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Welcome to the September edition of the Commission for Children and Young People's monthly Current Awareness Bulletin.

From the Web

Access and Equity in Government Services report  2006–08. Australia. Department of Immigration and Citizenship. 2009.
This report provides a snapshot of access and equity issues and responses across Australian Government agencies. State, territory and local governments have also contributed to this report. 

Report on government services 2009 : volume 1 : early childhood, education and training; justice; emergency management.  Australia. Steering Committee for the Review of Government Service Provision. Canberra, A.C.T. : Productivity Commission, 2009.

Lets talk about rights : a guide to help young people have their say about human rights in Australia. Australian Human Rights Commission.  Sydney, N.S.W. : Australian Human Rights Commission, 2009.

Child protection Australia 2007–08. Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Canberra : Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, 2009.
This report is based on data collected each year, by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, from the relevant departments in each state and territory, and is based on information of child protection notifications, investigations and substantiations; children on care and protection orders and children in out-of-home care.

Demand for SAAP accommodation by homeless people [electronic resource] : 2007-08. Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. SAAP NDCA Report series ; no. 13. Canberra, A.C.T.,  2009.

Youth Field Xpress  August 2009 No.156
• Juveniles in detention in Australia
• Preventing crime and promoting rights for Indigenous young people with cognitive disabilities and mental health issues
• Independent persons supporting young people in police interviews

Children beyond dispute
APO Weekly Briefing.  2 September 2009
This four year follow-up study assesses outcomes from post-separation family dispute resolution. It compares outcomes for two groups of separated parents who attended mediation over parenting disputes and engaged either in Child Focused mediation or in Child Inclusive mediation.

The impact of the recession on women
APO Weekly Briefing.  2 September 2009
The report  finds that not only are child care responsibilities the most common reason why women struggle to rejoin the workforce, but those same responsibilities are a major reason that women are excluded from the official unemployment statistics.

Journal articles

GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS
Editorial: The global financial crisis and children’s happiness: a time for re-visioning? / Virginia Morrow
Childhood, Vol.16(3) August 2009: p293-298.
Table of contents with abstracts of August issue at: http://chd.sagepub.com/current.dtl

PARTICIPATION
Children’s participation in decision-making in the Philippines: understanding the attitudes of policy-makers and service providers / Sharon Bessell
Childhood, Vol.16(3) August 2009: p299-316.
Table of contents with abstracts of August issue at: http://chd.sagepub.com/current.dtl

VULNERABLE CHILDREN
Childhood experiences: a commitment to caring and care work with vulnerable children / Julia Brannen, Ann Mooney, and June Statham
Childhood, Vol.16(3) August 2009: p377-393.
Table of contents with abstracts of August issue at: http://chd.sagepub.com/current.dtl

FOOD AND MATERNAL PRACTICE
Semantic provisioning of children’s food: commerce, care and maternal practice / Daniel Thomas Cook
Childhood, Vol.16(3) August 2009: p317-334.
Table of contents with abstracts of August issue at: http://chd.sagepub.com/current.dtl

 

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