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Immunisation service report 2014-16
No full textThis document is a service activity report over two years (1 July 2014 - 30 June 2016).
It highlights the core service activity, as well as additional immunisation programs undertaken by the RCH Immunisation Service team
A conversation on terrorism in Australia, with Levi West – part 2
No full textIn this episode of the podcast Sub Rosa, Andrew continues a conversation with Levi West about terrorism in Australia.
Levi West is the Director of Terrorism Studies at Charles Sturt University.
This is the second episode in a two-part series. The first half covered terrorism in Australia from the 1960s up until 2013. This second half covers the impact of the Syrian civil war, the rise of “Islamic State”, and controversies over counter-terrorism powers.
This episode discusses measures such as passport-confiscation, control orders and citizenship-revocation, drawing out some of practical, legal, and moral issues involved. It also discuss how jihadist terror plots in Australia have evolved, and some of the factors behind this. The episode ends by briefly covering the terrorist threat in Indonesia, and counter-terrorism cooperation between Indonesia and Australia.
The episode was recorded in November 2016, so it does not cover some more recent developments, such as an alleged Christmas Day bombing plot in Melbourne, or the alleged attempt by a man in New South Wales to assist “Islamic State” with missile technology
How can education for sustainability create systemic change?
No full textThis chapter reports on an inquiry that investigated the current impact and how to increase the impact of an active citizenship education program that contains key elements of education for sustainability: imagining a better future, systemic thinking, critical thinking and reflection, participation in decision-making, and working in partnerships. While it is argued in the literature that education for sustainability programs that contain these elements will be transformational for participants and that graduates from these programs will be able to influence systemic change, the study found that graduates could not influence systemic change. To increase the program’s impact a model for creating the conditions for systemic community change was developed. This model focuses on building the adaptive capacity of communities and is informed by complex systems leadership, public administration and soft power theories. To determine how to increase the systemic impact of the active citizenship program, the program was analysed through the lens of this model. The chapter argues that while education for sustainability programs cannot in isolation create systemic change, education for sustainability programs have an important role to play as one component in an ecosystem of initiatives for creating systemic change
The Cape – Victoria’s first climate adapted greenfield housing project
No full textHow do we build carbon neutral housing estates and eliminate emissions from the housing sector? Are Australian houses up to the challenges of rising temperatures and longer and more intense hot spells on a heating planet?
Brendan Condon is Director of The Cape sustainable housing project, overlooking beautiful Bass Strait at Cape Paterson near Phillip Island and 90 minutes from Melbourne. This community will have 220 homes when complete, and already features some of the best examples of common sense integrated sustainability in Australia, including 8 star energy and water efficient housing, solar energy, energy efficient appliances and operating systems, electric vehicle infrastructure, urban food production, rainwater harvesting, habitat restoration and much more. Homes are designed to be carbon neutral, comfortable in all conditions with minimal heating and cooling, and to have annual energy bills as low as 20% of conventional homes.
First of the BZE Discussion Group series for 2017 in Melbourne.
 
Gender equity insights 2017: inside Australia's gender pay gap
No full textA new analysis of Agency data shows that sizeable gender pay gaps persist across the workforce, but that improving gender balance in leadership teams measurably improves pay equity in organisations.
Gender Equity Insights 2017: Inside Australia\u27s Gender Pay Gap, the second in the BCEC|WGEA Gender Equity Insights series, also reveals that male graduates are more likely to access high paying roles than female graduates.
Key findings:
Increasing the representation of women in executive leadership roles is associated with lowering gender pay gaps. Organisations with the lowest share of female executive leaders have an average gender pay gap double the size of those with an equal share of women in senior roles: 20% compared with 10%. Organisations that increased the share of women in executive leadership roles by more than 10% recorded a reduction in the organisational gender pay gap of 3 percentage points over the course of a single year.
Overall, the median gender pay gaps for full-time graduate trainees are 2.9% on base salary and 2.1% on total remuneration. However, the gender pay gap for graduate trainees progressively widens among the top echelons of salary earners. The highest-paid 10% of women in graduate trainee positions receive at least 88,000.
The average gender pay gap declines as female representation among management increases. The managerial gender pay gap falls steadily from around 15% in total remuneration among firms where one-fifth of managers (20%) are female, to 8% for organisations where four-fifths of managers (80%) are female.
However, gender pay gaps are seen to rise sharply in workplaces with the highest concentrations of female managers. For organisations with a greater than 80% share of female managers, the management gender pay gap rises from around 8% to more than 17% in favour of men
The 'mobile' only audience
No full textWho is the ‘mobile only’ audience? Most of the UK adult online population is not in a rush to abandon the desktop. However, in December 2016, UKOM approved comScore data showcased that 10% of online adults accessed the Internet via mobile only.
Key areas covered in this UKOM insight piece:
Is there a correlation between age and mobile usage?
Females and people in households with children are more likely to be mobile-only than those without.
The role of social grade and platform usage
Celebrity charities just compete with other charities – so why start one?
No full textDespite the enormous number of charities in the world, more are established every year – and many also disappear. Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission data shows that, since 2012, 8,500 charities have been registered and more than 13,500 have been revoked.
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Going off the beaten track: exploring Chinese international students’ motivations for selecting regional Australian higher education
No full textFollowing the Australian state of Tasmania’s adoption of its international education policy, Tasmania’s Place in the Asian Century White Paper (Tasmanian Government, 2013), an increasing number of Chinese international students have enrolled at the state’s sole university, the University of Tasmania (UTAS), which is a regional Australian university. This is a variation in trend from the choice of majority of Chinese international students who attend universities in Australian metropolitan contests. This study aims to understand the motivations of Chinese international students who have made this different decision. Based on positivist and interpretivist stances and underpinned by grounded theory, this study analysed data from 456 (valid) questionnaires and 23 semi-structured interviews with UTAS Chinese international students. This research indicated that the primary motivators for the UTAS choice were: more competitive tuition fees, a larger number of scholarships, quicker and easier offers, cooperative courses, specialist courses, ease of graduation, acceptance of credit transfer, immigration prospects, and recommendations. These identified motivations were inclusive and could be interpreted in four more explicit dimensions: strategic competition with other Australian universities, attractions for students with diverse backgrounds, regional advantage, and specific promotion
Innovation in the Australian Public Service: a qualitative analysis
No full textInnovation is considered to be a sine qua non to improve efficiency and effectiveness in government and respond to citizens’ increasing demand for better services. This paper draws together literature related to innovation in the public sector. A qualitative analysis was conducted to establish the key aspects related to innovation raised by senior managers within the Australian Public Service (APS). This study used content analysis of transcripts from senior manager presentations in Innovation Month seminars from 2014 to 2016. The content indicated senior managers’ perceptions of innovation in the APS in terms of four aspects: drivers of innovation; barriers to innovation; innovation characteristics; and typology of innovation. Content analysis revealed that those aspects typically associated with innovation in the APS, such as ad-hoc basis and top-down approach, have been hindered by a number of barriers within the public sector context studied. These major barriers comprise risk-averse culture, hierarchy, and the silo effect. The implications of the findings are discussed to suggest directions for further research on innovation in the public sector
Accessibility of Anbessa city bus service: analysis of stakeholders opinions in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
No full textAccessibility of transport services can be influenced by a range of factors, and it is important to understand the role and influence of each of these factors in order to plan effective transport systems in urban, peri-urban and regional settings. Addis Ababa City is one of the fastest growing cities in the world, yet is constrained by poor accessibility of city bus transport services. This creates problems relating to journeys to work, school and other travel. This paper examines the factors affecting the accessibility of Anbessa City bus service in Addis Ababa. An exploratory research approach was taken, using in-depth interviews with the city bus transport regulators as well as one operator. The study identified eight principal factors impacting on the accessibility of the bus services, these being infrastructure conditions, stakeholder engagement, law enforcement system, user accessibility, institutional frameworks, transport operations, transport planning, and comfort and safety of the transit system. Identifying these themes should assist in implementing future improvements to the accessibility of bus service, thus providing more effective transport options for the residents of Addis Ababa and its peripheral regions