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End of the road for great infrastructure fee grab
31 August, 2009 | Traffic projections for toll roads have far exceeded actual traffic, writes Michael West in The AgeWomen and hidden unemployment
31 August, 2009 | Marie Coleman discusses a new Australia Institute report in On Line OpinionThe state of affairs in health
27 August, 2009 | Angela Beaton and Lesley Russell introduce their analysis of the 2009-10 state and territory health budgetsFormer politicians make incestuous lobbyists
26 August, 2009 | The process of making public policy shouldn't be like a school reunion, writes John Warhurst in Eureka StreetBradfield voters deserve better
01 September, 2009 | Labor risks alienating its supporters by not fielding a candidate in the by-election for this blue-ribbon seat, writes Paul Williams in the Courier-MailLet them land: remembering Tampa
27 August, 2009 | On the anniversay of the Tampa affair, Michelle Dimasi and Linda Briskman look at the impact on Christmas Islanders, then and nowNew research
Creative Economy
Copyright in the digital age
Francis Gurry | World Intellectual Property Organization31 August, 2009 | In this transcript of his Press Club address, Francis Gurry, director general of the World Intellectual Property Organization, looks at the challenges for copyright law.
Evaluation of evidence-based practices in online learning
U.S. Department of Education and SRI International30 August, 2009 | On average, students in online learning conditions performed better than those receiving face-to-face instruction according to this US report examining the comparative research on online versus traditional classroom teaching from 1996 to 2008.
Cultural funding by government, 2007-08
Australian Bureau of Statistics28 August, 2009 | This publication contains estimates of Australian public funding for arts and cultural activities, facilities and services across the three levels of government for 2007-08.
The mandatory blacklist and computer games
Colin Jacobs | Electronic Frontiers Australia31 August, 2009 | The recent announcement by the Federal Government that the mandatory blacklist will explicitly target computer and video games has caused much alarm. This page by Electronic Frontiers Australia aims to cover the issue quickly and will be updated as matters progress.
Clay: From wellbeing to art
Josie Cavallaro | Accessible Arts28 August, 2009 | This paper draws on the author's experience in working alongside emerging artists with a disability and as an advocate for access to the arts for people with a disability.
Economics
How much did the 2009 fiscal stimulus boost spending?
Andrew Leigh | Economics Program, Research School of Social Sciences27 August, 2009 | Forty percent of households who said that they received the payment reported having spent it.
Survey into paid maternity leave, sex-based harassment initiatives and the gender pay gap
Equal Opportunity for Women in the Workplace Agency31 August, 2009 | Over 2,300 reporting organisations participated in the 2009 survey representing more than one million female employees. This report is the second in a suite of EOWA surveys examining gender issues in the workplace.
Education
Culture and creative learning: a literature review
Ken Jones | Creativity, Culture and Education28 August, 2009 | This report examines the idea of culture as it has permeated policy-making, public debate, practices in schools and academic writing in the UK.
What makes a difference? How measuring the non-academic outcomes of schooling can help guide school practice
Prue Anderson, Julian Fraillon | Australian Council for Educational Research31 August, 2009 | Using examples from the Melbourne Declaration on the Educational Goals for Young Australians and from work completed by ACER, this paper examines the challenges of measuring and improving the non-academic outcomes of schooling.
The qualities of quality: Understanding excellence in arts education
Steve Seidel | Project Zero, Harvard Graduate School of Education28 August, 2009 | For many children in the United States, arts education, if offered at all, is uninspired and infrequent. So what do arts educators and others think are the key attributes of 'quality' in arts learning in K-12?
Environment & Planning
The trade and trade policy implications of different policy responses to societal concerns
Monika Tothova | Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development28 August, 2009 | This study examines a number of societal concerns as they pertain to farming activities and how these are addressed at the domestic level as well as within the framework of applicable provisions of WTO agreements.
Market mechanisms for recovering water in the Murray-Darling Basin
Productivity Commission27 August, 2009 | This issues paper looks at alternative market-based mechanisms that could be used to diversify the federal government's water purchase program and secure access to the suite of entitlements necessary to restore balance to the use of the resource.
A fair share for older people
COTA National27 August, 2009 | This discussion paper supports the Federal Government's National Building Initiative which will add 20,000 new social housing dwellings in the coming years but urges long and medium term planning to underpin this short term initiative.
Investment of Commonwealth and state funds in public passenger transport infrastructure and services
Senate Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport Committee26 August, 2009 | Public transport and active transport create community benefits which justify supporting them with public subsidies, according to this report which makes a series of recommendations for encouraging a shift away from private cars.
Innovative financing for homeownership: the potential for shared equity initiatives in Australia
Simon Pinnegar | Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute31 August, 2009 | This project aims to provide a comprehensive appraisal of the appropriateness and potential for shared equity approaches to assist Australian lower and moderate income households into affordable and sustainable home ownership.
Health
Keeping dementia front of mind: incidence and prevalence 2009-2050
Access Economics01 September, 2009 | Commissioned by Alzheimer's Australia, this report provides estimates and projections of prevalence and incidence for people with dementia in Australia, states and territories.
BreastScreen Australia monitoring report 2005-06
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare27 August, 2009 | This report reveals that mortality from breast cancer has decreased steadily since the BreastScreen Australia Program commenced in 1991, from 66 to 47 deaths per 100,000 women.
Primary health care reform in Australia
Department of Health and Ageing01 September, 2009 | This report provides background to the Draft National Primary Health Care Strategy as well as providing evidence to support future investment in, and reform of, the primary health care system.
eHealth data and health identifiers
Australian Privacy Foundation31 August, 2009 | This document presents a concise statement of general principles and specific criteria to support the assessment of proposals for eHealth initiatives and eHealth regulatory measures.
Evaluation of the severe domestic squalor project
Shannon McDermott | Social Policy Research Centre31 August, 2009 | This evaluation plan outlines the questions that are to be addressed in the evaluation of the Domestic Squalor Program in the eastern suburbs of Sydney, and the methods used to address these questions.
Indigenous
Garma Festival 2009 key forum address
Robyn Archer | Australia Council for the Arts28 August, 2009 | The 2009 Garma Festival Key Forum focussed on the creative industries and how they interface with Indigenous Australians.
Our future in our hands: creating a sustainable national representative body for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples
Australian Human Rights Commission01 September, 2009 | This report proposes a model for a new national representative body for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
Review of the misuse of kava among Indigenous people
Belinda Urquhart, Neil Thomson | Australian Indigenous HealthBulletin28 August, 2009 | A considerable body of research exists highlighting the deleterious impact of alcohol on the health and wellbeing of Indigenous people, but much less attention has been directed to the impact of kava.
International
'We cry for justice': Impunity persists 10 years on in Timor-Leste
Amnesty International27 August, 2009 | A decade after Timor-Leste voted for independence, a culture of impunity continues to haunt the country's people.
Burma and North Korea: Smoke or fire
Andrew Selth | Australian Strategic Policy Institute28 August, 2009 | This paper examines the strategic challenges posed by Burma's increasing cooperation with North Korea, including recent claims of a secret nuclear weapons program.
A long and winding road: Australia's role in building an Afghan National Army
Raspal Khosa | Australian Strategic Policy Institute28 August, 2009 | This paper examines the challenges for the ADF raising the effectiveness of an Afghan National Army brigade while combating the Taliban-dominated insurgency in southern Afghanistan.
Justice
An international tribunal for Timor-Leste: an idea that won't go away
Patrick Walsh | Nautilus Institute28 August, 2009 | Patrick Walsh, Senior Adviser to the Post-CAVR Technical Secretariat, writes of the re-emergence of calls for an international tribunal for past crimes in Timor-Leste.
Anti-human trafficking manual for criminal justice practitioners
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime | United Nations31 August, 2009 | This document is designed to be used by criminal justice practitioners in the prevention of human trafficking, the protection of its victims, the prosecution of its culprits and in the international cooperation needed to achieve these goals.
Recorded crime: offenders, selected states and territories, 2007-08
Australian Bureau of Statistics28 August, 2009 | Police proceeded against 295,600 alleged offenders during 2007-08, according to the first release of recorded crime offender statistics from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS).
Politics
Civilising - A continuing Australian project?
Tim Rowse | Australian Review of Public Affairs28 August, 2009 | It seems to many historians that Australia was an exception within the story of British colonisation in the extent to which the native presence here was denied, dismissed and, subsequently, degraded.
Social Policy
Speak up: arts and disability priorities for NSW
Accessible Arts31 August, 2009 | This report is the result of a three year consultation project. It identifies key findings, issues and solutions to promote full inclusion, access and cultural opportunities in the arts for people with disability.
Immigration detention in Australia: facilities, services and transparency
Joint Standing Committee on Migration26 August, 2009 | The standard of the accommodation and facilities provided at many immigration detention centres is of a serious concern, according to this report
Children beyond dispute
Jennifer McIntosh, Caroline Long, Yvonne D. Wells | Family Transitions, Relationships Australia and La Trobe University27 August, 2009 | This four year follow-up study assesses outcomes from post-separation family dispute resolution.
We have a voice, hear us: settlement experiences of refugees and migrants from the Horn of Africa
Eileen Pittaway, Chrisanta Muli | Centre for Refugee Research31 August, 2009 | Despite their experiences of persecution and forced migration, many refugees from the Horn of Africa are settling successfully and working not only for themselves, but to assist their communities here and in Africa. This report looks at their experiences.
The cost of a free education: cost as a barrier to Australian public education
Sharon Bond, Michael Horn | Brotherhood of St Laurence31 August, 2009 | Concerned about financial barriers to participation, the authors of this report canvassed the cost burden to parents of education in a government school. To achieve 90 per cent Year 12 attainment, they found, will require educational policy reform.
The impact of the recession on women
David Richardson | The Australia Institute27 August, 2009 | Women account for up to 80 percent of Australia's hidden unemployed, according to this report.
New audio
Tim O'Reilly and the concept of web squared
27 August, 2009 | Tim O'Reilly coined the term 'Web 2.0', now he has a new concept called 'Web Squared'. This program looks at what it entails and how it differs from the idea of the internet of thingsLegislative changes to philanthropic funds sparks debate on disclosure
31 August, 2009 | Private philanthropy in Australia has been enjoying a bit of a boom in recent years, as a growing number of wealthy families and individuals set up investment trusts and channel the profits into good works.Open access and the future of scholarly communication: dissemination, prestige, and impact
31 August, 2009 | This presentation describes current developments within the scholarly communications landscape and provides an indicator of possible future directions.Urbanisation and our relationship with the city
27 August, 2009 | The 21st century will see ever increasing levels of urbanisation. In this program we look at the way we engage with the city. What do we need to take into account to ensure greater harmony between our future needs as individuals and the needs of the metropolis. Read TranscriptIndigenous arts: ethics, rights and the code of conduct
31 August, 2009 | This discussion considers how Indigenous artists can engage with the arts industry on an equal footing.Temporary migration: a permanent policy change?
31 August, 2009 | Peter Mares discusses the implications for this fundamental shift in Australian immigration policy.New video
A new regulator for the ASX
31 August, 2009 | Australia's financial watchdog, Australian Securities and Investiment Commission, to take over regulatory duties of the Australian Securities Exchange from 2010.Is capitalism good for our health?
31 August, 2009 | In this talk at the Adelaide Festival of Ideas, health researcher and WHO Commissioner Professor Fran Baum discusses the determining factors of our mental and physical health, particularly wealth and equality within societies.Japan election impact
31 August, 2009 | Whitney Fitzsimmons speaks to Malcolm Cook, East Asia Program Director at the Lowy Institute, about the economic impacts of the change in government in Japan.Global warming - government subsidies, action, taxation, policy
31 August, 2009 | Future government policy, distortion of national energy markets with regulations, tax reliefs and direct subsidies.David Kilcullen and Julian Burnside on tactics in the Iraq War
31 August, 2009 | This conversation at the Melbourne Writers Festival covers the ethics and tactics of contemporary warfare.New jobs
Post Doctoral Research Fellow/Research Fellow (Education)
Charles Sturt University 28 August, 2009 | Post Doctoral Research Fellow/Research Fellow (Education) Full Time, Fixed Term (3 years) (1 Position)Full Time, Fixed Term (3 years) or Full Time, Continuing* (1 position)
New submissions
NATSEM Top-Up for Australian Postgraduate Award Scholarship
30 October, 2009 | NATSEM is offering two Top-Up scholarships for students wishing to undertake a higher degree by research on a full-time basis at the Doctoral degree level with NATSEM at the University of Canberra, commencing in 2010 Successful applicants for this scholarship will focus their original research in advanced microsimulation modelling technique or microdata analysis with preference given to applicants whose research relates to one or more of NATSEM's modelsNew events
Brotherhood of St Laurence lunchtime research seminar - Monitoring poverty and social exclusion
| LOCATION: | Brotherhood of St Laurence, 67 Brunswick St, Fitzroy, Fr Tucker's room |
| ORGANISED BY: | Guy Palmer, The Poverty Site, Joseph Rowntree Foundation |
Cultural Studies: Past, Present and Future a symposium on the state of cultural studies
| LOCATION: | Social Sciences and Humanities Library Conference Room |
| ORGANISED BY: | Centre for Critical and Cultural Studies, University of Queensland |
The Ever-Changing New Media User
| LOCATION: | Room 207, AGSE Building, Swinburne University, Hawthorn Campus |
| ORGANISED BY: | Institute of Social Research |
Human rights and international peace and security
| LOCATION: | UNSW Law School |
| ORGANISED BY: | UNSW Law School |
Living Differently: Action Researching through Global Ecological and Economic Meltdown
| LOCATION: | Borderlands Cooperative, 2 Minona Street, HAWTHORN |
| ORGANISED BY: | Action Learning, Action Research Association (ALARA) |
The role of art in times of crisis
| LOCATION: | GeelongWestTown Hall, Geelong Courthouse and Arts Precinct |
| ORGANISED BY: | Regional Arts Victoria |
Efficiency in Government Forum 2009
| LOCATION: | Crowne Plaza |
| ORGANISED BY: | Liquid Learning |
The National Policy Advisors' Forum 2009
| LOCATION: | Rydges Lakeside Hotel |
| ORGANISED BY: | Liquid Learning |
3rd Annual Indigenous Career Development and Mentoring Forum 2009
| LOCATION: | Rydges World Square |
| ORGANISED BY: | Liquid Learning |
Conference of the International Communication Association: Matters of Communication: Political, Cultural and Technological Challenges
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