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"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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parents, families and carers: our place in the human services, our agenda for change

NAtiONAL conference
Sydney 17-18 March 2008

Program

Day One: Monday 17 March

8.30 Registration

9.30 Welcome - Jenny Shale, President, National Federation of Parents, Families and
Carers

9.35    Introduction - Vern Hughes, Secretary, National Federation of Parents, Families
          and Carers

9.50    Starting Points for a National Agenda for Change - Panel of five parents, families
           and carers

Bronwyn Thoroughgood
Isaac Smith
Aileen Ryan
Anita Siegersma
Mary Beijerinck-Gooley

10.15 Group discussion: Our agenda for change?

10.30 Keynote address (1) Jenny Shale What we need to do

11.00 Morning Tea

11.30 Starting Points for a National Agenda for Change - Concurrent sessions

Stream One: Our National Agenda for Change - further discussion

Vern Hughes NFPFC

Stream Two: Parenting and family support

Sally Brown Circles of Security in early childhood
Gwen Rayner and Lisa Hingst Butterfly Wings Child Parent Program
Trudy James Playgroups on the Move

Stream Three: System failure in the human services and alternative models - a
family-centred child protection system

Erica McKinnon Family Inclusion Network WA
Patricia Kiely Family Group Decision Making

Stream Four: Caring for carers

Isaac Smith NSW Working Carers Gateways
Joan Hughes CEO Carers Australia
Naila Raiman Carers and chronic illness

1.00 Lunch

1.45    Keynote address (2) Belinda Epstein-Frisch Models of family empowerment

2.15    Concurrent sessions

          Stream Five: New Funding Models

           Vern Hughes
           In Control UK

Stream Six: New Support and Service Delivery Models

Bob Lester Families in Partnership
Patricia Berruti Australian Foundation for Disability
Melanie Greblo Families and hospice care

Stream Seven: Families and Mental Illness

            Jenni Mazlin-Law
            Margaret Cook
            Sandra Vidot

Stream Eight: Social and Political Leadership for Families

Jenny Shale
Aileen Ryan

3.15 Afternoon tea

3.45    Keynote (3) Suzette Gallagher OAM Natural Neighbourhood Networks

4.15    Strategic Directions - Panel of four speakers

            Joan Foley
            Bob Lester
            Kelly Knick-Parish
            Richard Cabrita

5.00 Close

6.00 Drinks Speaker: Jenny Shale - My Story

Day Two: Tuesday 18 March

9.00 Registration

9.30    Key Issues in the National Agenda for Change - Panel of four speakers

           Jessica Revill
           Rozanna Lilley
           Lynette Pearce
           Alan Murnane

10.15   Keynote address (4) Vern Hughes - Divisive Issues, Additional Issues: Finding
           a way forward, bringing everyone along:

           Control over money
           Facilities or individuals
           Child care
           Supported accommodation
           Education for every child
           Payments for families and carers

11.00 Morning Tea

11.30 Key Issues in the National Agenda for Change - Concurrent sessions

Stream Six: New Support and Service Delivery Models

Amber Conwell and Lisa Matthews Communities for Children
Anita Siegersma A Village Model for Children and Families
Sue Dark Family Insight

Stream Six: New Support and Service Delivery Models

Viviene Mangos Adelaide Autism project
Richard Cabrita Jessie’s Voice
Jennifer Cooper Families and disability

Stream Nine: Refining our Agenda

Vern Hughes NFPFC

1.00 Lunch

1.45    The Federation - panel of speakers

           Aileen Ryan
          Bronwyn Thoroughgood
           Jenny Shale

2.15    Our Agenda for Change - Concurrent sessions

Stream Ten: Change in funding models
Facilitator: Vern Hughes

Stream Eleven: Change towards genuine partnerships with families
Facilitator: Bronwyn Thoroughgood

Stream Twelve: Change in schools
Facilitator: Jenny Shale

Stream Thirteen: A strong national voice
Facilitator: Aileen Ryan

3.15 Afternoon tea

3.45    Our Agenda for Change - Feedback from sessions

4.15    Strategic Directions - Panel of four speakers

            Suzette Gallagher OAM
            Melanie Greblo
            Bronwyn Thoroughgood
            Jenni Mazlin-Law

4.45 Close

TRANSFORMING OUR SCHOOLS

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National Development Conference
21/22 April 2010
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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

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