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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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• Research report Looking back, looking forward: interpreting personal stories in later life

  By Ashley Carr, Helen Kimberley and Simon Biggs 2013

  This study builds on earlier work which challenged the narrow policy focus on economic and employment-centred understandings of the ageing of Australia's population.

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• Research report Improving the energy efficiency of homes in Moreland: Warm Home Cool Home and Concession Assist social research final report

  By Victoria Johnson, Damian Sullivan and Jo Totty 2013

  This study investigated the impact of energy audits and retrofits for households that took part in the Warm Home Cool Home and Concession Assist programs in northern Melbourne.

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• Research report Now we are 21: an overview of the longitudinal Life Chances Study

  By Janet Taylor and Malita Allan 2013

  This longitudinal study began with 167 children who were born in inner suburbs of Melbourne in 1990 and has comprised ten stages to date.

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