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• Research report Preparing for what? The administration of Youth Allowance Activity Agreements for young job seekers

  By Sally Jope and Rosie Beaumont 2003

  This report presents findings from interviews with young job seekers, Centrelink officers and youth workers, and from the examination of Preparing for Work Agreements

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• Research report Eleven plus: life chances and family income

  By Janet Taylor and Alex Fraser 2003

  This report from BSL's longitudinal Life Chances Study of children born in 1990 explores family change, current issues including schooling, and the children’s own perspectives on their lives at 11 and 12 years of age.

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• Policy submission Submission to the Senate Inquiry into Poverty and Financial Hardship in Australia

  March 2003

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• Research report Much obliged: disadvantaged job seekers' experiences of the mutual obligation regime

  By Stephen Ziguras, Gavin Dufty and Mark Considine 2003

  A joint research project conducted by the Brotherhood of St. Laurence, the St. Vincent de Paul Society and the Centre for Public Policy, University of Melbourne, which reveals that some Centrelink requirements actually hinder people, especially those facing multiple barriers, from finding work.

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• Research report Who will care? The recruitment and retention of community care (aged and disability) workers

  By Philippa Angley and Belinda Newman 2002

  This report explores the challenge of recruiting staff to meet the needs of increasing numbers of frail older people and people with a disability who wish to remain living at home.

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• Research report Doing business responsibly: perceptions of ethical practice and governance of Australasia’s top 100 companies

  By Sonya Holm and Serena Lillywhite 2002

  In 2002 the Brotherhood of St. Laurence was invited to participate as a research group investigating the category of Ethics and Corporate Governance for the Good Reputation Index which ranks the top 100 corporations operating in Australia.

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• Policy submission Submission to the Senate Community Affairs Reference Committee Inquiry into Participation Requirements and Penalties

  July 2002

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• Research report The early years: Consultation with providers of early childhood services in the Melbourne municipalities of Yarra, Hume and Moreland

  By Rosemary Rogers and Jenny Martin 2002

  This document reports on Phase Two of the Early Years Project, undertaken by the Brotherhood of St Laurence in conjunction with the Centre for Community Child Health.

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• Research report Values and civic behaviour in Australia

  By Charne Flowers 2002

  This report draws together the findings from a background paper, in-depth interviews and focus group discussions.

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• Research report The community expects ... : Public opinion about breach penalties for unemployed people

  By Stephen Ziguras and Charne Flowers 2002

  Unemployed people who fail to comply with their activity test requirements are penalised by having their benefits reduced.

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