Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations

A number of other government sites have publications of direct relevance to the Australian government’s social inclusion policy. The links below will take you directly to the publications on external websites.

Families, including vulnerable families and Indigenous

• Families in Australia, 2008 (Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet)
  
• Communities and Families Clearinghouse Australia (Australian Institute of Family Studies)
  

Jobless families

• Analysis of incidence and trends in jobless families in Australia (Melbourne Institute of Applied Economics and Social Research)
• Australian Labour Market Statistics, Jan 2009 (Australian Bureau of Statistics)

Children and Young people

• National Child Protection Clearinghouse (Australian Institute of Family Studies)
  
• Growing Up in Australia: the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children (LSAC) (Australian Institute of Family Studies; Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs; Australian Bureau of Statistics)
  
• Australian Clearinghouse for Youth Studies
  

Homelessness

• Housing & Homelessness (Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs)
• AHURI Research and Policy Bulletins (Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute)
• National Homelessness Information Clearinghouse

Indigenous issues and social justice reports

• Publications & Articles about Indigenous people (Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs)
• Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Health (Department of Health and Ageing)
• Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Social Justice (Australian Human Rights Commission)
• Closing the gap clearinghouse (Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Australian Institute of Family Studies)

Disability and mental health

• Publications and Articles about Mental Health (Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs)
• Articles about People with Disability (Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs)

Refugees and humanitarian issues

• Publications on Refugee and Humanitarian issues (Department of Immigration and Citizenship)

Community and non-profit issues

• Managing the Downturn Survey Report (Fundraising Institute Australia)
  
• A question of balance: principles, contracts and the government-not-for-profit relationship (Whitlam Institute; Public Interest Advocacy Centre; Social Justice and Social Change Research Centre at University of Western Sydney)
• Impact of the Economic Downturn on Corporate Community Investment (Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs)