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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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• Research report Rebuilding connections: creating opportunities for socially isolated older Australians

  By Michael Hillier 2007

  This report describes the experience of the BSL's Community Care Division in the Department of Human Services’ Southern and North and West Regions of Melbourne in responding to social isolation through its Socialisation Program.

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• Research report Outcomes for older people with chronic and complex needs: a longitudinal examination of the use of community services following an aged care assessment in Victoria

  By Karen Teshuva, Lucy Nelms, Victoria Johnson, Peter Foreman and Janet Stanley 2007

  This study was undertaken by the Australian Institute for Primary Care at La Trobe University and the Brotherhood of St. Laurence.

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• Policy submission Response to Victorian Energy Efficiency Target issues paper

  May 2007

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• Policy submission Brotherhood of St Laurence submission re the Productivity Commission Consumer Policy Framework

  May 2007

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