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Through our research, the Commission contributes to the public debate and encourages informed policy discussion.

The Commission has a statutory mandate to conduct a program of research to support its inquiries, annual reporting and other responsibilities, including promoting community awareness and understanding of various productivity and regulatory issues.

Mission Australia (PDF - 42k)

Submission 56 for Contribution Of The Not-for-profit Sector View full list


Services delivered under contract, such as the Job Network, have been able to provide employment outcomes through an efficient use of taxpayers’funds. ... Last year over 50 percent of Mission’s expenditure was incurred in delivering employment and

Date received: 1 Jun 2009

Jenny Onyx and Jenny Green (PDF - 166k)

Submission 13 for Contribution Of The Not-for-profit Sector View full list


The research involved interviews of key informants in several organisations from each network. The first is a network with a “head office”. After establishment of “ Job Network”, employment‐ ... networks were coordinat

Date received: 13 May 2009

Baptistcare (WA Baptist Hospital Homes Trust Inc (PDF - 54k)

Submission 90 for Contribution Of The Not-for-profit Sector View full list


The recent handling of the Job Network contracts is just such a case study. ... Significant changes are experienced such as with the recent awarding of the Job Network contract, where investment has been substantially destroyed and undermined. •

Date received: 1 Jun 2009

The Benevolent Society * (PDF - 132k)

Submission 100 for Contribution Of The Not-for-profit Sector View full list


Case Study 3: Central Coast Networks of Practice. The Benevolent Society’s Network of Practice project operates on the Central Coast of NSW and is funded by the NSW Department of ... Funding for research networks like the Australian Research Alliance

Date received: 2 Jun 2009

National Roundtable for Nonprofit Organisation (PDF - 162k)

Submission 105 for Contribution Of The Not-for-profit Sector View full list


The nonprofit sector has committed significant resources to responding to various reviews from the 1995 Inquiry into Charitable Organisation in Australia to, most recently, the current review into Australia’s future ... for a single independent

Date received: 3 Jun 2009

Australian Council of Social Service (ACOSS) (PDF - 265k)

Submission 118 for Contribution Of The Not-for-profit Sector View full list


2. The mission and altruistic purpose generates goodwill which mobilises additional human and material resources including valuable networks and relationships. ... Some 50% of its expenditure was incurred in delivering employment and training programs

Date received: 5 Jun 2009

Australian Social Innovation Exchange Limited (PDF - 86k)

Submission 125 for Contribution Of The Not-for-profit Sector View full list


o For example, the substantial Job Network initiative was implemented in 1997 without a comprehensive pilot to assess whether a full-scale roll-out of this program was the most effective ... domestic and international social innovation projects include:.

Date received: 11 Jun 2009

National Association of Community Legal Centres (NACLC) (PDF - 211k)

Submission 99 for Contribution Of The Not-for-profit Sector View full list


lose her job and about her child. Increased costs to to employer, child welfare. ... under community treatment orders challenging their status at the Mental Health Review Board.

Date received: 2 Jun 2009

Anglicare Australia (PDF - 167k)

Submission 140 for Contribution Of The Not-for-profit Sector View full list


on ‘the characteristics of semi-state agencies’ (Smyth 2008: 52); this reservation underlay the decision of many community agencies not to participate in the Job Network. ... This can be the direct result of contractual obligations, as happened

Date received: 12 Jun 2009

Health & Community Services Workforce Council (PDF - 33k)

Submission 95 for Contribution Of The Not-for-profit Sector View full list


In all, we support 53 regional networks to identify local workforce needs and oversee the implementation of strategic responses through these activities. ... This should then be adopted across jurisdictions around program and policy development,

Date received: 1 Jun 2009