09 December 2011In publishing this history, the Commission hopes to promote a better understanding of the benefits of water reforms, together with the sustained commitment and leadership required to achieve long-term gains.
09 December 2011Presenting data on the use of government-funded specialist homelessness services, this is the final annual report to be sourced from the Supported Accommodation Assistance Program.
09 December 2011Despite the obvious success of women in all sectors of legal practice there is wide recognition that barriers or impediments to the advancement of women in the profession continue to exist.
09 December 2011Using data from the 2008 National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Survey this paper examines links between various personal characteristics and activities, and four Indigenous labour market outcomes.
09 December 2011After one year under the Baillieu Government, this audit assesses the delivery of their election promises on the environment and also assesses significant actions taken that were not foreshadowed prior to the election.
09 December 2011As well as providing the definitive national statement of water trading activity, this report stands as a valuable information resource that describes trading arrangements and activity in each jurisdiction.
09 December 2011According to this report, regulatory reforms are needed for the Australian retail industry to adapt successfully to the more globally competitive market in which it now operates.
08 December 2011Addressing many issues arising from the review's terms of reference, this report details 93 recommendations that would support necessary reform of the state's emergency management arrangements.
08 December 2011The potentially looming 'digital participation gap' in Australia requires concerted efforts to ensure that poor, remote and vulnerable communities in Australia are not actively included in the fast internet roll-out.
08 December 2011Australians continue to embrace multiple communication technologies, with the mobile phone, the rise of the smartphone and internet-based communications complementing traditional fixed-line telephony.
08 December 2011Leading to the development of a 20 year strategy for learning, this paper provides a practical outline of a local government partnership with higher education in the context of a geographic learning community.
08 December 2011From the largest annual gathering of communications knowledge in Australia, the papers from this forum provides a springboard to serious thinking and data about the state of media, telecommunications and the Internet.
This survey reveals a picture of 46,000 young people who are positive about the future, committed to improving their educational and employment opportunities, and aware of those issues that are important to the nation.
09 December 2011The attempt to measure quality of life over time and between places is still in its infancy, writes Peter Shergold for the Centre for Social Impact.
Australian Communications Consumer Action Network & Internet Society Australia
09 June 2011The Internet Society of Australia (ISOC-AU) and the Australian Communications Consumer Action Network (ACCAN), have developed NBN: A Guide for Consumers, designed to offer all Australians information about the National Broadband Network.
05 December 2011Social innovation has recently been gaining attention as a way to address social and economic problems that are overlooked or not effectively addressed by existing systems.
28 November 2011Work is defined broadly as productive activity that requires time, energy and skill. It includes paid employment as well as unpaid care and domestic work.
08 December 2011This program looks at number of projects aiming to improve access to communication - be it the use of telephones in East Timor or Internet access in the remote interior of Australia.
21 November 2011Sociologist Professor Chua Beng Huat explains how serial TV dramas have become a soft power currency traded among China, Korea, Japan and other countries in Asia.
09 December 2011The discourse around social entrepreneurship continues at a pace: more international conferences, research interest, journals and university courses are some of the identifiers.
02 December 2011Raimond Gaita gives The Herbert & Valmae Freilich Foundation Annual Lecture in Bigotry and Intolerance 2011 at The Australian National University on 10 November 2011.
21 November 2011Datafication is part of The Works continued commitment to understanding how the Australian social media landscape works. They do this to have a real understanding of what’s happening online, to be able to access fact based insights that are based on unique Australian data, and essentially to be able to better inform marketers around the use of the channel.
16 November 2011Design and Art Australia Online (DAAO) is a collaborative e-Research tool built upon the foundations of the Dictionary of Australian Artists Online.
14 November 2011iTaNGO is a project designed to help give Victorian community sector organisations the knowledge and resources to get the most out of their information communication technology (ICT) setup.
A number of community focussed citizens from across Australia are planning a two day meeting in Melbourne in March/April 2012 to discuss the establishment of a Community-led National Disaster organisation.
Applications are now open for a unique training opportunity for selected individuals develop the skills, networks and knowledge needed to be effective in forging a more sustainable future.
"...an indispensible book...excellent practical guide to the art of effective oral communication"
from the Foreword by Malcolm Hazell CVO AM, former Official Secretary to the Governor-General
For the first time in history, Australia will be uncomfortably close to the designs and demarches of competing great powers. In the years ahead, we will no longer be too small to make a difference.
Australian Communications Consumer Action Network & Internet Society Australia
09 June 2011The Internet Society of Australia (ISOC-AU) and the Australian Communications Consumer Action Network (ACCAN), have developed NBN: A Guide for Consumers, designed to offer all Australians information about the National Broadband Network.
05 December 2011Social innovation has recently been gaining attention as a way to address social and economic problems that are overlooked or not effectively addressed by existing systems.
28 November 2011Work is defined broadly as productive activity that requires time, energy and skill. It includes paid employment as well as unpaid care and domestic work.
Commentary
Can nations measure well-being?
09 December 2011The attempt to measure quality of life over time and between places is still in its infancy, writes Peter Shergold for the Centre for Social Impact.
Is killing Taliban a good idea?
08 December 2011Intensified military activity has failed, argue John Braithwaite and Ali Wardak in Inside Story. It’s time for a ceasefire
Stirring the sediment in the Murray Darling Basin
05 December 2011For APO, Annie Bolitho looks at more creative ways into the Murray Darling Basin quagmire.