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Bettina Cass, with Deborah Brennan, Ilan Katz, Catherine Thomson and Deborah Mitchell, and 10 Partner organisations in NSW and South Australia, are undertaking a three-year ARC Linkage Grant project on 'Young Carers: Social Policy impacts of the caring responsibilities of children and young people'. Located at the Social Policy Research Centre (UNSW), the investigators are exploring the interplay between the socioeconomic and sociocultural circumstances in which young people take up caring responsibilities; the policy settings that affect the level and types of care which they provide; and the impacts of care-giving on their participation in education, employment and friendship/social networks. The project will map the gaps in service provision which young carers, their care recipients and service providers identify. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Focuses on the importance of control and connectedness in the ability of young people in Australia to grow into healthy and happy adults. Their control over the key aspects of their lives; Emergence of the concept of connectedness from the field of adolescent development; Why the recognition of the above by policy-makers is important in creating a shift in government responses to adolescents.

Reports on the multiculturalism efforts in Australia that give emphasis on Asia. Diversity in Australia; Changes in education; Overview of the immigration program; Concerns over the previous treatment of aborigines; Outlook of the relationship of Australia with the rest of the world.

Reports on Australian Governor-General William Deane's views on tackling problems of social disadvantage for the Aborigines as a matter of national self-respect, decency and humanity. Housing concerns; Problems of water supply and infrastructure.