By David Ingles and Richard Denniss / The Australia Institute

This report argues that we should be doing more to help the unemployed as part of any 'stimulus' packages targeted at propping up the economy.

By Elizabeth Broderick, Human Rights Commission

In November 2007, Elizabeth Broderick began a nation-wide ‘Listening Tour’ to ask the Australian public two questions: How far have we come in our journey towards gender equality? And where should we focus our efforts into the future.

Found at what the answers were at  http://tinyurl.com/67cudf.

The pursuit of political equality is one of the four underpinning values of the Democratic Audit of Australia. In this new paper, Audit leader Marian Sawer reviews the state of Australian democracy in relation to this core principle. Restrictions on voting, a lack of transparency surrounding political finance, and the use of public money for party political ends are some of the areas in which Australia currently fails to measure up.

Read the full text of Political equality in Australia (PDF file).

Source: Australian Policy Online