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New Research

The Brotherhood's social barometer: living the second fifty years

09 March 2010The fourth Social Barometer examines the extent of disadvantage among older Australians through indicators of people’s capabilities covering eight key dimensions of life, including employment, income, health, housing, safety and social participation.
Demography as destiny: Schooling, work and Aboriginal population change at Wadeye

Demography as destiny: Schooling, work and Aboriginal population change at Wadeye

05 March 2010Recent Commonwealth Treasury intergenerational reports have failed to consider the very different challenges that arise for the Indigenous population as a consequence of demographic ageing.
Power, culture, economy: Indigenous Australians and mining

Power, culture, economy: Indigenous Australians and mining

02 March 2010While mining developments in regional and remote Australia may be the major­ contributors to local economic development, Indigenous communities have gained only limited long-term economic benefits from mining activity.

National compact between the Australian Government and the third sector - consultation report

24 February 2010This report summarises the feedback from consultation with stakeholders including a broad range of Sector organisations, state and territory governments, peak bodies, academics and individuals.
A stronger, fairer Australia

A stronger, fairer Australia

19 February 2010Launched on 28 January 2010, A Stronger, Fairer Australia sets out the Australian Government’s vision and strategy for social inclusion, now and into the future.
Community safety of international students in Melbourne

Community safety of international students in Melbourne

17 February 2010More than half of international students surveyed in this study (57%) said they found Australia was less safe than they had expected.
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Community

Welfare

A national quality framework to support quality services for people experiencing homelessness

A national quality framework to support quality services for people experiencing homelessness

01 March 2010This discussion paper is part of consultations to develop a national quality framework (NQF) that will maximise the outcomes and life opportunities for those experiencing or at risk of homelessness.

Commentary

Resilient and resourceful young people - an Australian National Youth Strategy?

19 October 2009There is increasing global awareness of the need to improve life chances for all young people.

No longer shut away, people with a disability are still shut out

11 August 2009A candid report into a broken system is the first step to fixing it writes Rhonda Galbally in The Age.

A stunned silence: the slow death of multiculturalism

25 November 2008Despite the change of government, the trend continues, writes ANDREW JAKUBOWICZ
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Audio

Indigenous housing: myths and realities

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14 January 2010Paul Pholeros has spent three decades working on indigenous housing. He talks about why housing for Aboriginal Australians is still in such a dire state and what's needed to improve it?

Influence

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22 September 2009What role does influence play in our society and economy? How does it shape our interactions? We'll speak with the organiser of a recent summit on the Future of Influence, Ross Dawson. Also Duncan Riley from The Inquisitr website.

Immigration & refugees

Stronger, simpler, smarter ESOS: supporting international students

Stronger, simpler, smarter ESOS: supporting international students

09 March 2010This final report of the Baird review of the legislation that governs international education in Australia makes a series of recommendations for reform.

Reforming the global order

05 March 2010Despite the many reasons to be pessimistic about the current world situation there are some distinguished optimists out there, with concrete plans for change for the better.

Video

Bess Nungarrayi Price on the NT Intervention

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15 February 2010Bess Nungarrayi Price, a Walpiri woman from Yuendemu in the N.T. discusses the issues facing her community and explains why she thinks policies such as enforced income management are needed and welcome.

World Wide Views on global warming Australia

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16 November 2009The Australian World Wide Views on Global Warming Event, where 105 people from all walks of life came from all over the country to put their views forwards on the issues facing climate change negotiators at UN talks.

Families & households

From the margins to the mainstream: the challenges for microfinance in Australia

09 March 2010This report on research undertaken by the Brotherhood and Community Foresters Finance draws on the literature and stakeholder consultation to explore microfinance in Australia, highlighting the need to achieve sustainability, scale up successful pilot programs and measure impact on financial exclusion.

Turning 18: pathways and plans

09 March 2010The longitudinal Life Chances Study has followed some 140 young people from diverse backgrounds since they were infants. This report documents the altest stage of the project.

Websites

Bringing Them Home

19 February 2010This website features oral history interviews with people who were involved in or affected by the removal of Indigenous children from their families.

Taking the Initiative

13 January 2010Taking the Initiative has been designed for police around Australia, to help them get to know what other jurisdictions are doing to improve their relationships with Australia's new arrivals.

equity101

30 November 2009equity101 is a repository of social inclusion policies, programs and research in education as well as a forum for social inclusion discussion and debate, for education researchers, practitioners, teachers, senior managers and policy makers.

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Framework for measuring wellbeing: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, 2010
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Turning 18: pathways and plans
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Do employers discriminate by gender? A field experiment in female-dominated occupations
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The Brotherhood's social barometer: living the second fifty years
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Stronger, simpler, smarter ESOS: supporting international students

Books

Outrageous! Moral panics in Australia

Outrageous! Moral panics in Australia

  • Edited by Scott Poynting and George Morgan
  • ACYS Publishing
In this detailed examination of case studies, a distinguished group of experts demystifies the social processes of moral panic in Australia.
Racial Folly: A twentieth-century Aboriginal family

Racial Folly: A twentieth-century Aboriginal family

  • Gordon Briscoe
  • ANU E Press
A memoir and history of an Aboriginal family living under the race laws, practices and policies of Australia in the twentieth century.

Noticeboard

Lifestyles, consumption and environmental impact: National Household Consumption Survey
23 June 2009

The National Household Consumption Survey is open to all Australian residents until 30 June 2009.

Policy Guides

Arts for all: opening doors to people with a disability

This guide provides practical and long-term ways for artists and arts organisations to enhance their access, market their events to the disabled community and build new audiences.

15-02-10

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