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We bring people
together in each federal electorate (150 electorates around
Australia) to work locally in engaging our communities and our
representatives in a non-party, neither-left-nor-right
agenda of empowerment of ordinary people.
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SELF-DIRECTED
SERVICES AND PERSONAL BUDGETS
You can take charge of your social support, education and health
care through a personal budget.
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for further information. |
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AGM SEASON
Making a difference in our not-for-profits.
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for further information. |
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STREET BY STREET
Linking
up people who live in the same
street or nearby to build community through practical helping
tasks - on a national scale.
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for further information. |
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COMMUNITY BUILDING
NATIONAL NETWORK
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Network. |
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LEFT AND RIGHT?
"The Left and Right have been as bad as each other. The Left has
allowed its distrust of markets and endless faith in government
to obscure the importance of civil society. The Right has been
so focused on replacing the state with markets that it has
forgotten how to cultivate a trusting society.
This is the politics of the absurd. The Left identifies with the
good society but rarely talks about the mutualism and trust
between people. The Right recognises the importance of moral
obligation but gives the impression of trusting market
transactions more than civil society.
Few things seem to happen anymore
without a government law or market transaction to guide
them. This is how record levels of GDP in Australia now sit
alongside record levels of crime, social stress and family
breakdown. The political balance needs to swing back towards
civil society.
This task, in fact, requires a new type of politics."
Mark Latham, Mutualism: A Third Way for Australia," 1999.
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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.
There are four ways you can do this.
Community Building National Network
You can participate in the Community Building
National Network. Its' focus is on a wide range of community building
efforts, including both practical initiatives and campaigns to influence policy.
Click here for
more information.
National Federation of Parents, Families
and Carers
You can participate in the Federation, which has a
focus on empowerment of parents, families and carers through practical
innovations and through campaigns to influence policy.
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here for more information.
Transforming Our Schools
You can participate 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.
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here for more information.
There is no cost to
participate
There is no cost to register your participation.
We
welcome people from all 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.
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TRANSFORMING OUR
SCHOOLS
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details of our campaign for a Real Education Revolution.
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for
info on the National
Federation of Parents, Families and Carers. |
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STREET BY STREET
Information Workshops
Brisbane 1 September Sydney 3 September
Melbourne 10 September
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CORPORATE
WELFARE WATCH
Latest Handout Tally
$6.4b Car manufacturers subsidies
$2b Commercial property construction industry
$3.9b Free emission permits to coal-fired electricity generators
$2b Car dealer finance guarantee
$149m GMH 4 cylinder car
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THIRD WAY FORUM
Communitarianism,
Mutualism, Third Way Thinking
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MAKING IT PERSONAL
Charlie Leadbeater, Jamie
Bartlett and Niamh Gallagher have authored this highly
influential Demos Report on Self-Directed Services
and Personal Budgets.
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to read
Making It Personal. |
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RESPECT
EMPOWER
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Participate in our five-point
non-party-political campaign to empower ordinary people.
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Family Carers
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There are 2.7million
family carers of people with a disability, a chronic or mental
illness, or aged frailty in Australia. They are invisible to
politicians and policy makers.
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Standing Up to Telstra and
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Help us create a
voice for consumers. Read more... |
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