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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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• Policy submission Joint submission to the Prime Ministerial Task Group on Emissions Trading

  April 2007

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• Policy submission Submission to Children's Services Regulations Review

  April 2007

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• Policy submission Submission to Children's Services Regulations Review from Craigieburn and Districts Family Day Care Scheme

  April 2007

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• Research report Equity in Response to Climate Change Roundtable

  By The Brotherhood of St. Laurence 2007

  This publication brings together papers and presentations from a roundtable, ‘Equity in Response to Climate Change’.

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• Research report The Community Enterprise Development Initiative: learnings from work with twelve disadvantaged neighbourhoods in 2005–06

  By Lois Bedson 2007

  This report documents learning from the implementation of the Community Enterprise Development Initiative of the Brotherhood of St. Laurence and the Department for Victorian Communities in twelve localities in Melbourne and regional Victoria.

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• Research report Social exclusion in Boroondara: stage two: identifying the issues for children who experience social exclusion in Boroondara

  By Janet Stanley, Chi Wai Ng and Kemran Mestan 2007

  This second report explores child poverty and related service needs in Boroondara, in Melbourne’s eastern suburbs, informed by local welfare agencies and some parents experiencing exclusion.

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