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[Australian Policy Online - Research] Social inclusion and social citizenship: towards a truly inclusive ...: Locating social inclusion within a revised and more contemporary citizenship framework would most likely strengthen it as a concept. It would do so by reframing the concept in terms of the various rights and duties necessary for full citizenship, and creating a more active and participatory approach to social arrangements than can currently be found in the concept of social inclusion.

[The Indian Sub-continent Times] Multicultural Media Roundtable soon, says Julia Gillard | The ...: Minister for Tertiary Education, Senator Chris Evans, said this landmark investment will change the lives of hundreds of thousands of Australians, particularly the children of migrants and second generation Australians, funding more than 480,000 undergraduate places at public universities this year.

[ecogeos] Research Paper: ... Social inclusion and social citizenship””towards a truly inclusive society. Luke Buckmaster and Matthew Thomas. Social Policy Section. Executive summary. • Since taking office in December 2007, the Rudd Government has made social . ...

[bensonsaulo] Partnerships: not a political quick fix « bensonsaulo: It is time to move away from government controlled initiatives relating to the serious issues in Indigenous Affairs and our put faith back into our community through the long term support from a bi-partisan task-force working independently from the Government electoral cycles and working inclusive with Indigenous communities and organisations to develop and implement sustainable outcomes for Indigenous people right across Australia. This is the “future based on mutual respect, mutual resolve and mutual responsibility for all Australians” that Former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd spoke of.

[openDemocracy - OurKingdom] 'Sorry seems to be an easier word': Brown and the politics of ...: Though Brown has supported a greater role for the teaching of history in schools to promote a common and positive view of Britishness, there is little to suggest that he seeks to instigate a more critical debate that explores the imperial past and how it continues to shape British citizenship and identity. However, the apology to the ”˜lost Britons’ could prove be the first tentative step of a longer process of reconciliation which involves an intensive and potentially painful re-evaluation of Britain’s past that will led to a more sensitive, plural and inclusive understanding of British and other national identities.

[More Than Luck] How to end social apartheid in Australian schools | More Than Luck: The best opportunity was lost by the Rudd Government and with the impending dominance of the conservatives, why would they bother to put money into the public system? After all, that is not where our next generation of leaders will come from.

[American Journal of Business] Performance Evaluation of U.S. Socially Responsible Mutual Funds ...: Thus, the loss of diversification is unlikely to be offset by an increase in returns. Along this same line of argument, in the context of the traditional mean-variance framework (Sharpe 1965), limiting the pool of available investments cannot result in an efficient frontier that provides a higher reward-to-risk ratio than the market portfolio.

[GordonMoyes.com] GordonMoyes.com » Contemporary Conservatism: of Kevin Rudd captured this conservative trend and cut Labor from its tradition left wing roots, with its emphasis on the government’s role in making society a more just place and the individual’s values being seen in relation to his or hers’ economic worth to society.

[Kiwiblog] Downer on Rudd | Kiwiblog: Gillard is Australia’s Helen Clark, who “rolled” a basically much more decent ordinary Kiwi person, Mike Moore ( a better man than Rudd, too), out of the way so as to pursue a radical social engineering agenda and stack the party with her stooges.

[Your Say] Refugees, tax and the Alice | Daily Telegraph Your Say Blog: I don’t think we can rescind citizenship unless they gained their citizenship under false pretences. I know it’s frustrating to think that we might be accepting people who subsequently turn out to be of poor character but to strip them of their citizenship too would surely be double punishment.

[Home Page] CDT Provides Answers to Questions on Internet Neutrality ”” Centre ...: The latter arrangement turns ISPs into gatekeepers with respect to their subscribers -- because once the quality of delivery depends on which content providers have struck a deal with the subscribers' ISP, every content provider needs to negotiate with that ISP in order to keep up with its competitors. We hold on to the Internet's model of accounting for costs because it is part of what makes the Internet such an open, innovative environment: content providers and innovators don't face the hurdle of having to negotiate deals with all their users' ISPs.

[Human Rights Now - Amnesty International USA Blog] UN: Investigate Sri Lanka War Crimes | Human Rights Now - Amnesty ...: Leading Norwegian Lawyer on Human Rights, Harald Stabell, has filed a case under the Norwegian national law, against the Sri Lankan President and Commander-in-Chief of the SL armed forces, Mahinda Rajapaksa, his brother and Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa, and former Sri Lanka Army commander Sarath Fonseka, now in Rajapaksa’s custody, and several other SL commanders, for allegedly committing War Crimes, Crimes against Humanity and Genocide against Eezham Tamils. The case is filed on behalf of the Norwegian Council of Eezham Tamils (NCET) and 15 affected Norwegian Tamils.

[Home Page] What scares a Digital Native? Blogathon ”” Centre for Internet and ...: He is the Regional Editor for Latin America and the Spanish language editor for Global Voices. Eduardo is also the founder and director of the Voces Bolivianas project, which teaches the use of citizen media to underrepresented groups throughout Bolivia, with the help of a network of national bloggers.

[a12iggymom's Blog] 2011 U.S.-Islamic World Forum | C-SPAN | a12iggymom's Blog: Under the auspices of Partners for a New Beginning, the U.S.-North Africa Partnership for Economic Opportunity is building a network of public and private partners and programs to deepen economic integration among the countries in North Africa. This past December in Algiers, the Partnership convened more than 400 young entrepreneurs, business leaders, venture capitalists, and Diaspora leaders from the United States and North Africa.

[Bartlett's Blog] Social Housing - old antagonisms die hard: I’d love to know Andrew Bartlett’s response to the detailed last couple of posts from Lorikeet- am really sceptical, personally, that the economy must automatically be predicated on Rudd’s neoliberal asumptions, particularly in ramping up the population exponentially, when so little has been done to mend the environment and its capacity to sustain this sort of policy.

[Home Page] Privacy By Design April 16th 2011 ”” Centre for Internet and Society: In the discussions it was important to individuals that they had control and ownership over their information. Individuals felt that information that could be traced back to them or their identity belonged to them, and that in order to protect privacy consent should be secured before any information is used.

[Lesbian Gay Bi Trans Youth Line] Lesbian Gay Bi Trans Youth Line » Blog Archive » 2010 Community ...: In addition to this, Hannah-May adds a queer youth voice to the Youth Advisory Committee for a University of Western Ontario research project focusing on sexual health services for youth living with HIV/AIDS and other chronic health conditions. In compliment to her work advocating with policy makers and researchers, she is a very active volunteer with Teens Educating and Confronting Homophobia (T.E.A.C.H), where as a peer facilitator she works with youth to confront and combat homophobia in schools and youth groups across Toronto.

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