We hope you will join us and become involved in empowering Australian consumers,
families and communities. Fill in the online form on this page to register your
participation in the Centre's work.
The focus of our work is the federal electorate, of which there are 150 around Australia.
Each has about 150,000 people, and 100,000 voters. We bring people together in
each federal electorate to work locally to influence policy and opinion through local
initiatives, events, campaigns and local media activities.
The Centre has six major projects.
Self-Directed Services and
Personal Budgets
You can
become involved
in the development of self-directed services and personal budgets
in aged care, chronic and mental illness,
disability, special education and vocational training, and other areas of
intensive personal and social support for individuals and families.
Click here for
more information.
Community Building
You can participate in the Community Building
Network. It's focus is on a wide range of community building
efforts, including both practical initiatives and campaigns to influence policy.
It is also developing voice and representation for volunteers, and voluntary
community organisations, and facilitating local governance innovations and local
government reform.
Click here for
more information.
Parents, Families
and Carers
You can participate in this project which
aims to develop the organisational voice and capacity of parents and families,
with a focus on empowerment through practical
innovations and through campaigns to influence policy.
Click
here for more information.
Transforming Our Schools
You can become involved in Transforming Our
Schools,
which aims to break the stalemate in education reform in Australia. It begins
with parents and teachers, and seeks political and policy support for measures
which empower grassroots people and drive innovation towards a real education
revolution.
Click
here for more information.
Consumer-Centred
Health Care
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You can participate in reform of our health system. The National
Campaign for Consumer-Centred Health Care
aims to generate a broad movement for transformational change in
health policy towards consumer-centred health care. The
Campaign has a focus on the funding and structuring of consumer
decision-making, empowerment, self-care and self-management.
Click
here for more information.
Creating a Voice for the 2.4
million Self-Employed Australians and Small Businesses
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You can participate in creating a voice and representation for the 2.4
million self-employed Australians and small
businesses.
Based on these figures,
the most
prominent and most powerful economic voice in Australia should be
self-employed people and small businesses.
In fact, the voices of self-employed people and those they
employ are rarely heard in government, public policy or the
media.
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There is no cost to
participate
There is no cost to register your participation.
We
welcome people from all backgrounds and political parties, and those who are not members of any,
who support the objectives of the Centre.
When you fill
in the form below, select the name of your electorate from the drop-down menu.
In each
electorate we appoint Convenors. When you fill in the form, consider offering to
act as a Convenor in your electorate. This will involve working with others in
your electorate to communicate to your community and your MPs that empowering
ordinary people in local communities is good news, good policy, and good
politics.
Volunteer with the
Centre
When you fill in the form below to register your participation with the
Centre, consider volunteering through one of the three volunteer positions
available. It doesn't matter where you live, so long as you have internet
access.
