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University of Newcastle

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A cultural tourism plan for the Maitland and Dungog Districts, NSW


This plan sets out to identify the cultural richness and diversity of the two areas from the standpoints of local tourism authorities, stakeholders, residents, and visitors. The plan describes two areas where the vitality and creativity of residents, in conjunction with unique built and natural environments, are playing pivotal roles in defining each place, their...
Working paper

Social entrepreneurship – false premises and dangerous forebodings


As a reaction against neo-liberalism, Social Entrepreneurship has been promoted as the solution to welfare problems brought about by social change and persistent unemployment. The Social Entrepreneurship movement (SEM) proposes the reconstruction of welfare by building social partnerships between the public, social and business sectors. Major aspects of this agenda include non-profit organisations undertaking entrepreneurial...
Working paper

Job creation, unemployment and inequality in Australia


In this paper William Mitchell, Martin Watts and John Burgess argue that governments that have followed the ideas embodied in the OECD approach to economic reform have successfully reduced inflation but worsened the economic outcomes for a vast number of disadvantaged workers.
Working paper

The costs of unemployment in Australia


In this paper Martin Watts and William Mitchell demonstrate that the measurable costs of the sustained high rate of unemployment in Australia are substantially higher than the alleged gains from neo-liberal (microeconomic) reforms.

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