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Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Diagnoses of autism spectrum disorder in Australia have increased considerably in recent years. The current study investigated how the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) impacts quality of life (QoL) among carers of children with autism spectrum disorder.
Jesse Gerhard, Sharon L. Grant
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Conceptualizing the parliamentarization and politicization of European policies [PDF]
, 2019 In the past 20 years, two related literature strands have gradually moved centre stage of the attention of EU Studies scholars. The first is preoccupied with the ‘politicization of European integration’, a multi-faceted concept that aims to tie together ...
Gheyle, Niels
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Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Australia's Closing the Gap reform aims to address disparities experienced by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. There are specific targets focussed on key educational transitions; yet, the transition to secondary education is not a targeted priority.
Azhar Hussain Potia +3 more
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Select committees can enhance overview and scrutiny in local government [PDF]
, 2018 The Wright reforms of the House of Commons' select committees increased the effectiveness of parliamentary scrutiny in Westminster. Andrew Coulson assesses whether the proposed Betts reforms to local authority oversight and scrutiny committees could do ...
Coulson, Andrew
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Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The Robodebt scheme issued thousand‐dollar debts to an estimated half a million people who had received social security. The debts were largely inaccurate and illegal, with the aim of improving the federal government's budget. The 2023 Royal Commission into the Robodebt Scheme found that the stigmatising political and public language about ...
Ella Kruger, Phillipa Evans
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Trends in contemporary parliamentary development and innovative examples of best practices of the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia [PDF]
Srpska Politička MisaoThis paper aims to explore trends in contemporary parliamentary development and to determine the position of the Serbian National Assembly and domestic parliamentary practice about global processes.
Vukadinović Slobodan
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Public Health Research & Practice, 2022 Objectives and importance of study: Genetic discrimination is a health policy issue of international concern to clinicians, patients, researchers, and policy makers, and threatens the success of genomic medicine.
Jane Tiller | +2 more
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Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In her 2024 paper Are Australian students' academic skills declining? Interrogating 25 years of national and international standardised assessment data, Larsen compiled an impressive summary of major international (PISA, PIRLS and TIMSS) and national (NAPLAN) standardised assessments pertaining to literacy and numeracy.
Pamela C. Snow +9 more
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The Legislation for Providing Animal Access in Australian Residential Aged Care: It's Not a Zoo
Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Providing meaningful animal contact to residential aged care facility (RACF) residents is problematic due to a lack of animal policies and National Guidelines. This paper examines how Australian Legislation could influence access to animal contact in RACFs and aims to answer the question, ‘Could current Legislation facilitate the development ...
Wendy Newton +2 more
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Legal Foundations of Legislative Review: Parliamentary Ratification of Mining Agreements in Africa.
KAS African Law Study LibraryThe governance of mineral resources in Africa continues to pose complex constitutional and policy challenges. Across the continent, executive dominance in resource contracting has often resulted in opacity, weakened accountability, and limited public ...
Kweku Ainuson
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