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• Policy submission The Stewardship Principle: how Australia’s financial industry can better serve the needs of low-income and vulnerable consumers – a submission to the Commonwealth Government’s Financial System Inquiry

  March 2014

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• Research report Australian youth unemployment: snapshot March 2014 – Counting the costs

  By Brotherhood of St. Laurence 2014

  Our analysis of Australian Bureau of Statistics labour force data showed marked increases in youth unemployment in many areas between 2012 and 2014.

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• Policy submission Joint submission to the Department of State Development, Business and Innovation (DSDBI) on reforms to retail regulation 2014 and planned outages

  March 2014

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• Research report Australian youth unemployment 2014: snapshot

  By Brotherhood of St. Laurence 2014

  This research report for the first Youth Unemployment Monitor (February 2014) introduces key statistics and trends in unemployment of young people aged 15 to 24.

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• Policy submission Submission to NSW Review of Energy Efficiency Programs for Low-Income Households

  February 2014

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• Policy submission Submission to the Department of the Environment Emissions Reduction Fund Green Paper

  February 2014

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• Policy submission Response to the Productivity Commission’s Inquiry into Childcare and Early Childhood Learning

  February 2014

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• Research report Community consultation with 2–5 year olds in Hobsons Bay

  By Aleesa Clough, Fatoumata Diallo Roost and Eric Dommers 2013

  This consultation in Hobsons Bay, a municipality in Melbourne’s west, was commissioned to assist the Council to develop their Children and Young People’s Plan.

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• Research report A preliminary evaluation of the Short Break Stay Program: respite care for people with dementia

  By Monica Mercieca and Helen Kimberley 2013

  The Short Break Stay program was established to offer people with advanced dementia a three-day stay in a homelike setting.

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• Research report Job retention and advancement of disadvantaged jobseekers: a synthesis of findings

  By Abraham Chigavazira, Dina Bowman and Rosanna Scutella 2013

  Four study involving the Melbourne Institute of Economic and Social Research and the Brotherhood of St Laurence.

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