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    Young women ‘on the margins’: Representation, research and politics
    McLeod, J ; Allard, AC ; McLeod, J ; Allard, AC (Routledge, 2013-01-01)
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    Developing and using local community wellbeing indicators: Learning from the experience of Community Indicators Victoria
    Cox, D ; Frere, M ; West, S ; Wiseman, J (AUSTRALIAN COUNCIL SOCIAL SERVICE INC, 2010-01-01)
    The recent upsurge of interest in local community wellbeing indicators in Australia and internationally reflects growing awareness of their importance as a platform for citizen engagement, community planning, and evidence based policy making. More broadly community wellbeing indicators are part of an international movement towards rethinking the ways in which political priorities are debated and in which progress and wellbeing are defined and measured. This article documents the establishment of Community Indicators Victoria (CIV), a local community wellbeing indicators initiative in Victoria, Australia. The article begins by locating the CIV initiative in the broad historical and international context of work on wellbeing, progress and sustainability indicators as well as the Australian and Victorian policy context. We then outline the steps involved in the establishment of CIV, critical partnerships and initial outcomes. We conclude with some reflections on lessons from the CIV experience to date and on future research and policy development priorities.
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    The Good Life: what about the children?
    McCalman, J (AUSTRALIAN COUNCIL SOCIAL SERVICE INC, 2010-01-01)
    This paper is a reflective historical survey of how Australia, despite its affluence, has not delivered ‘the good life’ to poor Australians, both indigenous and non‐indigenous. It argues that, contrary to our national mythology, this country was founded on institutionalised social inequality and on the exclusion of Indigenous people from land rights, property and equal citizenship. As one of the world's twenty richest countries, we perform poorly across a wide range of social and health indicators because we suffer from entrenched, systemic and growing inequality. If we are to survive the challenges that face us from climate change and the global financial crisis, we need to shape policies that mitigate income and social inequality and that promote inclusion and better social cohesion.