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Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Migrant healthcare workers in Australia find themselves at the centre of three intersecting concerns, often presented as ‘crises’ in contemporary discourse: the ‘care crisis’, the ‘housing crisis’ and the ‘migration crisis.’ Yet their own perspectives on these issues are rarely foregrounded. This paper explores the role of homeownership in the
Leah Williams Veazey
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Consumer protection laws and regulations in deposit and loan services : a cross-country analysis with a new data set [PDF]
Consumer protection and financial literacy can contribute to improved efficiency, transparency, competition, and access in retail financial markets by reducing information asymmetries and power imbalances between providers and users of financial services.
Mylenko, Nataliya +2 more
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Could the integration and development of teachers' pastoral role into the childcare framework provide a key to rebalancing child protection work so as to prioritise Section 17 and Part III of the Children Act 1989? [PDF]
, 2001 The hypothesis underpinning this research study suggests that the integration of schools into the childcare framework could provide a key to re-balancing child protection work so as to prioritise the Children Act's family support provisions.
Wild, Charles Richard
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Nothing to See Here: Researching Non‐Recent Child Abuse in Schools and the Politics of Silence
Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.ABSTRACT While institutions, including schools, have responsibilities to protect children from harm, responses to instances of child sexual abuse have often exhibited avoidance and denial. Recent public inquiries in Australia revealed that some institutions, particularly in the Catholic sector, employed a deliberate strategy of silence which was used ...
John Crowley +2 more
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The Data Protection Act 1998 An introduction
, 1998 SIGLEAvailable from British Library Document Supply Centre-DSC:m00/29138 / BLDSC - British Library Document Supply CentreGBUnited ...
Office of the Data Protection Registrar, Wilmslow (United Kingdom)
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The Children Act 2004: Child Protection and Social Surveillance. [PDF]
, 2005 This article considers the passage of the Children Act 2004 through Parliament.Drawing on recent debates in social science, particularly those concerned with informationalism, governance and cultural political economy, the article examines how welfare ...
Penna, Sue E., Sue Penna
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Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are the oldest living custodians in the world. However, Australian identity has been purposefully established to exclude Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, contributing to systemic oppression and harmful consequences. Understanding the perspectives and experiences of Aboriginal and Torres
Jack Farrugia, Jonathan Bullen
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The Regulation of Financial Privacy: The United States vs Europe. ECRI Research Reports No. 5, 1 June 2003 [PDF]
, 2003 [From the Introduction] The consumer credit market depends on the exchange of personal information among market participants. Credit bureaus are the primary repositories of this information, and in recent years they have gathered a vast amount of data on
Jentzsch, Nicola.
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Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Children in out‐of‐home care (OOHC) frequently present with complex behavioural needs. In New South Wales (NSW), behaviour support plans (BSPs) are mandated when restrictive practices, including psychotropic medication, are used. Little research has examined whether the statutory workforce is adequately prepared to meet behaviour support ...
Manisha Abayakoon Stanborough +4 more
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Beating the Spread: Oregon's Role in the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act
, 2012 Established in 1859, Oregon, like so many other states, discovered quickly that a strong, viable economy was necessary in order to support the government and the civilians of the state.
Hackel, Derrick K.
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