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Reshaping Australia: Communities in Action -- Session I: Setting the Scene
Program: https://royalsoc.org.au/images/RSNSWLearnedAcademiesForum2022/RSNSW_Academies_2022_Program_Brochure_Full-20221101a.pdf
00:00 Introduction: Emeritus Professor Julianne Schultz AM FAHA, Griffith University and Chair, The Conversation Media Group
01:25 Professor Richard Holden FASSA, Professor of Economics, UNSW Sydney and President, Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia
14:08 Alison Frame, Deputy Secretary, Social Policy Group, Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet, Australian Government
27:12 Dr Kalinda Griffiths, Scientia Lecturer, Centre for Big Data Research in Health, UNSW Sydney
40:43 Dr James O'Donnell, Lecturer, School of Demography and ANU Social Cohesion Grand Challenge, Australian National University
59:48 Panel Discussion and Audience Q&A, moderated by Emeritus Professor Julianne Schultz
Setting the Scene:
Despite a national myth of egalitarianism, contemporary social commentary, and research point to a growing divide between the ‘haves’ and ‘have nots’ in Australian society. This session will examine some of the broad economic and demographic patterns across Australia and explore in particular some of the indices of Indigenous disadvantage. It will set the scene for considering how communities are working to address social disenfranchisement and overcome health, economic and environmental challenges.
Disclaimer: The opinions, beliefs and viewpoints expressed by the presenters or forum participants in this video, do not necessarily reflect those of the Royal Society of New South Wales.
Reshaping Australia: Communities in Action -- Session I: Setting the Scene
Program: https://royalsoc.org.au/images/RSNSWLearnedAcademiesForum2022/RSNSW_Academies_2022_Program_Brochure_Full-20221101a.pdf
00:00 Introduction: Emeritus Professor Julianne Schultz AM FAHA, Griffith University and Chair, The Conversation Media Group
01:25 Professor Richard Holden FASSA, Professor of Economics, UNSW Sydney and President, Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia
14:08 Alison Frame, Deputy Secretary, Social Policy Group, Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet, Australian Government
27:12 Dr Kalinda Griffiths, Scientia Lecturer, Centre for Big Data Research in Health, UNSW Sydney
40:43 Dr James O'Donnell, Lecturer, School of Demography and ANU Social Cohesion Grand Challenge, Australian National University
59:48 Panel Discussion and Audience Q&A, moderated by Emeritus Professor Julianne Schultz
Setting the Scene:
Despite a national myth of egalitarianism, contemporary social commentary, and research point to a growing divide between the ‘haves’ and ‘have nots’ in Australian society. This session will examine some of the broad economic and demographic patterns across Australia and explore in particular some of the indices of Indigenous disadvantage. It will set the scene for considering how communities are working to address social disenfranchisement and overcome health, economic and environmental challenges.
Disclaimer: The opinions, beliefs and viewpoints expressed by the presenters or forum participants in this video, do not necessarily reflect those of the Royal Society of New South Wales.
