Issue 17 - Nurturing values of home and neighbourhood (January 2004)
Issue 17 Index
It's Time™ is the online e-magazine of the Whitlam Institute.
Parents need a helping hand with family values and authority
Mark Latham is right: Society must give mums and dads the support to confidently raise their children writes Dr Peter West, Head of the Research Group on Men and Families at UWS.
Whitlam Institute launches literacy project in Western Sydney
The Whitlam Institute, the NSW Department of Education and the Sun Herald have launched a literacy project which will put University of Western Sydney education students into selected primary schools in 2004 to help boost reading skills.
New forces shaping local neighbourhoods
Australian City neighbourhoods are increasingly divided and demarcated. Debate over what this means for public policy has just begun. The ‘State of Australian Cities’ conference was held in December. This paper, presented by the Director of the UWS Urban Frontiers Program, Bill Randolph, points the way for continuing research.
Community service and Australian values
Australia Day ambassador Andrew West floats his vision for a National Community Service force. Inspired by J. F. Kennedy’s Peace Corps he says that national values would be enriched if all Australians between 18 and 25 spent one year of their lives giving back to their local communities or representing their country overseas.
Deed of Gift starts transfer of the Whitlam Papers to Parramatta
Gough Whitlam's private library was deeded to the Whitlam Institute on 10 December 2003. Many papers have been digitised already and are available to all on this website. The Deed of Gift will bring Gough's original papers to Parramatta where they will be open to the public.
1973 Whitlam cabinet papers released with expanded e-collection
New Year's Day 2004 marked the National Archives of Australia (NAA) release of the 1973 Whitlam cabinet papers. The NAA's selected cabinet papers reveal the inside story of a turning point in Australian political history. Also this New Year the Whitlam Institute's e-collection expands with the release of Gough's personal papers for the final months of 1973 - start here with August 1973.
53 items available online from September 1973
The Whitlam Government announces plans for a referendum on prices and incomes to curb inflation, provides international aid to Indochina and the South Pacific and helps Pakistani and Bengali refugees.
45 documents available online from October 1973
The Sydney Opera House opening and the Royal visit of October 1973 are highlights in addition to Prime Minister Whitlam's visit to Japan.
54 documents available online from November 1973
In November 1973 Prime Minister Whitlam returns from a successful visit to China and campaigns heavily for the upcoming December referendums on prices and incomes.
December 1973 available online
As 1973 draws to an end the Whitlam Government reflects on the achievements of the first year in Parliament and aspirations and challenges for 1974.
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