Taking Responsibility: Preventing educational disadvantage for seriously sick kids missing school.
Over a 12 month period, ARACY investigated the point of cross-over between health and education systems experienced by seriously sick kids missing school, examining how education and health jurisdictions are working to build co-operation across and between their organisations in support of these kids. In this investigation, ARACY was supported by the Australian Government Department of Education […]
To have and to have not: Measuring child deprivation and opportunity in Australia
ARACY has produced To have and to have not: Measuring child deprivation and opportunity in Australia which examines the extent to which children are having their needs met in five key and interlocking areas, which The Nest shows are central to a child’s wellbeing. The report uses the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children (LSAC) to assess these interlocking areas by selecting up […]
Submission to the proposed Commonwealth Electoral Amendment (Lowering Voting Age and Increasing Voter Participation) Bill 2018
This submission is ARACY’s response to the proposed Commonwealth Electoral Amendment (Lowering Voting Age and Increasing Voter Participation) Bill 2018. The decision on whether to lower the voting age in Australian to 16 can be considered on bothethical and empirical grounds. The major ethical considerations are clear; when considered from ahuman rights perspective, citizens under […]
