Edited by the Institute for Social Research, Swinburne University of Technology

Kristy Muir

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This evaluation is a longitudinal, mixed methods research project, established to examine the achievements, limitations and future directions of headspace: the National Youth Mental Health Foundation program

This report covers three of the Stronger Families and Communities Strategy initiatives - Communities for Children (CfC), Invest to Grow and Local Answers

This paper examines service provision, service coordination, Indigenous families and children in Communities for Children sites, identifies factors that facilitate or hinder service provision and outcomes, and considers sustainability issues

The broad aim of this 2008 study was to understand and compare the needs of Horn of African young people with the needs and resources of mentoring service providers and policy makers

Using the findings from the primary data collection with families and stakeholders, this report develops the understanding of resilience in these families

A report on the way culturally and linguistically diverse women participate in sport and recreation, and the factors that may limit their full involvement

Kristy Muir, Ann Dadich, David Abelló, Michael Bleasdale, Alan Morris and Karen Fisher present the summary findings of the second phase of a longitudinal evaluation of the Housing and Accommodation Support Initiative Stage One from May to October 2005

This initiative aims to improve housing stability and community participation for people with mental illness through community based accommodation and coordinated support services

Noticeboard

12 March 2010

The Australian Law Reform Commission report into Commonwealth secrecy laws, Secrecy Laws and Open Government in Australia (ALRC Report 112) is the result of a 15 -month inquiry which identified 506 secrecy provisions in 176 pieces of Commonwealth legislation, including 358 criminal secrecy offences.

16 February 2010

RMIT University in Melbourne runs a degree program where groups of
communication research‐trained students work on a communication research
project for a not‐for‐profit client.

06 February 2010

On 20 January 2009, the Australian Law Reform Commission (ALRC) received Terms of Reference from the Attorney-General of Australia to review the operation and provisions of the Royal Commissions Act 1902