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‘The Other Parent’: A Critical Policy Analysis of Fatherhood Discourses in the Australian Government's Paid Parental Leave Scheme

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Australian paid parental leave (PPL) government scheme aims to support working parents through financial assistance and the promotion of gender equality in caregiving responsibilities. However, the scheme's implementation has been critiqued for its gendered design, which marginalises fathers and reinforces traditional gender roles.
Lily Lewington   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Recognizing the public right to healthcare: the approach of Brazilian courts

open access: yesRevista de Investigações Constitucionais, 2014
This paper considers aspects of the judicialization of health care policy in Brazil.  It discusses the issue in the context of the separation of the powers of government, judicial protection of the public right to healthcare, the so-called “technical ...
Ricardo Perlingeiro
doaj   +1 more source

Nothing to See Here: Researching Non‐Recent Child Abuse in Schools and the Politics of Silence

open access: yesAustralian 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
wiley   +1 more source

La motivación de los actos administrativos y su control. Reflexiones críticas sobre las últimas orientaciones

open access: yesRevista Vasca de Administración Pública, 2009
The prohibition of arbitrariness, the duty to give reasons and the duty to justify decisions have become principles of main relevance in the judicial control of administrative discretion.
Eva Desdentado Daroca
doaj   +1 more source

Reforming the Regulation of Therapeutic Products in Canada: The Protecting of Canadians from Unsafe Drugs Act (Vanessa’s Law)

open access: yesHealth Reform Observer - Observatoire des Réformes de Santé, 2016
Enacted November 2014, Vanessa’s Law amends the Food and Drugs Act to give Health Canada greater powers to compel the disclosure of information, recall drugs and devices, impose fines and injunctions, and collect post-market safety information.
Katherine Fierlbeck
doaj   +1 more source

Australia's Migration Strategy: An Effective Response to Migrant Worker Exploitation?

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT A series of publicised migrant worker injuries and deaths has drawn attention to the issue of migrant worker exploitation (MWE) in Australia. In response, the Australian Government has included ‘Tackling Worker Exploitation’ as a key area of its Migration Strategy which it introduced in 2023. However, it is unclear how effective the Strategy’s
Evelyn Dowling, Alexandra Ridgway
wiley   +1 more source

Grounds for Judicial Intervention in Administrative Discretion in Considering Cases of Administrative Offenses

open access: yesСибирское юридическое обозрение
Drawing from judicial practice, the article addresses the theoretical question of the procedural situations under the Code of Administrative Offenses in which courts intervene in the discretion of administrative authorities.
S. V. Schepalov
doaj   +1 more source

THE JUSTICE IN TERMS OF THE DISCRETIONARY POWER OF THE JUDGE

open access: yesProbacja, 2021
This article deals with the issue of justice in terms of the discretionary power of the judge. It is an attempt to answer the question of how the concept of justice has been defined throughout history and how it is understood today. It relates in particular to the role of a judge in the administration of justice, and addresses the issues of judge's ...
openaire   +2 more sources

How Are Australian Local Governments Responding to the Homelessness Crisis? Findings From a National Study

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Australian local governments are facing intensifying pressures to respond to worsening visible homelessness. This paper presents one of the first national studies on how local governments are responding to these pressures, and the first since the onset of the post‐pandemic housing crisis.
Andrew Clarke   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

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