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Was the abolition of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission an act of dispossession?
Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.Abstract The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission (ATSIC) has been described as one of the most comprehensive regional and national governance structures for Indigenous people in Australia. This paper looks briefly at its operational life between 1990 and 2005 and focusses on its abolition, arguing that this was an act of dispossession. The
Tui Crumpen
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Türk Spor ve Egzersiz Dergisi, 2015 The objective of this research was to compare the general high school students who received general education and the religion-oriented high school students who received religious education in terms of the attitudes about the physical education and sport
Emin Kuru, Haci Sahın, Ridvan Ozkan
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Robodebt cultures and useful idiots: Why Robodebt was not a techno‐failure
Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.Abstract Australia's Robodebt scheme is now internationally infamous for how not to use automation in government. Belying heightened concern with artificial intelligence, Robodebt involved traditional, relatively simple computer algorithms to automate the identification and pursuit of alleged historical welfare debts. Yet, it was based on a false legal
Paul W. F. Henman
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Philanthropy and Indigenous Initiatives: Insights From Australian Donors
Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper draws on a survey and interview data, collected from a group of 180 donors who made monetary gifts to an Australian higher education institution, to better understand what drives individuals and organisations to donate to Indigenous initiatives.
Celina McEwen +4 more
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Albert Einstein - a Pious Atheist [PDF]
arXiv, 2007 We consider Einstein's attitude with regard to religion both from sociological and epistemological points of view. An attempt to put it into a wider socio-historical perspective has been made, with the emphasis on his ethnic and religious background. The great scientist was neither anatheist nor a believer in the orthodox sense and the closest labels ...
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Documentary realism and fundamentalist religion in Ireland: a case study of power in the blood together with The Rocky Road to Dublin and The Road to God Knows Where [PDF]
, 2009 Introduction: According to many critics documentary helps to interpret history and promote human understanding while dramatising and bending reality.
Brereton, Pat
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Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Development of cultural identity is understood to be central to well‐being; however, it is not always prioritised for children in out‐of‐home care (OOHC). This paper examines current policy and practice designed to support the cultural identity and connection of non‐Indigenous culturally and linguistically diverse children (CALD) in OOHC, who ...
Rebekah Grace +8 more
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Religion and the shadow economy [PDF]
Religion is increasingly acknowledged to be a cultural dimension which affects economic outcomes in different regards. This contribution focuses on religion's possible impact on the shadow economy.
Heinemann, Friedrich +1 more
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Does Comparative Theology have an Advantage over Religious Studies? [PDF]
, 2013 In this essay, I assess the prospects for Comparative Theology as some scholars proffered towards building a general theory of religion. I first acknowledge the relationship between the two disciplines; second, I examine the relationship between faith ...
Kumar, Pratap P
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Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Embedded in the framework of intergenerational solidarity, this paper explores the interactions between older immigrants' participation in volunteering activities and intergenerational family relationships in the Chinese community in Sydney, Australia. The study investigates the effects of volunteering on the lives of older Chinese immigrants.
Bingqin Li +5 more
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