[See also resources under Economic Issues]

Australian Federal and State Government Sites

• Commonwealth Department of Family and Community Services
  Publications on family, childcare, youth, welfare reform, etc. and information on key activities of the department.

• Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (HREOC)
  Comprehensive site providing resources on a range of human rights and discrimination issues. Includes email alerting services, Commission decisions, and a selection of reports.

• Department of Education, Youth and Family Services (Australian Capital Territory)
  Lists services and programs, policies and publications.

• NSW Department of Community Services
  Provides information on essential services, programs and comprehensive list of full-text publications. This site is best navigated via the site index.

• Department of Families (Queensland)
  Outlines services for older people, families, youth etc.

• Department of Health and Human Services (Tasmania)
  Includes publications, legislation and information on services.

• Department of Human Services (Victoria)
  Contains a searchable local services directory, some online publications, and information on the various divisions of the department.

• Family and Childrens Services (Western Australia)
  Information for families and young people, listing of support services, and a small range of publications and media statements.

Australian Social Justice / Social Welfare Resources

• Australian Council of Social Service (ACOSS)
  Some online information papers, ACOSS journals, media releases, and a searchable library catalogue.

• Social Policy Research Centre
  Discussion papers, reports and conference papers on a range of social policy issues.

International Social Justice / Social Welfare Resources

• Amnesty International
  Provides up-to-date information on crisis situations world-wide, news, campaigns, and a library of online reports.

• Human Rights Watch
  Breaking news, campaigns, publications, current events and background briefings.

• Social Science Information Gateway
  Site provides an internet catalogue including thousands of online resources, browsable or searchable by subject area. The Social Science Search Engine indexes over 50,000 websites. Users can register for a free weekly email notification of new resources in specific areas.

• United Nations
  Daily briefing, news centre, human rights treaties, links to UN agencies, and so much more. Use the site index or search facility to locate resources.

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This page last updated on 16.12.2002 by Kati Sunner