Social isolation
Report
Review of access to telecommunications by people with disability, older Australians and people experiencing illness
The Australian Government is undertaking a review of the services available to help people in need of assistance to access and make the most of the telecommunication choices available to them, including the National Relay Service (NRS). While relay services provide vital support, new technologies—such as those enabled by the internet and smartphones—allow people in...
Report
Cultural diversity and child protection
This paper is the first publication of its kind to review the available research literature on CALD and refugee families in the Australian Child Protection System (CPS). Looking into the needs of migrants and refugees who settle in Australia. The knowledge from multicultural policies and refugee sector has not necessarily been incorporated into child protection...
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National best practice guidelines for data linkage activities relating to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
The Guidelines focus on six key aspects of data linkage. These are the values and ethics in human research relating to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, transparency and accountability, the quality of the Indigenous status variable on key data sets, the quality of the variables that are used for the linkage, the quality of...
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Phones and the internet: your rights in Australia
This short report by the Footscray Community Legal Centre (FCLC) details the development of a kit of community education materials to introduce refugees and new migrants to their rights as communications consumers in Australia.
Literature review
Addressing concentrations of disadvantage: policy, practice and literature review
Through a review of the relevant academic and policy literature, this report aims to critically revisit both the conceptual thinking and the research evidence that have shaped academic and policy interest in the drivers, outcomes and potential means of addressing concentrations of social disadvantage. Specifically, the paper discusses the evolution of academic and policy perspectives...