Community development
Report
Spaces for all ages: policies for an inclusive Australia
Population, participation and productivity. These are the ‘three Ps’ which feature in Australia’s intergenerational reports as the means to ameliorate the negative economic implications of an ageing society. The 2015 Intergenerational Report (IGR) invoked the three Ps as a means to resolve the government’s self-described ‘challenge of change’. The challenge of change narrative is based...
Strategy
Empowered communities: empowered peoples
This report, a joint effort of a group of Indigenous leaders from across Australia brought together by the Jawun Indigenous Partnerships Corporation, proposes an Indigenous Empowerment framework. Foreword There needs to be a fundamental shift away from the traditional social policy framework in which Indigenous affairs has been conducted, to a comprehensive Indigenous Empowerment agenda...
Evaluation
Evaluation of the New Zealand Medical Treatment Scheme
The New Zealand Medical Treatment Scheme (NZMTS) aims to assist Pacific island countries to provide their citizens with access to specialised medical treatment.
Briefing paper
Value of a community football club
The Centre for Sport and Social Impact (CSSI) at La Trobe University was commissioned by AFL Victoria to determine the social value of a 'typical' community football club; specifically its social, health and community impact.
Audio
Social research into the Great Australian Bight to look at potential community effects of oil and gas exploration
South Australia's University of Adelaide is researching the social structure of Eyre Peninsula communities to determine potential impacts from oil and gas exploration in the Great Australian Bight. It is part of a four-year, $20 million collaborative science program between oil giant BP, the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), the South Australian Research...