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• Policy submission Response to Australian Government's First Home Saver Account consultation process

  March 2008

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• Research report School engagement and life chances at 15 & 16

  By Janet Taylor and Lucy Nelms 2008

  This four-page summary brings together key findings from stages 7 and 8 of the Brotherhood's longitudinal Life Chances Study.

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• Policy submission Sustainable outcomes for disadvantaged job seekers: submission to the Australian Government on the future of employment assistance

  February 2008

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• Research report Life chances at 16: Life Chances Study stage 8

  By Janet Taylor and Lucy Nelms 2008

  Stage 8 of the longitudinal Life Chances Study explored the situations of 125 young Australians (75 girls and 50 boys) from diverse backgrounds, their current engagement with school and work and their future plans at the age of 16.

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• Research report The inclusive role of playgroups in Greater Dandenong

  By Nicole Oke, Janet Stanley and Jacqui Theobald 2007

  This report investigates the ways in which playgroups in Greater Dandenong, a culturally diverse municipality in south-eastern Melbourne, can foster the inclusion of many community groups, and identifies barriers to playgroup attendance for parents and caregivers.

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• Research report Towards new indicators of disadvantage: deprivation and social exclusion

  By Peter Saunders, Yuvisthi Naidoo and Megan Griffiths (SPRC); with Peter Davidson, Anne Hampshire, Janet Taylor, John Bellamy and Sue King 2007

  This is the final report from stage 2 of a major project assisted by an Australian Research Council Linkage grant.

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• Research report The Brotherhood's Social Barometer: the working years

  By The Brotherhood of St. Laurence 2007

  The third Social Barometer examines how well equipped Australians of working age are for full economic and social participation in a rapidly changing world.

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• Research report Making it work: promoting participation of job seekers with multiple barriers through the Personal Support Programme

  By Daniel Perkins 2007

  This report presents findings of an evaluation of the Personal Support Programme (PSP) by the Brotherhood of St. Laurence, Melbourne City Mission and Hanover Welfare Services.

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• Research report Investing in people: Intermediate Labour Markets as pathways to employment

  By Kemran Mestan and Rosanna Scutella with the Allen Consulting Group 2007

  Getting the long-term jobless into mainstream employment is a major challenge for Australian governments, especially in areas of concentrated disadvantage.

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• Research report Ethical threads: corporate social responsibility in the Australian garment industry

  By Emer Diviney and Serena Lillywhite 2007

  This research is the first comprehensive investigation of the Australian garment sector’s attitude to, and knowledge of, corporate responsibility in relation to labour rights.

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