New Research

As one: APS disability employment strategy

23 May 2012Despite good intentions and a succession of initiatives over several years, people with disability remain significantly under-represented in the Australian Public Service (APS) workforce.

Smart technologies for older people

Smart technologies for older people

23 May 2012Addressing the challenges faced by an ageing population, this report discusses how smart technologies can support older people to remain in their homes.

Building collaborations to eliminate family violence: facilitators, barriers and good practice

23 May 2012Zero tolerance for family violence requires agencies and government departments in New Zealand to work cooperatively and with close involvement from whanau, hapu and iwi communities.

Pathways into and within social housing

Pathways into and within social housing

23 May 2012This project developed a better understanding of the various ways by which people in different places and with different abilities, desires and needs, access social and affordable housing.

Evidence-free policy making? The case of income management

22 May 2012This paper argues that current evidence fails to support the extension of income management.

Financial uncertainty common for new migrants

21 May 2012This qualitative study involving Melbourne's Afghan and Burmese (Chin and Karen) communities presents a mixed picture of how these migrants are coping with financial matters as they settle in a new city.

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Families & households

Social inclusion

Commentary

Place based and place paced public policy

24 May 2012Policy designed in isolation from the context into which it is to be delivered can lead to ineffective outcomes argues Allen Consulting Group's Les Trudzik.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail

24 May 2012Australia need to get back in the game of picking winners says AWU National Secretary, Paul Howe, to the National Press Club

Leadership required in the Asian century

03 May 2012Chinese social investment, Indonesian democratisation, and nuclear energy safety will test the resilience of the Asian Century writes Ken Chern of the Swinburne Leadership Institute.

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Topic Guides

NBN: guide for consumers

  • Australian Communications Consumer Action Network & Internet Society Australia

21 March 2012Developed by the Australian Communications Consumer Action Network (ACCAN) and the Internet Society of Australia (ISOC-AU) and now updated for 2012, this guide is designed to offer all Australians information about the National Broadband Network.

Refugees and asylum seekers: a guide to key electronic resources

02 September 2009Compiled by Harriet Spinks of the Parliamentary Library, this guide provides web links to statistics and information about the world’s refugees, asylum seekers and others “of concern”.

Homelessness

  • Public Policy Institute - Australian Catholic University

12 December 2011Despite numerous reports, reviews and initiatives over many years, homelessness remains a policy issue in search of a solution.

Audio

I'm all ears: Improving your organization through active listening

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15 May 2012Human resources management expert Associate Professor Avraham Kluger explains what's wrong with conventional employee appraisal methods in the corporate world.

Mobile phones and evolution

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03 May 2012Researchers believe that gender differences in the pattern of mobile phone calls reveal the underlying influence of evolution.

Immigration & refugees

The resettlement of refugees in Australia: a bibliography (3rd rev. ed.)

15 May 2012This bibliography looks at the resettlement of European refugees within Australia during the post World War Two time period.

Revisiting the relationship between targeting and program performance

08 May 2012An important public policy question is whether improved targeting of public spending will necessarily result in more or more cost-effective poverty reduction.

Video

Mental health in Australia

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03 May 2012The first National Report Card on mental health and suicide prevention is due to be released at the end of 2012. What will it say about Australia's mental health services now - and what more needs to be done?

Trends and recent developments in income inequality in Australia

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07 February 2012The 2011 Fay Gale Lecture will be presented by Associate Professor Denise Doiron on the theme Trends and Recent Developments in Income Inequality in Australia.

Youth

Hormone treatment of gender identity disorder in a cohort of children and adolescents

21 May 2012The latest research by the Medical Journal of Australia illustrates a rise in individuals with gender identity disorder (GID), sufferers have a persistent and profound discomfort with their biological sex and a strong identification with the gender of the opposite sex.

Partnerships between schools and the professional arts sector: evaluation of impact on student outcomes

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  • Arts Victoria

16 May 2012This two part report considers the impact of school-arts partnerships on student engagement, student voice, social learning, creative skills and arts-related knowledge and skills.

Websites

All Aboard

23 May 2012The All Aboard campaign is raising concerns about the level of access provided by Victoria’s public transport system and calling on the government and transport authorities to start spending to fix our transport problems.

'Just staying at a mates', a series about couch surfing

15 May 2012Yfoundations, the NSW peak body on youth homelessness is running a blog series presenting different perspectives on the phenomenon known as couch surfing within youth homelessness.

Age Positive

30 September 2011This website and campaign will gather and publicise positive stories about older people, using them to remind the public of the varied and important ways older people contribute to Australian society.

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Books

Speechwriting for government in Australia

Speechwriting for government in Australia

  • James Groves
  • James Groves & Associates
"...an indispensible book...excellent practical guide to the art of effective oral communication" from the Foreword by Malcolm Hazell CVO AM, former Official Secretary to the Governor-General
Cultural technologies, mobile communication, and the iPhone

Cultural technologies, mobile communication, and the iPhone

  • Larissa Hjorth, Jean Burgess and Ingrid Richardson
  • Routledge
The iPhone represents an important moment in both the short history of mobile media and the long history of cultural technologies. Like the Walkman of the 1980s, it marks a juncture in which notions about identity, individualism, lifestyle and sociality require rearticulation.

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Topic Guides

NBN: guide for consumers

  • Australian Communications Consumer Action Network & Internet Society Australia

21 March 2012Developed by the Australian Communications Consumer Action Network (ACCAN) and the Internet Society of Australia (ISOC-AU) and now updated for 2012, this guide is designed to offer all Australians information about the National Broadband Network.

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