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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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Families in Australia
 SERVICES POLICY AND POLITICS
 

NATIONAL SUMMIT
Angliss Conference Centre
Melbourne
24-25 May 2010
 

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PROVISIONAL PROGRAM


Day One: Monday 24 May

8.30    Registration

9.00    Welcome and opening remarks
          Vern Hughes  National Federation of Parents Families and Carers

          Introduction to the conference agenda

9.15    Opening Address: "Family, Work and Care" Anne Manne
         
9.50    Key Issues Noni Hazlehurst Actor

10.10  Key Issues Tania Clarke Work and Family Advocate

10.30  Parenting Leave Hon Jenny Macklin Federal Minister for Families        

11.00  Morning Tea

11.30  Foundations: Concurrent Sessions

          Session 1A: Early Childhood and Holistic Family Supports

Kathy Walker, Shona Bass Early Life Foundations VIC
Jenny Shale Loganlea State High School QLD
Lenore Massey Recreating the Village VIC

          Session 1B: Families and Schools: Towards a New Paradigm

Kate Lyttle Family School Community Partnership Bureau ACT
            Moira Eastman Educator and Author VIC
            Andrew Kohane Castlemaine Parent Partnership VIC          

          Session 1C: Foundations for a Parents Movement

Angela Conway Parent Activist SA
            Anne Manne Author VIC
            Fim Jucha Families and Disability Activist SA

12.45  Lunch

1.30    Insights: Concurrent Sessions     

          Session 2A: Fatherhood and Shared Parenting

Sarah Major Cox Latrobe University VIC
Daniel Donahoo Author VIC

           Session 2B: Families and Autism: A National Emergency

Chantelle Jary  Autism and Aspergers Support Group NSW
Bob Buckley  Autism Aspergers Advocacy Australia ACT
Amanda Tulloch-Hoskins Autism SA

           Session 2C: Families and Aged Care: The New De-Institutionalisation

            Margaret Gray Self-Direction and Self-Management in Supports VIC
            George Vassiliou  Our Right to Self-Manage VIC

           Session 2D: Getting Organised: Organisational Models for Parents, Families and Carers

            Pat Burgess National Council of Women QLD
            Vern Hughes National Federation of Parents Families and Cares VIC

2.45    Afternoon tea

3.15    Plenary A Parents Movement | National Federation of Parents Families and Carers
          Goals, Issues, Projects, Merchandise

          Vern Hughes  National Federation of Parents Families and Carers
                             
3.45    Insights: Concurrent Workshops

          Session 3A: Families and Mental Health
         
           Nicole Highet Beyondblue VIC
           Sarah Major Cox Latrobe University VIC
          Session 3B: Workshop - Respite for Families and Carers - Flexible Life Options

           Facilitator: Teresa Sealey
           Nexus Respite and Life Options VIC        

  Session 3C: Workshop - Parenting Leave / Parents and Carers Living Allowance - Options and Strategies

            Facilitator: Vern Hughes

5.00     Close

7.30     Dinner
 

Day Two: Tuesday 25 May

8.45    Registration

9.00    Panel of participants on issues arising from day one         

9.30    The Parent Manifesto
           Introduction by Vern Hughes           

10.00   Address: "The Sexualisation of Children" Melinda Tankard Reist

10.30   Address:  "Hearing Our Voice" Steve Biddulph

10.55   Ambassadors
           National Federation of Parents Families and Carers

11.00   Morning Tea            

11.30   Options and Choices Concurrent Workshops

            Session 4A: Child Care - Strategic Directions

            Facilitator: Anne Manne
            Author VIC             

  Session 4B: Individual Advocates / Brokers / Agents for Parents and Families - Strategy and Implementation

            Facilitator: Caroline Franks NSW
           
            Session 4C: Options for Families with Multiples

            Facilitator: Cathering Harding
            Australian Multiple Birth Association NSW

            Session 4D: Options for Families Living with Drug/Alcohol Addictions

            Facilitator: Tony Trimingham
            Family Drug Support NSW

12.45  Lunch

1.30    Plenary Directions: National Federation of Parents Families and Carers

          Goals, Targets, Projects, Merchandise
        
          Facilitator: Vern Hughes
               
2.00    Directions: Concurrent Workshops 

          Session 5A: Shaping the Public Debate on Parents, Families and Carers

           Angela Conway
           Noni Hazlehurst
           Jenny Shale

          Session 5B: Family Support in Rural and Remote Locations

           Facilitator: Brad Case
           National Coordinator In Home Care Frontier Services QLD

           Session 5C: Transforming Our Schools - Parents, Teachers and a Real Education Revolution

            Facilitator:
            Vern Hughes NFPFC VIC         

3.00    Final Plenary Panel

          Tania Clarke
          Fim Jucha
          Pat Burgess
          Jenny Shale
          Anne Manne

3.30    Close and Afternoon tea


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TRANSFORMING OUR SCHOOLS

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PARENTS FAMILIES AND CARERS

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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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Mutualism, Third Way Thinking
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