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Odysseus Labours
Odysseus’ Labours A Rehabilitation and Recovery Guide for Those Who Have a Mental Illness and Their Carers Dr Paul Kauffman and Rupert Gerritsen Grasp with both hands Gift of time Spin dreams Wonderful dreams From the poem 'Trapped' by Mary Kirkland Wilson 2 Odysseus' Labours A Rehabilitation and Recovery Guide for Those Who Have a Mental Illness and Their Carers Dr Paul Kauffman and Rupert Gerritsen © Paul Kauffman and Rupert Gerritsen Published by: Mental Health Foundation Canberra, ACT 2008 3 About the Authors Dr Paul Kauffman is an Adjunct Professor at the National Institute for Governance at the University of Canberra who has administered national health and housing programs. He has a doctorate from the Australian National University and has also undertaken research on public policy issues in Canada and Europe. He has published books on Indigenous and multicultural affairs in four countries. He has also been a pro bono carer for many years. Rupert Gerritsen is Team Leader, Community Information and Education with the Mental Health Foundation. He hails from Western Australia where he worked with Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal young people, people with mental health problems, the homeless, and the community through drop-in centres, worker cooperatives, housing cooperatives, early intervention programs, outreach programs and youth employment programs. He has researched and published extensively in social issues, history, historical ethnography, historical linguistics, and archaeology, and has edited an international journal. The Mental Health Foundation delivers a range of high quality services for people with a mental illness and their carers, engages in mental health promotion and fosters consumer and carer participation. -
Improving Health Systems • Hospital Priority Setting
Asia Pacific Journal of Health Management Volume 1 Issue 1 – 2006 The Journal of the Australian College of Health Service Executives • Improving health systems • Hospital priority setting • Measuring nursing turnover • Food security in remote communities • Cross-cultural alliances • Surgical response team leadership . and more This issue proudly sponsored by: ContEntS EdItorIalS aCHSE’s professional journal 6 Bill Lawrence the asia Pacific region 7 Mary Harris SPECIal FEature ArtIClE a Model Health System for australia Part 1: directions for reform of the australian health system 10 Andrew Podger VIEwPoInt ArtIClES Health Challenges in australia 17 Jo Martins a remote retail Workforce: agents for community food security? 24 Richard Sager and Roy Price rESEarch ArtICles and NotES Priority Setting of Hospital Services: a demonstration project involving clinicians and citizens in Hong Kong 30 Peter Yuen and Derek Gould the Thai-australian Health alliance: a case study of interorganisational collaboration 38 Prawit Taytiwat, John Fraser, David Briggs Methodological Challenges to researching nursing Turnover in new Zealand: a progress report of a national study 45 Nicola North and Frances Hughes ManagEMEnt PraCtICE leadership of the Combined australian Surgical Team – aCEH (CaSTA) in operation Tsunami assist: disaster medicine in action 52 Sophie York In ProFIlE 59 Kate Carnell Q and a’S attributes, Education and Competencies required to be a Success in Health Management 62 Nine experienced health managers and educators address this question -
Scangate Document
P lu n g in g 5 into politics Should sports stars dive in? When you consider what makes a successful politician, three things stand out: to succeed, a politician must be reasonably popular, they should have a fairly high profile, and most important of all, they have to be credible. If that’s basically what it takes, there’s a select band of Australians boots. "Some translate their public standing into lucrative who have all the right qualifications in spades - Australia’s top sponsorship deals, or a career as a commentator," she says. sports people. Jackie Kelly says sitting politicians are lucky that more elite sports Most of our best sportsmen and women boast the sort of profile people don’t attempt to win seats in Parliament. “They’d do very and popularity a politician would kill for, and it seems everything a well,” she says, "at least initially. However, when they came to put sports star utters, no matter how banal, finds its way into the media. themselves up for a second term, they'd be assessed just like every other politician." It’s surprising then that so few of our top athletes have translated their public standing into a political career. The Member for the ACT seat of Fraser, Bob McMullan, has never represented his country in sport, but the Shadow Minister for There are some notable exceptions, among them cycling great Aboriginal Affairs is a self-confessed sports nut. He also knows what Sir Hubert Opperman who represented the seat of Corio in the political parties are looking for in their candidates, having served as House of Representatives between 1949 and 1967, and held an ALP State and National Secretary before entering Parliament. -
You Can't Be What You Can't See— Women
Legislative Assembly for the Australian Capital Territory 49th Presiding Officers and Clerks Conference Wellington, New Zealand 8-13 July 2018 You can’t be what you can’t see— Women in the Legislative Assembly for the Australian Capital Territory Paper to be presented by Joy Burch, MLA, Speaker of the Legislative Assembly for the Australian Capital Territory Page 1 of 10 ‘Any way you look at it there are many, many women who are capable of that job of leadership and making an impact at every level of government and I think we should see more”1 “Women in politics do make a difference and they can change people’s perceptions of politics – they also change the structural discrimination of old-style political systems and parliamentary conventions”2 1 Rosemary Follett, ‘Rosemary Follett and Kate Carnell reunited to sight sexism in politics’ Canberra Times 7th March 2015. 2 Katy Gallagher, ACT Chief Minister, katygallagher.net/blog blog post, 1st October 2014. Page 2 of 10 Introduction Women have played an important and prominent role in the Legislative Assembly for the Australian Capital Territory since its establishment in 1989. The ACT was the first state or territory to have a woman as its Head of Government. In the Second Assembly, the positions of Speaker, Chief Minister and Leader of the Opposition were all held by women. Perhaps most significantly, at the Territory election for the Ninth Assembly in 2016, thirteen women were elected to the Assembly. It was the first time in Australian history that a majority of women had been elected to a parliament and one of the first jurisdictions in the world to have done so.3 It was also notable that the voters of the ACT returned this result even though only 36 percent of the total 140 candidates that stood for election were women. -
ACT-Voting-Guide-2012
A.C.T. 2012 Essential Pro-Life VOTING GUIDE Family Life International Australia In this election the minority Labor government of Katy Gallagher is seeking a 4th term in office for Labor – at a time when the party has been suffering defeats and bad opinion polls across the nation. The ACT (along with QLD and the NT) has a single (unicameral) house with 17 seats. At the 2008 election, Labor won 7 seats, the Liberals won 6 and the Greens won 4 seats and gained the balance of power – supporting Labor to form government. The Labor-Greens alliance has declared its goal of full marriage rights for homosexuals after passing a Civil Unions Bill in August 2012. Labor MP and Attorney General, Simon Corbell stated that he now wants to push on towards full marriage rights. Family Life International has identified a number of other anti-life pieces of legislation that have passed through the ACT Parliament during the terms of some of the current sitting members – the Cloning and Embryo Research Amendment 2007, the Homosexual Parentage Bill 2003 and the Abortion Bill 2001. An amendment to the Abortion Bill was put forward in 2005 that would recognise as a crime the harming of an unborn child in the event of an assault upon a pregnant woman. The anti-life Gallagher/Corbell duo still refused to recognise the protection of the unborn in any instance. There has been consistent opposition to these bills from the Liberal MPs Vicki Dunne and Brendan Smyth. The Opposition leader Zed Seselja also has a few runs on the board. -
MS 65 Papers of Studio One
MS 65 Papers of Studio One Summary Administrative Information Scope and Content Biographical Note Series List and Description Box Description Folder Description Summary Creator: Studio One staff Title: Papers of Studio One Date range: 1985-2000 Reference number: MS 65 50 Boxes + 13 ring binders + 1 oversized Extent: box Administrative Information Access See National Gallery of Australia Research Library reference desk librarians. Provenance The papers were salvaged by Roger Butler, Senior Curator of Australian Prints and Drawing at the National Gallery of Australia in early 2000 after they were had been assigned for disposal. Scope and Content Series 1 of the collection comprises 42 boxes of material directly related to the administrative functions of a small, Canberra based, print editioning organisation and spans 17 years from 1985 to 2002. Within this series are 13 ring binders that contain a variety of media including negatives, photographs, slides and prints. Included in this series is an oversized box containing outsized material. Series 2 consists of financial records. The collection content includes correspondence; funding applications; board meeting agendas and minutes; reports; job cards (print editioning forms) and printing contracts, with financial records in the second series. Various artists represented in the National Gallery of Australia Collection used the Studio One editioning services. These include George Gittoes, Rosalie Gascoigne, Dennis Nona, Treahna Hamm, Jane Bradhurst, Pamela Challis, Ray Arnold, Lesbia Thorpe (Lee Baldwin) and Bruno Leti. This collection also documents, through records of correspondence, workshop details and job cards, the development of relationships with Indigenous artists through print workshops and print editioning as convened by Theo Tremblay and Basil Hall, including Melville Island, Munupi Arts and Crafts, Cairns TAFE, and Turkey Creek. -
Chapter 3 CLA 180303
Chapter 3 – Civil Liberties Australia Expanding freedom from the centre outwards As faster transport and near-instant communications began to overcome the “tyranny of distance” of Australia in the late-20th century, civil liberties in general was not moving far, or fast. In the Australian Capital Territory, a civil liberties group operated for 30 years from 4 June 1969. But as power centralised in the federal parliament, civil liberties in Canberra was down to its last person standing. The Council of Civil Liberties of the ACT formally died at the end of 2001, when the Registrar of Incorporated Associations cancelled its incorporation because the group had not lodged annual returns for three years. When the authors became aware in mid-2001 of the probable de- registration, they sought advice from then- ACT Chief Justice Terry Higgins (photo, with CLA President Dr Kristine Klugman), and were directed to Laurie O’Sullivan, a retired barrister who had run the organisation for all but the last five years of its existence. He bitterly related the tale of the ACT CCL’s death (see ACT Chapter). A nation’s capital obviously should have an active civil liberties watchdog, so the authors decided to incorporate a new body. To ensure it began life free of past political baggage (see ACT chapter), the name chosen was Civil Liberties Australia (ACT) Inc. As CLA was being born in the latter half of 2001, western life and liberty was collapsing. No-one knew when two aircraft crashed into New York’s Twin Towers (on ‘9/ll', or 11 September 2001) by how much or for how long. -
Senate Official Hansard No
COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES Senate Official Hansard No. 5, 2010 Thursday, 13 May 2010 FORTY-SECOND PARLIAMENT FIRST SESSION—EIGHTH PERIOD BY AUTHORITY OF THE SENATE INTERNET The Journals for the Senate are available at http://www.aph.gov.au/senate/work/journals/index.htm Proof and Official Hansards for the House of Representatives, the Senate and committee hearings are available at http://www.aph.gov.au/hansard For searching purposes use http://parlinfo.aph.gov.au SITTING DAYS—2010 Month Date February 2, 3, 4, 22, 23, 24, 25 March 9, 10, 11, 15, 16, 17, 18 May 11, 12, 13 June 15, 16, 17, 21, 22, 23, 24 August 24, 25, 26, 30, 31 September 1, 2, 20, 21, 22, 23, 28, 29, 30 October 25, 26, 27, 28 November 15, 16, 17, 18, 22, 23, 24, 25 RADIO BROADCASTS Broadcasts of proceedings of the Parliament can be heard on ABC NewsRadio in the capital cities on: ADELAIDE 972AM BRISBANE 936AM CANBERRA 103.9FM DARWIN 102.5FM HOBART 747AM MELBOURNE 1026AM PERTH 585AM SYDNEY 630AM For information regarding frequencies in other locations please visit http://www.abc.net.au/newsradio/listen/frequencies.htm FORTY-SECOND PARLIAMENT FIRST SESSION—EIGHTH PERIOD Governor-General Her Excellency Ms Quentin Bryce, Companion of the Order of Australia Senate Officeholders President—Senator Hon. John Joseph Hogg Deputy President and Chair of Committees—Senator Hon. Alan Baird Ferguson Temporary Chairs of Committees—Senators Guy Barnett, Thomas Mark Bishop, Suzanne Kay Boyce, Carol Louise Brown, Michaelia Clare Cash, Patricia Margaret Crossin, Michael George Forshaw, Annette Kay Hurley, Stephen Patrick Hutchins, Gavin Mark Marshall, Julian John James McGauran, Claire Mary Moore, Senator Scott Michael Ryan, Hon. -
27 June 2006 EDITORIAL: a More Sustainable
27 June 2006 EDITORIAL: A more sustainable Australia needs better public policy By Michael Mullins & James Massola The online magazine New Matilda may be Eureka Street's competition, but it shares with us the conviction that better public policy is the key to achieving a fairer and more sustainable future. The long-term good of the nation is at the heart of New Matilda’s recently-launched Reclaiming our Common Wealth. It's a campaign that aims to inject into a regime of policy development, a degree of rigour, and values such as good citizenship and ethical responsibility. The questions posed, and suggestions made, go beyond the ‘What’s in for me?’ approach that dominates our national Zeitgeist. The questions are more profound, and more vexing, than current political leaders would have us believe. The document Reclaiming our Common Wealth would see our laws formed not on the basis of whim, or political expediency, but something much deeper. During its 16 year history, Eureka Street has tried to play a part in setting the agenda for national public debate. We have not gone to the extent of formulating policy like New Matilda. But many of our articles have policy input as their underlying agenda. For instance, in this issue Frank Brennan highlights the need to work out policies that address ethical questions that accompany the medical breakthroughs promised by embryonic stem cell research. He warns against the dangers of a fundamentalism or intransigence in some religious leaders, that is disengaged from the conscience of the nation. But the same time, he says some of the promoters of the research 'have played fast and loose with the processes of political deliberation.' If Brennan sees fundamentalism and impatience as the enemies of good policy, Francis Sullivan identifies timidity and loss of nerve as major stumbling blocks. -
Act Law Society Annual Report 2019-20 Law Society of the Australian Capital Territory
ACT LAW SOCIETY ANNUAL REPORT 2019-20 LAW SOCIETY OF THE AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY ABN 60 181 327 029 Level 4, 1 Farrell Place, Canberra City ACT 2601 PO Box 1562, Canberra ACT 2601 | DX 5623 Canberra Phone (02) 6274 0300 | [email protected] www.actlawsociety.asn.au Executive President Chris Donohue Vice Presidents Elizabeth Carroll Peter Cain Secretary George Marques Treasurer Sama Kahn Council-appointed Member Mark Tigwell Immediate Past President Sarah Avery Councillors Radmila Andric Rahul Bedi Farzana Choudhury Timothy Dingwall Alan Hill Gavin Lee Sage Leslie Susan Platis Mark Tigwell Angus Tye Staff Chief Executive Officer Simone Carton Professional Standards Manager Rob Reis Finance & Business Services Manager Lea McLean Executive Secretary Nicole Crossley Professional Standards Committee Secretary Linda Mackay Research Officer Tien Pham Professional Development Officer Carissa Webster Communications Officer Nicole Karman Committee Administrator Tanya Holt Bookkeeper Kathleen Lui Receptionist & LAB Administrator Robyn Guilfoyle Administration Support Janette Graham Leonnie Borzecki © This publication is copyright and no part of it may be reproduced without the consent of the Law Society of the Australian Capital Territory. The Law Society acknowledges the Ngunnawal and Ngambri peoples, who are the traditional custodians of the land on which our building is located. ii ACT LAW SOCIETY ANNUAL REPORT 2019-20 PRESIDENT’S REPORT CEO’S REPORT CORPORATE OVERVIEW Role of the Law Society ......................................................................................8 -
Talking Tuggeranong with the Chief
Tuggeranong Community Council Newsletter Issue 8: September 2011 Talking Tuggeranong with the Chief Valley. He also conveyed the Council‟s opposition to developments that will in- crease air pollution. He pointed to the proposed industrial expansion at Hume, a planned crematorium and an increase in heavy vehicles on the Monaro High- way as a result of the proposed Can- berra Airport 24 hour freight hub. In regard to the crematorium, Mr. Johns- ton said residents in Fadden and Macar- thur are concerned about emissions from the proposed complex that will be close to their homes. He said the TCC sup- ported a new southern cemetery but has called on the ACT Government to inves- tigate less polluting technologies that achieve the same result. On the question of winter wood smoke pollution, the Chief Minister referred to the latest ACT Government Air Quality Report that showed that, overall, Can- berra enjoyed good air quality. Mr. TCC Vice President, Nick Tsoulias, (Left) and TCC President, Darryl Johnston (Right) following Johnston said while he welcomes the talks with ACT Chief Minister, Katy Gallagher. report it also recognised we still have a major problem with wood smoke pollu- One of the first tasks for re-elected TCC TCC welcomes infrastructure initiatives tion in many Tuggeranong neighbour- President, Darryl Johnston, and newly announced in the last Budget, overall hoods. He said he is also concerned elected TCC Vice President, Nick Tsou- figures suggest more funds are directed about the health impact from neighbour- lias, was to meet with ACT Chief Minis- to other areas of Canberra at the ex- hood wood smoke. -
The Australian Women's Health Movement and Public Policy
Reaching for Health The Australian women’s health movement and public policy Reaching for Health The Australian women’s health movement and public policy Gwendolyn Gray Jamieson Published by ANU E Press The Australian National University Canberra ACT 0200, Australia Email: [email protected] This title is also available online at http://epress.anu.edu.au National Library of Australia Cataloguing-in-Publication entry Author: Gray Jamieson, Gwendolyn. Title: Reaching for health [electronic resource] : the Australian women’s health movement and public policy / Gwendolyn Gray Jamieson. ISBN: 9781921862687 (ebook) 9781921862670 (pbk.) Notes: Includes bibliographical references. Subjects: Birth control--Australia--History. Contraception--Australia--History. Sex discrimination against women--Australia--History. Women’s health services--Australia--History. Women--Health and hygiene--Australia--History. Women--Social conditions--History. Dewey Number: 362.1982 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying or otherwise, without the prior permission of the publisher. Cover design and layout by ANU E Press Printed by Griffin Press This edition © 2012 ANU E Press Contents Preface . .vii Acknowledgments . ix Abbreviations . xi Introduction . 1 1 . Concepts, Concerns, Critiques . 23 2 . With Only Their Bare Hands . 57 3 . Infrastructure Expansion: 1980s onwards . 89 4 . Group Proliferation and Formal Networks . 127 5 . Working Together for Health . 155 6 . Women’s Reproductive Rights: Confronting power . 179 7 . Policy Responses: States and Territories . 215 8 . Commonwealth Policy Responses . 245 9 . Explaining Australia’s Policy Responses . 279 10 . A Glass Half Full… . 305 Appendix 1: Time line of key events, 1960–2011 .