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• Working paper Welfare reform? Following the 'work-first' way

  By Terry Carney 2007

  This paper provides a brief overview of the radical sectoral shift effected by the Australian Government’s 2005–06 welfare-to-work reforms,

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• Research report School engagement and life chances: 15 year olds in transition

  By Janet Taylor and Lucy Nelms 2006

  This report draws on stage 7 of BSL's longitudinal Life Chances Study, when the young people were aged 15, to explore school engagement and transition issues.

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• Research report Building pathways to local jobs for young people: City of Kingston Youth Employment Strategy

  By Eleanor Marsh and Daniel Perkins 2006

  The City of Kingston, with funding from the Department of Victorian Communities, engaged the Brotherhood of St. Laurence to explore the issues underlying high youth unemployment in the city in Melbourne's south.

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• Research report STEP into residential care: a training program evaluation

  By Kemran Mestan and Janet Stanley 2006

  This report is an evaluation of the Scheme for Training and Educating People (STEP) residential care program.

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• Research report The Brotherhood's Social Barometer: challenges facing Australian youth

  By Martina Boese and Rosanna Scutella 2006

  This second issue of the Social Barometer examines how well equipped Australians are in successfully navigating the transition from childhood to adulthood and from school to work in a rapidly changing world.

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• Research report Raising young children in Greater Dandenong: an initial needs study for the Communities for Children program

  By Janet Stanley, Nina Bailey, Helen Ansems, Martina Boese and Jill Webb 2006

  This small study documented the needs of families with young children in Dandenong.

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• Policy submission Submission to the Australian Fair Pay Commission

  July 2006

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• Research report Risk and reality: access to general insurance for people on low incomes

  By Genevieve Sheehan and Gordon Renouf 2006

  The authors investigated the reasons that many low-income and other excluded people are uninsured.

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• Research report To their credit: evaluating an experiment with personal loans for people on low incomes

  By Rosanna Scutella and Genevieve Sheehan 2006

  This study evaluates the Brotherhood of St. Laurence and Community Sector Banking’s personal loan pilot.

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• Research report 'I have had a past and I suppose I have a future, but ... ' : a report to the Aged and Community Care Team

  By Karl Nunkoosing and Kay Cook 2006

  Two researchers from Deakin University explored ageing in Melbourne, through biographical interviews with twelve older or frail people who were clients of the Brotherhood's aged and community care services.

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