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The ‘C’ word: class, migrants and academia
In this chapter May Ngo discusses her background as a child of Vietnamese bakers in Sydney and how having a working-class background has influenced what she does now at university. The 'C' word appears at page 20, following the introduction to this book Bread and Roses: Voices of Australian Academics from the Working Class edited...
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Smart engagement, stronger Australia: our future in the Asia-Pacific
The focus of the report is on maximising opportunities for Australia to strengthen relationships with the countries of Asia. It finds that leveraging language, research and cultural capabilities will provide the basis for deep, long-term engagement that will return social, economic and political benefits to Australia and its partners in the region.
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Couch surfing students: the Yarra Ranges youth homelessness prevention project
The Couch Surfing Secondary Students (CSSS): Yarra Ranges Youth Homelessness Prevention Project has developed out of a research partnership between Anchor Youth Services, the Outer Eastern Local Learning and Employment Network (OELLEN), Swinburne University and the University of Western Australia Centre for Social Impact.
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A story that writes itself: working holiday visas, tax incentives and illegal labour
Largely overlooked in the federal budget was a measure that will push more people into the black economy SOMETIMES you wonder how an idea came about. A barney is already brewing over the working holiday visa program, and it could get a lot worse. A Senate inquiry is looking at temporary visas; Four Corners has...
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Television 2025: reconsidering small screen media in Australia
What might television and video look like in a year’s time, in a few years’ time, in a decade? We came up with 20 questions and put them to 25 people. Between November 2014 and April 2015, we interviewed those 25 people from free-to-air and subscription TV, IPTV, production companies, telecommunications and IT, online and...