growth in the
future with high level of proficiency and growth in the future.
Suggestions and recommendations.
From the above discussion it can be understand that social policy of the Australia has include
many aspect that provide better services to the people and help to gain better growth and
enhancement of living style. It can be recommended to those social services of the government
needs to focus on the areas where people are not aware about the growth of the services so that
effective outcomes can be provided by the government to the other people also. Government
needs to focus on the safety services for the women so that they can live with the safety and
security in the country. This helps to gain better growth and success of the social policy so that
effective outcomes can be achieve in most effective manner.
CONCLUSION
From the above information it can be conclude that social services of the Australia has
effective impact on the growth of child care and education of the children. Social policy of
Australia focus on various aspect of the social living that helps to gain better growth in the future
and enhancement of goals and objectives of social services. Social policy of the Australian
government provides better outcomes and growth to the people and provide effective outcomes
in the future. also theses services provided by the government focus on the level of effectiveness
of people and health care system also. Government focus on providing effective growth and
services to the people so that they can have healthy living standards.
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