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New Research

Linking census records to death registrations, Mar 2010

15 March 2010This paper builds on other papers already released about the Indigenous Mortality Quality Study, by elaborating on the probabilistic data linking methodology used to link the Census and death records.
Perspectives on migrants 2010

Perspectives on migrants 2010

05 March 2010Issues and debates relating to migrants, ethnicity and migration programs are common place within the Australian political and media landscape.
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.

Intergenerational report 2010

01 February 2010In addition to assessing the fiscal and economic challenges of an ageing population, this report also includes a comprehensive discussion on environmental challenges and social sustainability.

Castan Centre symposium on Indigenous birth registration and birth certificates

13 January 2010Presentations now available from this symposium held in Melbourne on 1 December 2009.
Australia's mothers and babies 2007

Australia's mothers and babies 2007

14 December 2009The 17th report providing information on births in Australia from perinatal data collections for each state and territory.

Community

Mass localism: A way to help small communities solve big social challenges

17 March 2010  Localism presents a dilemma. Government has traditionally found it difficult to support genuine local solutions while achieving national impact and scale. This UK report offers a solution

The open book of social innovation

17 March 2010This volume describes the hundreds of methods and tools for innovation being used across the world, as a first step to developing a knowledge base.

Beyond corporate responsibility: the 'spiritual turn' and the rise of conscious business

15 March 2010This paper asks whether the Corporate Responsibility movement can transform business practices enough to assist society address key human and environmental sustainability challenges.

Welfare

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

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.

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

A changing pattern of childlessness

23 February 2010Do the demands of high-status professions explain childlessness among some women? Robert Tanton describes new research findings

From queue to pool: skilled migration gets a makeover

11 February 2010Peter Mares analyses the latest changes to Australia’s migration program for Inside Story

Perils of prediction

08 February 2010The federal government's Intergenerational Report stretches the boundaries of forecasting, writes Stephen Lunn in the Australian

Audio

New approaches to structuring government to close the implementation gap

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19 February 2010This lecture argues that without reform of the structures of government, finance, policy and administration, remote Australia will remain a place of recurring crises.

Housing for millions

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27 November 2009Planning for happy cities, when you're also jamming in millions more people, is politically tricky.

Immigration & refugees

Economic, civic and social contributions of refugees and humanitarian entrants: a literature review

Economic, civic and social contributions of refugees and humanitarian entrants: a literature review

17 March 2010This report highlights the entrepreneurial spirit and a strong commitment to education and volunteerism brought to Australia by the 740,000 refugee and humanitarian migrants settled since Federation.

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.

Video

Racism in Australia. Reynolds, Hirst, Brett and Hage

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02 November 2009This stellar line-up addresses, amongst many other things, the recent re-emergence of the 'boat people' issue; the Cronulla riots; the history of racism in Australia; and its legacy in the form of contemporary indigenous disadvantage.

Australian stereotypes and cultural identity

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26 October 2009From outback heroes to Anzac legends, from Aussie battlers to noble savages - these are familiar figures in the Australian story - but is it really possible to distil identity into stereotypes?

Families & households

The political economy of intergenerational income mobility

17 March 2010International comparisons of intergenerational mobility must take into account differences in politico-economic institutions, according to this study.

The added worker effect and the discouraged worker effect for married women in Australia

17 March 2010This paper investigates both the added worker effect (the labour supply responses of women to their partners’ job losses) and the discouraged worker effect (workers withdrawing from the labour market because of failed searches) for married women in Australia, with the emphasis on the former.

The impact of a sustained gender wage gap on the Australian economy

16 March 2010Pay inequity costs the Australian economy $93 billion per year, or 8.5% of GDP, according to this report.

Websites

SettlerColonialStudies.org

06 February 2010This Melbourne-based blog is concerned with promoting a global appraisal of Indigenous issues, and an interdisciplinary approach to the phenomenon of settler colonialism and its consequences.

Community Indicators Victoria

29 October 2009This site uses local community wellbeing indicators to improve citizen engagement, community planning and policy making.

Institute for Cultural Diversity

12 October 2009The Institute for Cultural Diversity is a not-for-profit company and provides a meeting place to discuss, debate, learn and partner with other Australians interested in building an inclusive and diverse society.

Events

18 Mar 2010 - 9:00am - 30 Mar 2010 - 5:30pm
Brisbane, Canberra, Melbourne
Conference
25 Mar 2010 - 26 Mar 2010
Sydney

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.

Policy Guides

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.

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