Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP140101031

Funding Activity

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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/DP140101031

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

The legal and social dimensions of financial hardship in Australia: Implications for legal, regulatory and policy frameworks. Financial hardship, the reduced ability to meet monetary obligations because of loss of employment, illness or disaster, is an increasing problem for both low-income and middle-income Australians. This project is the first in-depth study of the practical operation of Australia’s financial hardship laws, which are designed to protect Australians suffering financial hardship. Major surveys will be undertaken of senior staff of financial dispute resolution schemes, financial counsellors, consumer solicitors and consumer advocates as well as persons suffering financial hardship. The project outcomes will include improvements to dispute resolution involving financial hardship and consumer advisory services, and potential law reform proposals.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 2014

End Date: 10-2018

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $396,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Commercial and Contract Law | Corporations and Associations Law | Law

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Justice and the Law not elsewhere classified |

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