1. Select an area of personal interest relevant to social inequality in Australia and:

i) Identify the key features of such disadvantage;
ii) Try to explain the changes (improvements/falling behind) or lack of change, over a decade or longer in this particular area of inequality;
iii) Outline the prospects for improvement in the future, through realistic policy proposals.
Some possible topic areas are:

* Health (access to health care, patterns of illness, treatment outcomes, etc.);
* Education (socio-economic differences in ‘arrivals’ and ‘departures’

[pre-school, leaving school]; gender differences; ethnic disadvantage, etc.);

* Housing (Is there a ‘housing crisis’? Is there a problem of ‘homelessness’?); Does it ‘matter’ where you live, in terms of reputation ,for getting a job? The quality of services [education/medical, etc..

* Welfare & the Underclass — the reproduction of Disadvantage or the introduction of a ‘Basics Card’ , etc etc.

* Controlling the ’ Dangerous Classes’ ( eg, the ‘Governing Through Crime’ thesis).