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• Research report Refugees and regional settlement: balancing priorities

  By Janet Taylor and Dayane Stanovic 2005

  This report presents the findings of an exploratory study of the settlement experiences of two recent refugee groups (Iraqi and Sudanese) in regional Victoria (Shepparton, Colac and Warrnambool) and the factors that promote successful settlement.

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• Policy submission Submission to Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission National Inquiry into Employment and Disability

  April 2005

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• Research report Rent Deduction Service: evaluation of March 2003 changes

  By Sue Humphries and Sally Jope 2005

  BSL undertook an evaluation for the Office of Housing analysing changes made in March 2003 to better support public housing tenants with complex needs and people who were struggling to pay their rent.

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• Policy submission Response to DEWR discussion paper on Disability Open Employment services

  February 2005

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• Research report Supporting young people’s career transition choices: the role of parents – interim evaluation

  By Daniel Perkins and Carol Peterson 2005

  This is the interim report of an evaluation of BSL' s Parents As Career Transition Supports (PACTS) project, a DEST-funded pilot project running in schools on the Mornington Peninsula.

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• Research report Refugees and the labour market: looking for cost-effective models of assistance

  By Louise Kyle, Fiona Macdonald, James Doughney and Joanne Pyke 2004

  While Commonwealth-funded settlement services for refugees stop short of employment assistance, mainstream employment programs are generally not equipped to address the particular and complex needs of refugees.

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• Research report Helping local people get jobs: insights from the Brotherhood of St. Laurence experience in Fitzroy and Collingwood

  By Pam Temby, George Housakos and Stephen Ziguras 2004

  This report briefly describes the Brotherhood of St. Laurence’s work to assist long-term unemployed residents of two inner city housing estates to gain employment.

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• Policy submission Economic implications for an ageing Australia: submission to the Productivity Commission

  September 2004

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• Working paper A social agenda for equity and efficiency

  By Fred Argy 2004

  This working paper suggests that social reformers might need to reframe and repackage their policies in such a way as to alleviate the concerns about economic costs and welfare dependency.

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• Research report Who's going to care? Informal care and an ageing population

  By Richard Percival and Simon Kelly, NATSEM 2004

  The Brotherhood of St. Laurence and The Myer Foundation supported this research into the future demand and supply of informal care for older Australians, prepared for Carers Australia by NATSEM, University of Canberra.

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