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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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Public Pensions Reform in Romania. How Affect the Public Finance Sustainability? [PDF]
This paper deals with the problem of the public pension system’s sustainability in Romania and its impact upon the sustainability of the public finance.
Aura-Gabriela SOCOL +3 more
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Reforming Health Care Delivery Through Payment Change and Transparency: Minnesota's Innovations [PDF]
, 2010 Examines Minnesota's healthcare delivery system reforms, with a focus on legislation that included a health improvement program and enhanced coverage for the low-income uninsured.
Ann Cullen, Anne Gauthier
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Mapping Intimate Partner Financial Abuse Across Public and Private Systems
Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article maps the ways that intimate partner financial abuse presents, and the range of public and private entities involved in its perpetration. It reports on an analysis of submissions by individuals to the Australian parliamentary inquiry into the Financial Services Regulatory Framework in Relation to Financial Abuse.
Adrienne Byrt +3 more
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Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In this paper, we trace the journey to create the Strong Roots for our Futures Program, a government program to resource and support Traditional Owners to undertake a range of activities in areas where no state recognition existed. We provide a background to state recognition in Victoria before considering the program design, leading to an ...
Nell Reidy +2 more
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Ready or Not? Protecting the Public's Health From Diseases, Disasters, and Bioterrorism, 2008 [PDF]
, 2008 Examines ten indicators to assess progress in state readiness to respond to bioterrorism and other public health emergencies. Evaluates the federal government's and hospitals' preparedness.
Jeffrey Levi +3 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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Restructuring Italian Utility Markets: Household Distributional Effects [PDF]
Competition in public utility sectors has been encouraged in recent years throughout Europe. In this paper we try and analyse the welfare effects of these reforms in Italy, with particular attention to water and energy goods.
Carlo Scarpa +2 more
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Investing in Sustainable Energy Futures: Multilateral Development Banks' Investments in Energy Policy [PDF]
, 2010 Analyzes MDB loans for electricity projects and lays out policy reforms, regulations, and institutional capacities needed to enable public and private investment in sustainable energy and ways for MDBs to address them consistently and ...
Athena R. Ballesteros, Smita Nakhooda
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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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