Browsing Adam Graycar Speeches by Title
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Factors in producing a healthy old age
(1986-07)The population is ageing slowly and the implications of this for social security and health and social service provision have caused alarm in some government circles. Most of the "young-old" are of an age where people are ... -
Family and community care of elderly people
(1983-11)The 'graying' of Australia's population has been a regular topic of discussion in government, demographic, health, and social service circles in recent years. It has been noted carefully because shifts in population ... -
Family policy
(1984-08)The results from the world survey of family policy guidelines demonstrate powerfully and unequivocally that family policy is, above all, a political construct. Like all political constructs it draws its meaning from ... -
Fraud prevention and control in Australia
(2000-08)The prevention and control of fraud are two of the great challenges for Australia now, and in the years to come. Success in dealing with fraud will enhance Australia's business reputation, save resources in the public ... -
Future directions of welfare in Australia
(1983-08)Those of us involved in social welfare, either as service providers or as academic researchers, are concerned with the well-being of people in our community - with levels of living, with people's access to quality care, ... -
General speech - Quality assurance in higher education
(1992-00)A State strategic plan is being developed for higher education, and this plan assumes a quality product. Universities do not prescribe to standards of quality. Complaints and anecdotal evidence are received regarding the ... -
Global and regional approaches to fighting transnational crime
(2001-03)The rapid mobility of people, money, information, ideas, and commodities generally, has provided new opportunities for crime, and new challenges for law enforcement agencies. This paper reviews some of the major themes ... -
Government policies in aged care
(1987-09)The looming explosion in social care poses formidable challenges for policy makers in the gerontological arena. Policies, programs and services that reflect the interests of our older population, families of older people, ... -
Graduation address
(1985-09)We have all seen technical changes of astounding, stunning and overwhelming consequence. We can find technical solutions to many of our problems. We can think the unthinkable and do the undoable - yet are we a lot better ... -
Graduation address
(1996-05)Policing used to be a fairly reactive activity with a lot of waiting waiting, waiting, and working out what to do. The pace of life today, and the structure of community and of criminality, is so very different, that the ... -
Graduation address
(1998-08)The knowledge and skills that you have acquired to date are a foundation for the future, not things carved in stone that will remain immutable and unchanged throughout your working life. You will change jobs, careers, and ... -
Graduation of students of Asian Commercial Cookery Certificate
(1992-06)Success doesn't come overnight. Cuisine evolves over a long period as skilled cooks experiment with flavour, texture, composition and environment. What you have learnt has taken a long time to develop, and with your ... -
Graffiti: Implications for law enforcement, local government and the community
(2003-08)Different people respond to graffiti in different ways. Indeed, if beauty is in the eye of the beholder, nowhere is this more evident than in individual responses to graffiti. To most residents of towns and cities they ... -
Grandparents
(1988-09)We tend to associate grandparents with old-fashioned families - the extended, multigenerational kind much celebrated in our mythology. Many think that grandparents have become less important as the nation has become more ... -
Grey power
(1985-07)As elderly citizens and voters increase as a proportion of the general Australian population, and with the increasingly vociferous public debates around the theme of retirement income, the question arises as to whether old ... -
Health and social policy
(1981-11)Problems in health care planning and delivery are part of the political economy of all modern industrial nations regardless of the financing mechanisms used, regardless of the degree of regulation attempted, regardless of ... -
Home and Community Care program
(1988-08)Our population is ageing. In planning for this ageing population there are many key inel.icators which require analysis. One such indicator is survivorship. Understanding the indicators helps us formulate and comprehend ... -
Home ownership: an investment in crime prevention?
(1998-10)Australia is one of the safest countries in the world. Australians can go about their daily lives with little chance of their becoming the target of a criminal attack. But it does happen - and the prospect that it might ... -
Homicide and gun ownership
(1998-09)Charts displaying homicide statistics in Australia compared with international statistics. Also includes statistics of firearm ownership in Australia and internationally and suicides and homicides involving firearms. -
How Cabinet 'really' works
(2005-05)Gives an overview of the role of the South Australian Government, role of Cabinet, role of the Public Service, public policy development, Government budgets, population and demographics of South Australia.