Shifting Ground Conference
3-4 October 1998

The Shifting Ground conference papers are all available for download as Word 6 documents. Click on the name of the paper/speaker and it will open in your Microsoft Word application and/or save to your disk.

• Opening address
  • A Blueprint for a Caring Society
    The Hon Andrew Refshauge, Deputy Premier, Minister for Health and Minister for Aboriginal Affairs
• Keynote address
  • Community Services: The idea of the market and the 'race' response
    Dr Bill Cope, Centre for Workplace Communication & Culture
• Priorities for Social and Community Services in NSW
  • The Hon Faye Lo Po’
    Minister for Community Services, Minister for Ageing, Minister for Disability Services and Minister for Women
• Affordable Housing and Urban Development
  • Session outline
    Julian Disney, NSW Ministerial Task Force on Affordable Housing
  • The need for action
    Julian Disney, Chair, New South Wales Ministerial Task Force on Affordable Housing, 1996-98
• Child Protection
  • Session outline
    Trish Menzies, Family Support Services Association
  • Child Protection
    Louise Voigt, Barnados Australia
• Commonwealth/State Relationships
  • Session outline
    Cathy Moore, Australian Council of Social Service
    Eleri Morgan-Thomas, NSW Federation of Housing Associations
• Financial strategies
  • Anthony Lupi
    Westpac Banking Corporation
• Integrated planning
  • Kylie Frazer
    Wyong Shire Council
  • Jill Lang
    NSW Premier’s Department, North Coast Region
• The Legal Aid Crisis
  • Not Enough Lawyers
    A model of civil law service delivery
    Ben Slade, General Law Branch, Legal Aid (NSW)
• Policy Development and the 1999 State Election
  • John Freeland
    Evatt Foundation
  • Gary Moore
    Council of Social Service of NSW
• Rural Health
  • Sally Calder
    Southern Area Health Service
• Vocational education and training in the sector
  • Jenn Crowe and Estelle Lohmann
    NSW Federation of Housing Associations
• Key Community Issues
  • John Connor
    Nature Conservation Council of NSW
  • Narelle Kennedy
    Australian Business Foundation
  • Gary Moore
    Council of Social Service of NSW
  • Naomi Steer
    Labor Council of NSW
• Competition Reforms Debate
  • David Liebermann
    Australian Competition and Consumer Commission
  • Pat Ranald
    Public Sector Research Centre
• Accreditation and Benchmarking
  • Cheryl de Zilwa
    Community and Health Accreditation and Standards Program NSW
  • Reviews and Accreditation Using the Chasp Model
    Cheryl de Zilwa, Community and Health Accreditation and Standards Program NSW
  • Sharryn Llewellyn
    NSW Meals on Wheels Association
  • Ann Porcino
    RPR Consultants
• Community Care
  • Wendy Potter
    People with Disabilities (NSW) Inc.
• Competitive tendering
  • Chris Dodds
    Key Insights Consulting
  • Paul Fitzgerald
    Job Futures Ltd
  • Shawn Phillips
    Northern Rivers Social Development Council
• Drugs and prohibition
  • Drugs and Prohibition
    Tim Moore, Redfern Legal Centre
    Steve Bolt, Northern Rivers Community Legal Centre
• Industrial Issues
  • Susanna Moore
    Industrial Officer, Jobs Australia Ltd
  • Alison Peters
    Australian Services Union (NSW Branch)
• Organisational development
  • Organisational Development
    Roy Bishop, Local Community Services Association
    Janet Green, Consultant
• Privatising Utilities
  • Helen Campbell
    Consumers Telecommunications Network
  • Stephen Rix
    Stephen Rix, Public Interest Advocacy Centre
  • Rai Small
    Public Sector Resource Centre
• From 'rural' to 'regional'
  • From Rural to Regional
    Greg Thompson, Bush Church Aid Society
    Don Vernon, Office of Regional Communities, NSW Premier’s Department
• Tax reform
  • John Freeland
    Evatt Foundation
• Promoting Social Capital
  • Peter Botsman
    University of Western Sydney, Macarthur
  • Eva Cox
    Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, UTS
  • Martin Stewart-Weeks
    Albany Consulting Group

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