Highly effective schools have high levels of parent and community engagement. "Community" here includes parents, business and philanthropic organisations, and various services and not-for-profit groups. How "engagement" is defined and what it looks like in practice will vary from school to school. But, as the growing body of research makes quite clear, support from those...

As the peak national organisation of the community sector and advocate for low income and disadvantaged people, ACOSS has a long standing interest in minimum wages. We have regularly made submissions on minimum wage fixation to industrial tribunals since the mid 1990s. ACOSS is an interested party with expertise in poverty, employment policy and income...

In March 2012, leaders with an interest in the early years representing health, education, research and policy, gathered to build a shared understanding of place or location as a platform for supporting children and families. With the understanding that the agenda for place-based approaches is well advanced in Australia, the aim was to clarify the...

Current Kyoto targets lapse at the end of 2012. All countries except Canada are expected to meet these international commitments. Australia ratified the Protocol four years ago, ending the years of recalcitrance that cost the country diplomatically and in lost investment opportunities. Australia was also the first major Kyoto country to stand up in Copenhagen...

Each year, the AIC conducts an online survey on behalf of the Australasian Consumer Fraud Taskforce (ACFT) to assess consumer fraud experiences of those who choose to participate, this report considers the long term results of the survey. Between 2007 and 2011, the surveys sought responses from interested people concerning their experiences in the preceding...