Evaluations of Income Management Programs in Australia

Government-commissioned evaluations1

Evaluation of Voluntary Income Management in the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Lands – Social Policy Research Centre (University of New South Wales), September 2014


Evaluation of Place-Based Income Management – Deloitte Access Economics

Baseline Report – May 2014

Process and Short-Term Outcomes Report – August 2014

Medium-Term Outcomes Evaluation Report – April 2015

Consolidated Place-Based Income Management Evaluation Report 2012-2015 – May 2015


Evaluation of Income Management Trials in Western Australia

Evaluation of the Child Protection Scheme of Income Management and Voluntary Income Management Measures in Western Australia – ORIMA Research, September 2010

Review of Child Protection Income Management – Evaluation Hub (Department of Social Services) with the assistance of the Department of Human Services and the Government of Western Australia’s Department for Child Protection and Family Support, February 2014


Evaluation of New Income Management in the Northern Territory

Evaluation Framework for New Income Management – Social Policy Research Centre (UNSW), December 2010

Evaluating New Income Management in the Northern Territory: First Evaluation Report – Social Policy Research Centre (UNSW), Australian National University and Australian Institute of Family Studies, July 2012 (released November 2012)

Evaluation of New Income Management in the Northern Territory – Australian National University, Australian Institute of Family Studies and Social Policy Research Centre (UNSW), September 2014 (released December 2014)


Evaluation of Cape York Welfare Reform, Queensland

Evaluation of Cape York Welfare Reform – Performance and Evaluation Branch, FaHCSIA, 2012

Strategic Review of Cape York Income Management – Queensland University of Technology, November 2018 (released December 2018)


Evaluation of the Cashless Debit Card Trial, ORIMA Research

Evaluation Framework Summary – Publish date not specified

Wave 1 Interim Evaluation Report – February 2017

Final Evaluation Report – August 2017


Evaluation of the Cashless Debit Card Trial, Other

Cashless Debit Card Baseline Data Collection in the Goldfields Region: Qualitative Findings – Future of Employment and Skills Research Centre, the University of Adelaide, February 2019 (published April 2019)

Independent Baseline Data Collection in Bundaberg and Hervey Bay – Future of Employment and Skills Research Centre, the University of Adelaide, forthcoming

Second Independent Impact Evaluation of the Cashless Debit Card Trial – Future of Employment and Skills Research Centre, the University of Adelaide, forthcoming


Independent analysis of income management evaluations

Coming soon!

1 List developed in reference to https://www.dss.gov.au/families-and-children-programmes-services-welfare-conditionality-income-management/income-management-evaluations#1 and https://www.dss.gov.au/families-and-children-programs-services-welfare-quarantining-cashless-debit-card/cashless-debit-card-evaluation