Below is a suggested list of resources – printed and electronic - we have used in our research for the Campaign. It is by no means exhaustive. We will endeavour to maintain links but can take no responsibility for external links that have been changed or removed. Alerts regarding broken links are welcomed – please contact celia@sacoss.org.au
Download SACOSS’s fact sheets – there is one for each of the campaign’s themes.
Employment, Education and Training
Peak Bodies
Community Housing Council of SA
Community & Neighbourhood Houses Association
Multicultural Communities Council of SA
Youth Affairs Council of South Australia
Poverty
Australian Council of Social Service (ACOSS) The Bare Necessities, Paper 127 – June 2003.
Australian Senate Inquiry into poverty and hardship http://www.aph.gov.au/senate/committee/clac_ctte/completed_inquiries/2002-04/poverty/index.htm
Carson, E. and Martin, S. Social Disadvantage in South Australia, SACOSS
& Uni SA, April 2001
Hetzel D, Page A, Glover J, Tennant S. Inequality in South Australia: Key
determinants of wellbeing. Volume 1: The Evidence. Adelaide: DH (SA),
2004. http://www.publichealth.gov.au/pdf/Inequality_Intro.pdf
Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research : Poverty Lines in
Australia http://www1.ecom.unimelb.edu.au/iaesrwww/miesi/poverty.html
Parliament of South Australia Poverty enquiry http://www.parliament.sa.gov.au/committees/lccdocuments/SD/public_documents/Tabled%20Reports/17th%20Report;%20Poverty%20Inquiry.pdf
South Australian Council of Social Service (SACOSS)Where there’s a will…tackling poverty in South Australia: Submission to the Social Development Committee of the South Australian Parliament for the Poverty Inquiry. 30 September 2002.
General
Australian Bureau of Statistics. Australia Now – 2004 AusStats: National and state summary tables, 2004
Cox, E. A truly Civil Society Boyer Lectures, 1995 www.ldb.org/boyerl1.htm
McInnes, E. How much reform do we need? “The Case of Lone Parents. Paper
presented to Towards Opportunity and Prosperity Conference”. Melbourne
Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research. April 4-5, 2002Productivity
Commission http://www.pc.gov.au/
Puttnam, D (with Leonardi, R. and Nanetti, R.Y.) (1993) Making Democracy
Work: Civic Traditions in Modern Italy Princeton, N.J: Princeton University
Press.
South Australian Council of Social Service, Mind the Gap – SACOSS State
Budget Submission 2004 – 05.
South Australian Government. South Australia’s Strategic Plan – Creating
Opportunity. March 2004. http://www.stateplan.sa.gov.au/home.php
Employment, Education and Training
Australian Government The South Australian Labour Market review http://www.workplace.gov.au/WP/CDA/Files/WP/lmud.pdf
Chifley Research Centre: Employment First: Improving Australia’s Employment
Service and Job Network http://www.chifley.org.au/publications/index.php?publicationID=15
South Australian Government http://www.saworks.sa.gov.au/
Click on the “South Australian Works Booklet” link.
South Australian Government http://www.employment.sa.gov.au/employ/
Click on “ESF Regional Profiles” in the left hand index to access
links to specific regional issues and initiatives
Health and Wellbeing
Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) National Health Survey; SA monitoring and Surveillance system, 2003
Ten myths and facts about the Disability Support Pension http://coss.net.au/news/upload/info%20362.pdf
Australian Government, National Drug Survey Strategy, 2001.
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare – Indigenous Health http://www.aihw.gov.au/indigenous/health/mortality.html
Baum FE, Bush RA, Modra CC, Murray CJ, Cox EM, Alexander KM, Potter RC.
“Epidemiology of participation: an Australian community study”
Epidemiology of Community Health 2000 Jun; 54(6):414-23.
Baum, F. The new public health: An Australian perspective. (Oxford University
Press: South Melbourne, Australia) 1999
Chan, A., Scott, J., Nguyen, A-M., Green, P. Pregnancy Outcome in South
Australia (2002), Pregnancy Outcome Unit, Epidemiology Branch, Department of
Human Services, Adelaide. November 2003
Department of Human Services. Food insecurity Food security and poverty in
Australia – challenges for dietitians.
Government of South Australia Our Commitment To Women’s Safety in South Australia. 2005. www.officeforwomen.sa.gov.au
South Australian House of Assembly, Hansard, 26 Oct 2004. Search: “dental
waiting times” 15 March 2005 10.25am http://www.parliament.sa.gov.au
Taylor, N., Prichard, P., and Charlton, K. National Project on Drink
Spiking: Investigating the nature and extent of drink spiking in
Australia. Australian Institue of Criminology. November 2004
World Food summit. Rome Declaration on World Food Security, Rome1996 http://www.fao.org/wfs/index_en.htm
Housing
ANZ bank - Home Loan Affordability Report – Final Quarter 2004
Home Start Finance. Annual Report 2003 – 2004: Affordable housing for more South Australians. Government of South Australia.
Real Estate Institute of South Australia - www.reisa.com.au
Shelter SA. Snapshotz Snapshot 8, August 2004
South Australian Council of Social Service (SACOSS) and ShelterSA. Housing creates (w)health and well being.
Income
Australian Bureau of Statistics. Australia Now – 2004 AusStats: National and state summary tables, 2004
Australian Bureau Of Statistics Report no 6202.0 Labour Force Australia
SA Labour force participation rates http://www.workplace.gov.au/WP/CDA/Files/WP/All%206%20Regions.pdf
Long term unemployment rates
http://www.workplace.gov.au/WP/Content/Files/WP/EmploymentPublications/LMRP_DEC_%2004.pdf
Social Participation
Australian Bureau of Statistics Statistics on social participation http://www.abs.gov.au/Ausstats/abs@.nsf/e8ae5488b598839cca25682000131612/39bccbb0187df4a5ca256dcd0081889a!OpenDocument
Kelly, A and Sewell, S, With head, heart and hand: Dimensions of Community Building. 2nd edition.(Boolarong Publications: Brisbane) 1991.
Mayer, P. The Wider Economic Value of Social Capital and Volunteering in South
Australia. (A report by Dr. Peter Mayer for Volunteering SA) 2003.