Social Policy
Social Policy
Indigenous Affairs
The policy environment for Indigenous Affairs is as vexed as any in the country. Billions of dollars are spent each and every year and yet change still seems so far away. What does the landscape look like and why are so many Australians confused?
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Domestic Violence
In terms of policy the domestic violence environment receives record funding. Who are the institutions, agencies, NGOs and departments designed to deliver outcomes and what do these frameworks and linkages look like?
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Disability
With recent enquiries coming to a close, policy change across the disability sector is inevitable. With both State and Federal Governments heavily involved it’s often hard to understand who does what. We’ll peel back the layers and hopefully provide clarity.
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Aged Care
Aged care in Australia is divided into two main categories - residential and community aged care. Within these two sectors variations exist. What does this legislative and policy framework look like and who are the main actors?
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Youth Justice
A plethora of solutions have been tried to address youth justice issues. Restorative justice models in the US have had limited success and there remains a challenge in Australia of keeping young offenders out of prison.
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Government Housing
It often seems that almost every solution to the provision of government housing has failed. But has it? What has Australia done well and what can we learn from other countries who seem to have cracked the solution.
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Modern Slavery
A lot is said about modern slavery particularly in the mining and garment sectors. How bad is it and what is being done? Can we as consumers be better educated on where modern slavery occurs and are there alternative solutions to addressing the issue?
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Homelessness
The statistics speak for themselves - a majority of homeless people actually choose to be homeless. So how bad is the issue, what are the definitions we need to be aware of and can we adopt a vastly different approach?
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Projects
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Jesse Flanagan
Jesse addresses Indigenous funding and how duplication, particularly int he primary health care sector, is creating division and angst within First Nation communities.
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Dean Logan - mental health and suicide for men
Dean takes a look at modern intervention initiatives to support suicide prevention and argues that the programs funded are not designed or tailored to men.
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Dr Julia Collins
Julia looks at domestic violence programs and analyses various alternative funding models. In doing so she questions why more is not being achieved.
