Journal articles: 'Local government Victoria'

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Van Gramberg, Bernadine, and Julian Teicher. "Managerialism in local government – Victoria, Australia." International Journal of Public Sector Management 13, no. 5 (September 2000): 476–92. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/09513550010350869.

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Pullin, Len, and Ali Haidar. "Managerial values in local government – Victoria, Australia." International Journal of Public Sector Management 16, no. 4 (July 2003): 286–302. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/09513550310480042.

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Kloot, Louise. "Using Local Government Corporate Plans in Victoria." Australian Journal of Public Administration 60, no. 4 (December 2001): 17–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1467-8500.00238.

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Pullin, Len, and Ali Haidar. "Performance Contract Management in Regional Local Government - Victoria." Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources 41, no. 3 (December 1, 2003): 279–97. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1038411103041003003.

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Helson, Catherine, Ruth Walker, Claire Palermo, Kim Rounsefell, Yudit Aron, Catherine MacDonald, Petah Atkinson, and Jennifer Browne. "Is Aboriginal nutrition a priority for local government? A policy analysis." Public Health Nutrition 20, no. 16 (August 14, 2017): 3019–28. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1368980017001902.

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AbstractObjectiveThe present study aimed to explore how Australian local governments prioritise the health and well-being of Aboriginal populations and the extent to which nutrition is addressed by local government health policy.DesignIn the state of Victoria, Australia, all seventy-nine local governments’ public health policy documents were retrieved. Inclusion of Aboriginal health and nutrition in policy documents was analysed using quantitative content analysis. Representation of Aboriginal nutrition ‘problems’ and ‘solutions’ was examined using qualitative framing analysis. The socio-ecological framework was used to classify the types of Aboriginal nutrition issues and strategies within policy documents.SettingVictoria, Australia.SubjectsLocal governments’ public health policy documents (n79).ResultsA small proportion (14 %,n11) of local governments addressed Aboriginal health and well-being in terms of nutrition. Where strategies aimed at nutrition existed, they mostly focused on individual factors rather than the broader macroenvironment.ConclusionsA limited number of Victorian local governments address nutrition as a health issue for their Aboriginal populations in policy documents. Nutrition needs to be addressed as a community and social responsibility rather than merely an individual ‘behaviour’. Partnerships are required to ensure Aboriginal people lead government policy development.

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James, Sarah. "Aboriginal People, Local Government, and Public Drunkenness in Victoria." Humanity & Society 18, no. 1 (February 1994): 39–52. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/016059769401800104.

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Fünfgeld, Hartmut. "Framing the challenge of climate change adaptation for Victorian local governments." Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 125, no. 1 (2013): 45. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/rs13016.

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Climate change adaptation, although dependent on our understanding of current and future climatic trends, is predominantly a social and institutional process. This becomes evident when studying how organisations actually respond to and prepare for climate change impacts. This paper explores the notion of framing climate change adaptation as a process of organisational development and change in the local government sector. Local governments, as the tier of government closest to the community, provide a raft of services to residents and businesses, many of which may be affected by the impacts of a changing climate. Local governments in Victoria and elsewhere have been at the forefront of assessing climatic risks and opportunities, as well as devising strategies and response measures to address these risks. The growing evidence of adaptation planning in the local government sector suggests that adaptation can be framed in many different ways, although a risk management perspective is frequently applied. Increasingly, adaptation to climate change is conceptualised as an ongoing, flexible process that needs to be fully embedded in the local and organisational context. This paper discusses the conceptual and organisational framing of climate change adaptation, illustrated by examples of the diversity of adaptation approaches taken by local governments in Victoria.

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Ansari, Z., MJ Ackland, NJ Carson, and BCK Choi. "Small Area Analysis of Diabetes Complications: Opportunities for Targeting Public Health and Health Services Interventions." Australian Journal of Primary Health 11, no. 3 (2005): 72. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/py05045.

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The objective of this paper is to present small area analyses of diabetes complications in Victoria, Australia, and to illustrate their importance for targeting public health and health services interventions. Local government areas in Victoria were aggregated into 32 Primary Care Partnerships (PCP), which are voluntary alliances of primary care providers. The 32 PCP areas were used as the basic geographic units for small area analyses. Admission rates for diabetes complications were age and sex standardised using the direct method and the 1996 Victorian population as the reference. Admission rate ratios were calculated using the Victorian admission rates as the reference. The 95 per cent confidence intervals for the standardised admission rate ratios were based on the Poisson distribution. There was a wide variation (almost fivefold) in admission rates for diabetes complications across the PCP catchments, with the lowest standardised rate ratio of 0.37 and the highest of 1.75. There were 11 PCPs (seven metropolitan, four rural) with admission rate ratios significantly higher than the Victorian average. The seven metropolitan PCPs contributed more than 43% of all admissions and bed days for diabetes complications in Victoria. Small area analyses of diabetes complications are an exciting new development aimed at stimulating an evidence-based dialogue between local area health service providers, planners and policy-makers. The purpose is to provide opportunities to target public health and health services interventions at the local level to improve the management of diabetes complications in the community.

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Heilbrunn-Lang, Adina Y., Lauren M. Carpenter, Seona M. Powell, Susan L. Kearney, Deborah Cole, and Andrea M. de Silva. "Reviewing public policy for promoting population oral health in Victoria, Australia (2007–12)." Australian Health Review 40, no. 1 (2016): 19. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/ah15013.

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Objective Government policy and planning set the direction for community decisions related to resource allocation, infrastructure, services, programs, workforce and social environments. The aim of the present study was to examine the policy and planning context for oral health promotion in Victoria, Australia, over the period 2007–12. Methods Key Victorian policies and plans related to oral health promotion in place during the 2007–12 planning cycle were identified through online searching, and content analysis was performed. Inclusion of oral health (and oral health-related) promotion initiatives was assessed within the goals, objectives and strategies sections of each plan. Results Six of the 223 public health plans analysed (3%) included oral health ‘goals’ (including one plan representing nine agencies). Oral health was an ‘objective’ in 10 documents. Fifty-six plan objectives, and 70 plan strategies related to oral health or healthy eating for young children. Oral health was included in municipal plans (44%) more frequently than the other plans examined. Conclusion There is a policy opportunity to address oral health at a community level, and to implement population approaches aligned with the Ottawa Charter that address the social determinants of health. What is known about the topic? Poor oral health is a significant global health concern and places a major burden on individuals and the healthcare system, affecting approximately 50% of all children and 75%–95% of adults in Australia. The Ottawa Charter acknowledges the key role of policy in improving the health of a population; however, little is known about the policy emphasis placed on oral health by local government, primary care partnerships and community health agencies in Victoria, Australia. What does this paper add? This is a review of oral health content within local government (municipal) and community health plans in Victoria, Australia. What are the implications for practitioners? The findings identify several opportunities for public health and community health practitioners and policy makers to place greater emphasis on prevention and improvement of the oral health of Victorians through policy development.

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Savini, Emanuela, and Bligh Grant. "Legislating deliberative engagement: Is local government in Victoria willing and able?" Australian Journal of Public Administration 79, no. 4 (March 19, 2020): 514–30. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1467-8500.12420.

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Paxton, Georgia A., Pete C. G. Spink, Margaret H. Danchin, Lauren Tyrrell, Chelsea L. Taylor, Susan Casey, and Hamish R. Graham. "Catching up with catch-up: a policy analysis of immunisation for refugees and asylum seekers in Victoria." Australian Journal of Primary Health 24, no. 6 (2018): 480. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/py17049.

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This study examines catch-up immunisation for people of refugee-like background in Victoria, exploring effective models of service delivery to complete catch-up vaccinations. The analysis is based on: (i) review of the medical literature, Commonwealth and Victorian government immunisation policy and immunisation patient information; (ii) review of vaccination coverage and service delivery data; and (iii) stakeholder interviews completed in 2014 with 45 people from 34 agencies, including 9 local government areas in Victoria. Although refugees and asylum seekers all need catch-up vaccinations on arrival, they face significant barriers to completing immunisation in Australia. Analysis suggests missed opportunities by service providers and perceptions that catch-up vaccination is time-consuming, difficult and resource-intensive. Service delivery is fragmented across primary care and local government, and pathways depend on age, location and healthcare access. There are strengths, but also limitations in all current service delivery models. Gaps in vaccine funding for refugee-like populations have now been addressed through Commonwealth initiatives, however migration is still not well considered in immunisation policy, and existing systems for notification payments do not capture catch-up vaccination for these groups. Providers identify areas for improvement in professional development and support, patient information, patient-held records and immunisation surveillance data.

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J. Black, Kirsten, and Patricia L. Buckley. "Developing a Consistent Approach to Determining Priority for HACC Services." Australian Journal of Primary Health 9, no. 1 (2003): 78. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/py03010.

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This paper reports on the development of a Priority of Access tool for Home and Community Care services provided by local governments in the Western Metropolitan Region of Victoria. Managing the demand for these services requires an equitable approach to service allocation decisions. The Priority of Access tool was developed with input from Western Metropolitan Region local government HACC representatives and the Department of Human Services. A literature review identified indicators of need that predicted use of community services; however, no substantial contributions were identified relating to prioritising access to health services in the home. The tool developed relies on cross-referencing responses from the Service Coordination tools developed through the Victorian Primary Care Partnership initiative. A pilot was conducted with assessment staff and their feedback led to modification of the tool. Staff found the tool a useful method of increasing objectivity in assessments and providing a framework to consistently determine priority. The importance of training in the use of the tool was reinforced during piloting of the tool. The Priority of Access tool provides a simple and consistent, yet comprehensive, approach for Western Metropolitan Region local government HACC services to equitably determine priority of access for clients.

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Mercer, David, and Benjamin Jotkowitz. "Local Agenda 21 and Barriers to Sustainability at the Local Government Level in Victoria, Australia." Australian Geographer 31, no. 2 (July 2000): 163–81. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/713612242.

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Durrington, Learne. "Localising Human Services: A History of Local Government Human Services in Victoria." Australian Social Work 62, no. 1 (March 2009): 123–25. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03124070902800505.

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O’FLYNN, JANINE, and JOHN ALFORD. "THE SEPARATION/SPECIFICATION DILEMMA IN CONTRACTING: THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT EXPERIENCE IN VICTORIA." Public Administration 86, no. 1 (March 2008): 205–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9299.2007.00708.x.

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Rayner, Julie, and Alan Lawton. "Are We Being Served? Emotional Labour in Local Government in Victoria, Australia." Australian Journal of Public Administration 77, no. 3 (October 15, 2017): 360–74. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1467-8500.12282.

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Aulich, Chris. "Bureaucratic Limits to Markets: The Case of Local Government in Victoria, Australia." Public Money and Management 19, no. 4 (October 1999): 37–43. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1467-9302.00187.

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Beed, Clive, and Patrick Moriarty. "How Convincing was the Economic Case for Restructuring Local Government in Victoria?" Urban Policy and Research 5, no. 3 (September 1987): 117–25. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08111148708551304.

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Thomas, Ian, and Samuel Millar. "Sustainability, education and local government: insights from the Australian state of Victoria." Local Environment 21, no. 12 (February 9, 2016): 1482–99. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13549839.2016.1140131.

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Piggott, Gillian S. J. "Rogers' Chocolates Ltd. and the Corporation of the City of Victoria: A Case Comment on Involuntary Designation and the Conservation of Heritage Buildings." International Journal of Cultural Property 18, no. 2 (May 2011): 225–54. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0940739111000117.

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AbstractThe process adopted by the local government to protect the interior of an old building in Victoria, British Columbia, culminated in a significant compensation award in favor of the building's owner and highlights the shortcomings of a coercive regulatory approach to heritage conservation. This study focuses on the relationship between cooperative resolution of conflicts between the rights of the public to protect heritage buildings and the rights of private property owners to the use of their property without interference, on the one hand, and the long-term utility and conservation of historic buildings and the sustainability of local government heritage programs, on the other. Analysis includes discussion on (a) key issues arising out of an involuntary heritage designation, (b) flexible alternative conservation mechanisms and incentives available to local governments, (c) approaches to conservation of heritage buildings in other jurisdictions, and (d) opportunities for improvement in the local government heritage conservation program.

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Wattimury, Samuel Michael, and Kurniawati Kurniawati. "Pembangunan Berkelanjutan pada Kawasan Benteng Nieuw Victoria Menggunakan Konsep Triple Bottom Line (TBL)." PANALUNGTIK 5, no. 2 (December 31, 2022): 73–82. http://dx.doi.org/10.55981/panalungtik.2022.79.

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Fort Nieuw Victoria is one of the cultural heritages in Ambon City, however, up until now it still functions as the headquarters of the Pattimura Regional Military Command XVI which has caused the function of the fort as a cultural heritage building to be invisible, in the attempt of restoring the Fort Nieuw Victoria's function as a cultural heritage building, the Ambon City government has coordinated with the Ministry of Education and Culture, the Ministry of Defense, also the TNI Commander, unfortunately until recently the city government has not prepared a final model for the development of the cultural heritage building. This paper aimed to provide input on the sustainable development of the Fort Nieuw Victoria area. Using qualitative methods through a descriptive approach is expected to answer the problems and reaching the purpose of this paper. The results of this study show that by using the triple bottom line concept, in the sustainable development at Fort Nieuw Victoria it’s not only as tourist destination to increase local revenue (economic side), but also make it a green open space as a provider of oxygen for urban communities (ecology), and can be used as a space of education, recreation, a gathering place for young people (social side)

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Francis, Ronald, Anona Armstrong, and Vicky Totikidis. "Ethnicity and Crime: A Statewide Analysis by Local Government Areas in Victoria, Australia." Asian and Pacific Migration Journal 15, no. 2 (June 2006): 201–17. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/011719680601500202.

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Agarwal, Priya, Tim T. Werner, Ruth Lane, and Julia Lamborn. "Municipal recycling performance in Victoria, Australia: results from a survey of local government authorities." Australasian Journal of Environmental Management 27, no. 3 (May 26, 2020): 294–308. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14486563.2020.1765423.

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Bensberg, Monica. "Infrastructure and Organisational Development: A Regional Approach to Health Promotion." Australian Journal of Primary Health 6, no. 1 (2000): 67. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/py00007.

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This paper describes existing health promotion systems in Victoria and explains how infrastructure can be strengthened to influence the delivery of local health promotion action. The Victorian State Government has invested in regional support to facilitate the development and coordination of health promotion at a local level. To achieve this the Regional Infrastructure for Improving Health Promotion (RIIHP) model was developed, providing a framework for strategic action. The model draws upon organisational change theory and capacity building methods to highlight the necessary infrastructure for sustainable health promotion efforts. Forty five local health promotion practitioners, managers, academics, and Department program advisers were interviewed and asked what they thought supported or influenced health promotion. The responses from interviews were combined to develop the RIIHP model. The RIIHP model provides a framework for planning infrastructure improvements. This model is relevant to agencies, regions and state departments who want to succeed in establishing coordinated and effective health promotion systems.

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Faroqi, Hamed, Leila Irajifar, and Ali Cheshmehzangi. "Sustainable Development in Smart and Resilient Local Government Areas: An Empirical Investigation of Victoria, Australia." International Journal of Sustainable Development and Planning 17, no. 6 (October 21, 2022): 1943–51. http://dx.doi.org/10.18280/ijsdp.170630.

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Experts always seek for improving the development and management of multidimensional urban systems, including those of sustainability, smartness, and resiliency. These dimensions are the main keywords in related research to model and predict better development in urban and regional areas; there are overlapped concepts, common attributes, and parallel processes in existing indices designed for each of those keywords, which might not be an ideal option for the status quo. Therefore, there is a need to find a balance between these concepts/indices and identify an integrated development strategy that addresses smart, resilient, and sustainable development demands. For this purpose, first of all, attributes and themes used to develop the development indices are collected from the recent literature. Secondly, a semantic text mining technique is used to discover commonly used attributes among the collected ones. Thirdly, Principal Component Analysis (PCA) is used to investigate the correlation between the selected attributes to reduce or merge similar attributes. Fourthly, after collecting data and normalizing calculated scores for each LGA, a k-means clustering method is used to identify LGAs with similar development behaviour. And finally, the developed index is implemented in Victoria, Australia as a case study that includes 79 regional and urban local government areas. Evaluation of the results (comparing the results with two existing studies) indicated the success of the proposed index in bringing smartness, resiliency and sustainability indices under a united and comprehensive development index.

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Aulich, Chris. "Localising Human Services: A History of Local Government Human Services in Victoria - by Robert Lowell." Australian Journal of Public Administration 66, no. 3 (September 2007): 388–89. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8500.2007.00550_8.x.

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Alindogan, Mark Anthony, Eli Ristevski, and Anske Robinson. "A cross-sectional analysis of local government health and wellbeing plans and priorities in Victoria, Australia." Australian Journal of Primary Health 23, no. 5 (2017): 440. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/py17025.

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The aim of this study is to explore local health and wellbeing plans and priorities by Victorian local governments (LGs), specifically to: (1) analyse how LG priority areas are described in comparison to the State-level plan; (2) identify differences between regional and metropolitan health priorities; and (3) identify differences between LGs with high and low socioeconomic status. Content analysis of 79 LG health and wellbeing plans was undertaken. Differences in health and wellbeing priorities between LGs were examined using the t-test for two proportions. In total, 20% of the plans did not specify actions to address health priorities. One in three (34%) did not specify how evaluation will be done. Alcohol and other drugs, gambling and housing were prioritised more by metropolitan LGs, whereas disease prevention was prioritised more in regional LGs. There was no significant difference in health and wellbeing priorities of LGs with high and low socioeconomic status except for gambling. State-level health and wellbeing plans should be sensitive to differences in priorities of LGs. There is a need for local plans to commit to specific actions and evaluation. This analysis provides basis for more community-reflective, State-level planning and calls for more emphasis on identifying actions and evaluation in local level planning.

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Bell, James, Henry Chan, Michael Chan, and Sungkon Moon. "COVID-19 and Construction: Impact Analysis on Construction Performance during Two Infection Waves in Victoria, Australia." Sustainability 14, no. 5 (February 23, 2022): 2580. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su14052580.

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This research outlines the fluctuation in confirmed active cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), as related to the changes in the Victoria state government’s rules and restrictions. Further, this study examines the impact of government restrictions on the performance of construction in Victoria, Australia. The data analyses in this paper identify the specific effects on industrial production, during the different lockdown stages, in three local construction companies. Companies were selected from different points along the supply chain. Company A is a supplier involved in the manufacturing of structural steel. Company B conducts logistics and procurement. Company C is a construction engineering business specializing in foundations. After reviewing relevant case studies and theories, data analyses were developed in collaboration with these companies. The results revealed that the impact of restrictions on the workers on individual construction projects was not significant. Stage 4 restrictions (Victoria’s highest lockdown level) significantly impacted overall income by limiting construction to only servicing essential infrastructure or essential businesses. The novel contribution of this study is the data analysis outcome for Victoria, where a high level of restrictions were experienced, such as curfew and enforced isolation at home, relative to other countries. In 2021 and 2022 (omicron variant dominated), Victoria was again at the brink of an infection wave, which showed a similar pattern to July 2020, and endured the world’s longest COVID-19 lockdown. The research findings contribute to the body of knowledge by providing empirical data analysis of each company, representing the economic impact of ordinary small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in construction.

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Greenfield, Anthony, Susie Moloney, and Mikael Granberg. "Climate Emergencies in Australian Local Governments: From Symbolic Act to Disrupting the Status Quo?" Climate 10, no. 3 (March 9, 2022): 38. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/cli10030038.

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This paper examines the emerging phenomenon of climate emergency declarations. We focus on the case of Victoria Australia and the 30 councils who have declared a climate emergency with a particular focus on three councils. We explore the drivers, meanings, and implications and to what extent the subsequent plans reflect a reframing of local government roles and actions. We find the emergency declaration movement is catalysing councils beyond symbolic declarations potentially opening up space for change and disruption. Of interest in this paper is also the principal and theoretical implications for citizens, local government, and for research that is connected with this emerging trend. We highlight conclusions, ideas, and perspectives that can be drawn from this study of the Australian practice of climate emergency declarations.

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O'Halloran, Siobhan, Joshua Hayward, Claudia Strugnell, Tiana Felmingham, Jaimie Poorter, Stephanie Kilpatrick, Penny Fraser, et al. "Building capacity for the use of systems science to support local government public health planning: a case study of the VicHealth Local Government Partnership in Victoria, Australia." BMJ Open 12, no. 12 (December 2022): e068190. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2022-068190.

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ObjectiveTo present an approach to build capacity for the use of systems science to support local communities in municipal public health and well-being planning.DesignCase study.SettingLocal government authorities participating in the VicHealth Local Government Partnership in Victoria, Australia.ParticipantsLocal government staff members were trained in community-based system dynamics (CBSD), and group model building (GMB) techniques to mobilise local community efforts. The trained local government facilitation teams then delivered GMB workshops to community stakeholder groups from 13 local government areas (LGA)s.Main outcomesTraining in CBSD was conducted with council facilitation teams in 13 LGAs, followed by the local delivery of GMB workshops 1–3 to community stakeholders. Causal loop diagrams (CLD) representing localised drivers of mental well-being, healthy eating, active living or general health and well-being of children and young people were developed by community stakeholders. Locally tailored action ideas were generated such as well-being classes in school, faster active transport and access to free and low-cost sporting programmesResultsOverall, 111 local government staff participated in CBSD training. Thirteen CLDs were developed, with the stakeholders that included children, young people and community members, who had participated in the GMB workshops across all 13 council sites. Workshop 3 had the highest total number of participants (n=301), followed by workshop 1 (n=287) and workshop 2 (n=171).ConclusionsLocal facilitation of the CBSD process has developed community informed and locally relevant CLDs that will be used to lead local action to improve the well-being of children and young people. Training employees in CBSD is one approach to increase systems thinking capacity within local government.

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Menkhorst, P. "John Hilary Seebeck 1939 - 2003. An obituary by Peter Menkhorst (with assistance from Ian Mansergh, Ian Temby and Robert Warneke)." Australian Mammalogy 25, no. 2 (2003): 221. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/am03221_ob.

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WITH the passing of John Seebeck on 8 September 2003, Victoria lost a true champion of nature conservation. Born on 28 September 1939, John grew up in Northcote, Melbourne, and attended local State schools. He joined the fledgling Wildlife Research Section of the Fisheries and Game Department in 1960 as a technical assistant. The following year, John received a Government studentship allowing him to study part-time for a B.Sc. at The University of Melbourne. On returning to full-time employment, John worked assiduously with Keith Dempster, Robert Warneke and others to build the Wildlife Research Section into a springboard for better conservation in Victoria.

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Carnemolla, Phillippa, Jack Kelly, Catherine Donnelley, Aine Healy, and Megan Taylor. "“If I Was the Boss of My Local Government”: Perspectives of People with Intellectual Disabilities on Improving Inclusion." Sustainability 13, no. 16 (August 13, 2021): 9075. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su13169075.

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Despite many initiatives to reframe and support inclusion for people with disabilities, people with intellectual disabilities continue to experience social exclusion in their local communities. This study shares the perspectives of people with an intellectual disability on what matters to them in their local communities. This study aims to inform local governments of the value of engaging with and listening to local people with intellectual disabilities and is an important exploration of how the social sustainability of cities is framed and valued by people who have historically been socially and geographically excluded. Focus groups and interviews were conducted in six local government areas, with a mix of metropolitan and regional areas, in two states of Australia—NSW and Victoria. The study analysed how 45 Australian adults with intellectual disabilities described their local communities and conceptualised better inclusion. The results were collated and organised by applying an adapted framework of inclusive cities. The participants expressed the need for safe, accessible and clean public amenities; accessible information; appropriate communication; and for people to be more respectful, friendly and understanding of the needs of people with intellectual disabilities. This study suggests that local governments can take action in order to improve social sustainability by engaging with local people with intellectual disabilities as citizens, advisors and employees, and by educating the wider community about respect and social inclusion for all.

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Ore, Timothy. "Variations in heart failure hospitalisation rates by socioeconomic status, Victoria, Australia." Journal of Epidemiological Research 2, no. 1 (October 15, 2015): 47. http://dx.doi.org/10.5430/jer.v2n1p47.

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This paper analyses variations in heart failure (HF) hospitalisation rates by community socioeconomic status (SES) in Victoria,from 1 July 2011 to 30 June 2014. The data was taken from the Victorian Admitted Episodes Dataset, the Australian Bureauof Statistics’ Estimated Resident Population and Index of Relative Socioeconomic Disadvantage and the Victorian PopulationHealth Survey. There were over 38,000 HF hospitalisations over the period. The age-standardised HF rates per 10,000 populationvaried inversely (r = -0.362, p<.01) with SES across 79 Local Government Areas (LGA). The coefficient of variation for HFhospitalisation rates was 0.35 and 0.14 for all admissions, indicating that HF hospitalisations have a greater variation by LGA.Communities with high HF rates also had high rates of current smokers (r = 0.24), chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (r= 0.57), renal failure (r = 0.54), diabetes (r = 0.24), musculoskeletal malignant neoplasms (r = 0.35) and Disability SupportPension recipients (r = 0.38). The average 30-day HF readmission rate was 25.5%, the second highest of all admission categories.The HF readmission rates also varied inversely (r = -0.38, p<.01) with SES. Investigating variations in HF by SES may uncovermodifiable pathways. Given the high readmission rates, comorbidities and population ageing, there is a case for improving healthoutcomes for HF patients.

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Glanville, Carmen, Jennifer Ford, and Grahame Coleman. "Animal Cruelty and Neglect: Prevalence and Community Actions in Victoria, Australia." Animals 9, no. 12 (December 11, 2019): 1121. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ani9121121.

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While animal mistreatment is common worldwide, its true scale is largely unknown. Currently, organisations rely on community reporting (case data) and trends found therein to inform prevention activities. To investigate the prevalence, types, and responses to animal mistreatment in Victoria, we conducted a representative telephone survey (n = 1801) across six Local Government Areas (LGAs); three with high numbers of RSPCA reported cases and three demographically similar areas with low numbers of such cases. Overall, 25.7% of people surveyed had witnessed at least one incident of mistreatment in the last 12 months, with those relating to neglect or poor management predominating. No differences in prevalence were found between LGAs when socio-economic index and local government comparator group were controlled for. However, participants in regional cities recalled witnessing more separate incidents than those in metropolitan or interface areas. Actions taken after witnessing mistreatment were varied, yet many participants did nothing (27%) and only 9% reported to RSPCA Victoria. Attitudes to reporting were positive but did not predict reporting behaviour. Together, these results demonstrate that case data are not reliable indicators of the true prevalence of animal mistreatment; it is common and grossly underreported, highlighting the need for effective, evidence-based prevention programs.

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Vodstrcil, Lenka A., Jane Hocking, Tim R. H. Read, Andrew E. Grulich, and Christopher K. Fairley. "Anal cancers attributed to human papillomavirus are more common in areas in Victoria, Australia, with higher HIV notifications." Sexual Health 10, no. 3 (2013): 220. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/sh12184.

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Background Anal cancer is more common in men who have sex with men with HIV. We aimed to determine if there was an association between anal squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) and HIV notifications in men in Victoria, Australia, at a population level. Methods: We calculated the male age-standardised incidence rates for anal SCC, brain cancer and colon cancer for each local government area (LGA) in Victoria from 1982 to 31 December 2010 using the Victorian Cancer Registry. Male HIV rates in each LGA were calculated using the Victorian HIV Registry. Results: There were 288 men diagnosed with anal SCC, 8793 with brain cancer and 23 938 with colon cancer in 57 LGAs. There were 3163 men notified with HIV during the same period in the same LGAs (range: 4–435 per LGA). There was a significant positive correlation (r = 0.45, P < 0.001, r2 = 0.20) between the age-standardised rate of anal SCC and the rate of HIV notifications in men in each LGA but no correlation between the male age-standardised rate of colon (Pearson’s r = –0.11, P = 0.40) or brain (r = –0.05, P = 0.71) cancers, and the rate of HIV. The rate of anal cancer was ~50% higher in LGAs with the highest HIV notification rate (incidence rate ratio = 1.47; 95% confidence interval: 1.10–1.97). Conclusions: At a population level, about one in five cases (r2 = 0.20) of anal SCCs in men are explained by the rate of HIV notifications in that LGA.

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Casson, Rebecca. "Gas, grass or ass, no one rides for free: the mohawk mayor." Persona Studies 2, no. 2 (December 7, 2016): 42–56. http://dx.doi.org/10.21153/ps2016vol2no2art600.

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In November 2013 Darryn Lyons, a former celebrity photographer well-known for his colourful antics, was directly elected as mayor of Geelong, the second largest city in the State of Victoria, Australia. Also known as “Mr Paparazzi” and “The Mohawk Mayor”, Lyons’s leadership lasted just 30 months before the Victorian State Government sacked him and dissolved the entire Geelong Council, revealing a pre-existing culture of bullying that appeared to be compounded by Lyons’s celebrity persona. How did Lyons’s persona affect Geelong’s newly established procedures for a directly elected mayor? Drawing on one particularly controversial incident, and using data collected from Lyons’s autobiography, together with media articles, official documents and social media, this article discusses how - as a celebrity politician - Lyons appeared to be unable to effectively separate his celebrity persona from his public persona. This seemed to drown out Geelong’s important issues, and undermined the legitimacy of local government. The current literature on directly elected mayors does not include consideration of how electing a celebrity as mayor complicates the problems of legitimacy in local government, and there is a paucity of literature on directly elected celebrity mayors in Australia. An emerging literature on directly elected mayors primarily addresses problems with legitimacy in contemporary politics, while the literature on celebrity politics changing legitimacy has been well established. Using the Lyons case, this article examines both literatures and contributes to the national and international debate on directly elected celebrity mayors.

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Schermuly, Allegra Clare, and Helen Forbes-Mewett. "Police legitimacy: perspectives of migrants and non-migrants in Australia." Journal of Criminological Research, Policy and Practice 5, no. 1 (February 28, 2019): 50–63. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jcrpp-08-2018-0025.

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Purpose This paper is drawn from a larger study investigating community perceptions of police legitimacy in the Monash Local Government Area (LGA), in the Australian state of Victoria. Monash had seen declining results in the official government survey in the indicators that assessed police legitimacy over the preceding decade. The purpose of this paper is to explore the perceptions of both migrant and non-migrant participants to understand the role of migrant status in influencing assessments of police legitimacy in Monash LGA. Design/methodology/approach Through six focus groups, 18 interviews and one e-mail response with 31 individuals, perceptions of Victoria Police among the communities of Monash were collated and analysed. Findings One of the key findings of the study was that ethnic diversity and/or migrant status of community members were a key factor raised in response to questions about community perceptions of the legitimacy of Victoria Police in Monash LGA. Demographic change had been significant in Monash LGA over the preceding decade, including increasing ethnic diversity in the population and a shift in migration patterns from predominantly European to migrants from East and South Asia. In this paper, the authors suggest that the migrant status of Monash residents was a key factor that both migrant and non-migrant participants thought influenced perceptions of the police. Accordingly, because migrants make up a significant cohort of Australia’s population, we afford due attention to this previously overlooked topic. Practical implications The practical implications of this paper are as follows: existing Victoria Police partnerships in the Monash community should be continued and expanded where possible; Victoria Police should also prioritise partnerships with large, new migrant communities, for example, Monash’s Chinese communities; orientation for new migrants to Victoria around the criminal justice system, including Victoria Police, would help new migrants be more aware of their rights and what to expect of law enforcement in their new host country; police should continue to increase representation of ethnic diversity in the force via recruitment of greater numbers of ethnically diverse police members. Originality/value Although there have been previous Australian studies on migrant status as a factor in perceptions of criminal justice (see Murphy and Cherney, 2011, 2012; Hong Chui and Kwok-Yin Cheng, 2014), the paper identifies a distinct narrative around migrants’ views of Victoria Police which the authors believe warrant further investigation using an example from a local context. Furthermore, most research in this field has been quantitative. The current study provides additional new insights through an in-depth qualitative approach.

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Breach, Rayleen, and Linda K. Jones. "Victorian maternal child health nurses’ knowledge, attitudes and beliefs towards national registration changes." Journal of Hospital Administration 6, no. 3 (March 26, 2017): 1. http://dx.doi.org/10.5430/jha.v6n3p1.

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In 2010 National Registration for nurses was established which was likely to impact the role of the maternal and child health nurses (MCH) in Victoria. This study explored the perceived impact of the national changes to the MCH nurse workforce in Victoria following the implementation of national registration and a proposed national service framework. A qualitative exploratory descriptive design was employed with the purpose of exploring the knowledge, attitudes and beliefs of Key Stakeholders (KSH) to the recent changes and perceived impact to Victorian MCH nurses. The significance of this study lies with understanding the gaps in current knowledge of KSH to the national changes. Outlined briefly in this paper will be main findings from the KSH. This involved interviewing 12 KSH from management positions, including Local Government Coordinators, Policy Advisors to the Department of Education and Early Childhood Development, the Municipal Association of Victoria, along with academics from Universities that provide postgraduate Child and Family Health education programs for the MCH nurse qualification. Date was transcribed verbatim and content analysis used. Categories were developed by identifying recurrent patterns from the data, labels were then chosen which reflected the participant’s words: “common standard”; “losing our identity”; “universal service”; “we do it well” and “imposed from above”. Overall the KSH were concerned how the disparity in education and qualifications would be resolved and the effect this would have on the service. Findings from this study highlight the importance of comprehensively investigating services offered by all jurisdictions and using collaboration, communication and leadership to effectively introduce change.

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Gabriel, Paul. "The Development of Municipal Emergency Management Planning in Victoria, Australia." International Journal of Mass Emergencies & Disasters 20, no. 3 (November 2002): 293–307. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/028072700202000302.

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In Australia, local government plays an essential role in emergency management, although not a provider of emergency services. The role of supporting emergency services and the community both during and after emergencies has been a traditional role. Added to this is an increasing responsibility as the focal point for the conduct of local mitigation using risk analysis, prioritization, and treatment under the methodology of emergency risk management. This role is part of a shift in the emphasis of emergency management in Australia away from the strong focus on emergencies and the emergency services, towards an emphasis on the sustainability of the community and its life in the context of the risk of loss posed by natural and other hazards. Models of municipal emergency risk management planning are presented to assist municipalities to connect or even integrate their emergency management planning processes with other similar community safety activities such as crime and injury prevention.

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Wah, Win, Rob G. Stirling, Susannah Ahern, and Arul Earnest. "Forecasting of Lung Cancer Incident Cases at the Small-Area Level in Victoria, Australia." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18, no. 10 (May 11, 2021): 5069. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18105069.

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Predicting lung cancer cases at the small-area level is helpful to quantify the lung cancer burden for health planning purposes at the local geographic level. Using Victorian Cancer Registry (2001–2018) data, this study aims to forecast lung cancer counts at the local government area (LGA) level over the next ten years (2019–2028) in Victoria, Australia. We used the Age-Period-Cohort approach to estimate the annual age-specific incidence and utilised Bayesian spatio-temporal models that account for non-linear temporal trends and area-level risk factors. Compared to 2001, lung cancer incidence increased by 28.82% from 1353 to 1743 cases for men and 78.79% from 759 to 1357 cases for women in 2018. Lung cancer counts are expected to reach 2515 cases for men and 1909 cases for women in 2028, with a corresponding 44% and 41% increase. The majority of LGAs are projected to have an increasing trend for both men and women by 2028. Unexplained area-level spatial variation substantially reduced after adjusting for the elderly population in the model. Male and female lung cancer cases are projected to rise at the state level and in each LGA in the next ten years. Population growth and an ageing population largely contributed to this rise.

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Ordóñez, Camilo, Dave Kendal, Caragh G. Threlfall, Dieter F. Hochuli, Melanie Davern, Richard A. Fuller, Rodney van der Ree, and Stephen J. Livesley. "How Urban Forest Managers Evaluate Management and Governance Challenges in Their Decision-Making." Forests 11, no. 9 (September 2, 2020): 963. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/f11090963.

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Decisions about urban forests are critical to urban liveability and resilience. This study aimed to evaluate the range of positions held by urban forest managers from local governments in the state of Victoria, Australia, regarding the management and governance challenges that affect their decision-making. This study was based on a Q-method approach, a procedure that allows researchers to evaluate the range of positions that exist about a topic in a structured manner based on the experiences of a wide group of people. We created statements on a wide range of urban forest management and governance challenges and asked urban forest managers to rate their level of agreement with these statements via an online survey. Managers generally agreed about the challenges posed by urban development and climate change for implementing local government policies on urban forest protection and expansion. However, there were divergent views about how effective solutions based on increasing operational capacities, such as increasing budgets and personnel, could address these challenges. For some managers, it was more effective to improve critical governance challenges, such as inter-departmental and inter-municipal coordination, community engagement, and addressing the culture of risk aversion in local governments. Urban forest regional strategies aimed at coordinating management and governance issues across cities should build on existing consensus on development and environmental threats and address critical management and governance issues not solely related to local government operational capacity.

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Dollery, Brian Edward, and Joseph James Drew. "Chalk and Cheese: A Comparative Analysis of Local Government Reform Processes in New South Wales and Victoria." International Journal of Public Administration 41, no. 11 (June 2017): 847–58. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01900692.2017.1298609.

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McDonald, Paul. "From Streets to Sidewalks: Developments in Primary Care Services for Injecting Drug Users." Australian Journal of Primary Health 8, no. 1 (2002): 65. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/py02010.

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Primary Health Care for the Injecting Drug User (IDU) has been established in Victoria in recognition of the serious health needs of IDUs, which require a relevant and effective response. Research shows the medical consequences that flow from drug abuse, ranging from the onset of blood borne viruses to cardiovascular conditions, and the propensity of drug users to access health services only through accident and emergency areas of hospitals. In 1999, the Victorian government announced the funding of five Local Drug Strategies in five of Melbourne's 'hotspot' street drug areas to address both the needs of users and communities in relation to substance abuse. This funding was an impetus to establish and trial the concept of primary health services, combining both a fixed site and a mobile outreach service. These services are designed to meet the primary health needs of street-based injecting drug users who are at high risk of experiencing overdose or other forms of drug-related harm.

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PICKARD, JOHN. "Wire Fences in Colonial Australia: Technology Transfer and Adaptation, 1842–1900." Rural History 21, no. 1 (March 5, 2010): 27–58. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0956793309990136.

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AbstractAfter reviewing the development of wire fencing in Great Britain and the United States of America in the early nineteenth century, I examine the introduction of wire into Australia using published sources only. Wire was available in the colonies from the early 1850s. The earliest published record of a wire fence was on Phillip Island near Melbourne (Victoria) in 1842. Almost a decade passed before wire was used elsewhere in Victoria and the other eastern colonies. Pastoralists either sought information on wire fences locally or from agents in Britain. Local agents of British companies advertised in colonial newspapers from the early 1850s, with one exceptional record in 1839. Once wire was adopted, pastoralists rejected iron posts used in Britain, preferring cheaper wood posts cut from the property. The most significant innovation was to increase post spacings with significant cost savings. Government and the iron industry played no part in these innovations, which were achieved through trial-and-error by pastoralists. The large tonnages of wire imported into Australia and the increasing demand did not stimulate local production of wire, and there were no local wire mills until 1911.

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Etiegni, Christine Adhiambo, Kenneth Irvine, and Michelle Kooy. "Participatory governance in Lake Victoria (Kenya) fisheries: whose voices are heard?" Maritime Studies 19, no. 4 (July 21, 2020): 489–507. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40152-020-00195-x.

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AbstractCo-management is advocated as a means to improve human equity and the ecological sustainability of common-pool resources. The promotion of co-management of fisheries often assumes the participation of resource users in decision-making ensures more ecologically sustainable outcomes than top–down management approaches while improving livelihoods and food security. However, in fisheries co-management approaches, participation is often poorly defined and measured by co-management proponents. For resource users, it may not be clear what their participation in co-management entails, and what such participation might involve or achieve. For the fisheries of Lake Victoria (Kenya), the introduction of co-management established Beach Management Units (BMUs) on a model of participatory decision-making. Unsurprisingly, given global experiences of institutions for resource users’ participation in co-management, the structures established across Lake Victoria (Kenya) have not resulted in effective participation of fisher folk. We examine why this is so. Specifically, we examine the influence of institutions on fisher folks’ participation in co-management, using critical institutionalism to explain how participation of resource users is shaped by the relation between formal government institutions and informal social norms. We take four BMUs as case studies to investigate how historical administrative structures shape the development of co-management, how power relationships within co-management are negotiated at the local beach level and the fisher folks’ understanding of their participation in co-management. We document how informal institutions undermine and replace formal institutions at the local beach level, while formal institutions suppress and ignore informal ones at the national and regional levels. From this, we argue power sharing between the government and fisher folk is key for fisher folk participation in fisheries co-management, capable of addressing both social and ecological challenges facing fisheries management.

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Zanker, Carolyn. "Child Safety under Scrutiny: The Rural Child Safety Project." Children Australia 16, no. 04 (1991): 26–27. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1035077200012542.

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Country life may not be as healthy for children as we would like to think. More rural children under five years of age die as the result of accidents than their city counterparts. To raise awareness of this problem, the Child Accident Prevention Foundation of Australia is conducting a Rural Child Safety Project with the Southern Mallee Councils Group in Victoria over a twelve month period. The project was launched in Swan Hill on 21 August 1991 by the Hon. Caroline Hogg, Minister for Ethnic, Municipal and Community Affairs. The launch took place at a local Primary School and was attended by local government representatives and community leaders.

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Wallace, Carolyn. "Optimising horizontal and vertical partnership connections: bringing partnerships together to create a network advantage." Australian Journal of Primary Health 15, no. 3 (2009): 196. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/py09002.

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Partnerships bring actors together to make horizontal connections between organisations. This has proven to be an effective model at the local level in Ireland. This paper explores possibilities for local partnerships to come together through a network to make vertical connections to national policy processes. It is written as a practice and innovation paper by the national coordinator of the Community Partnership Network in Ireland. A review of current practice and expectations of the Community Partnership Network indicates there has been greater success in providing support to members compared with impacts from strong vertical connections. This experience is common for a range of local actors in the community development sector in Ireland who find that there are insufficient meaningful connections between local and national institutions. This limits the opportunity for transfer of knowledge from the local level to inform national policy. Going forward, the notion of network advantage is explored as a means to make the necessary vertical connections. It is proposed that the outcomes from a network should cover the dimensions of: joint value creation, mutual capacity development and collective engagement with decision makers. There is real opportunity to apply this in Ireland as the three networks representing local development are about to merge into a single representative body for what are now local integrated development partnerships. Thinking about network advantage also provides possible application for creating stronger vertical linkages between local partnerships in Victoria, Australia and bodies at the state level, including the Victorian State Government.

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Adam, Jenny, and Rae Walker. "Trust in Relationships Between Primary Health Care Organisations." Australian Journal of Primary Health 7, no. 1 (2001): 56. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/py01008.

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In Victoria the primary health care sector is in a period of change intended to strengthen the integration of a complex service system through a process of partnership development based on collaboration. The partnerships are voluntary alliances of the primary care service providers, usually within a locality of two to three local government areas. Their purpose is to improve the health and wellbeing of the local population by strengthening inter-agency coordination in the areas of needs identification, planning and service delivery. Trust is a key issue in this process. This paper is a report of the first stage of a study to explore trust in the context of relationships between organisations in the primary care sector.

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Love, Penelope, Jillian Whelan, Colin Bell, Felicity Grainger, Cherie Russell, Meron Lewis, and Amanda Lee. "Healthy Diets in Rural Victoria—Cheaper than Unhealthy Alternatives, Yet Unaffordable." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 15, no. 11 (November 5, 2018): 2469. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph15112469.

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Rural communities experience higher rates of obesity and reduced food security compared with urban communities. The perception that healthy foods are expensive contributes to poor dietary choices. Providing an accessible, available, affordable healthy food supply is an equitable way to improve the nutritional quality of the diet for a community, however, local food supply data are rarely available for small rural towns. This study used the Healthy Diets ASAP tool to assess price, price differential and affordability of recommended (healthy) and current diets in a rural Local Government Area (LGA) (pop ≈ 7000; 10 towns) in Victoria, Australia. All retail food outlets were surveyed (n = 40). The four most populous towns had supermarkets; remaining towns had one general store each. Seven towns had café/take-away outlets, and all towns had at least one hotel/pub. For all towns the current unhealthy diet was more expensive than the recommended healthy diet, with 59.5% of the current food budget spent on discretionary items. Affordability of the healthy diet accounted for 30–32% of disposable income. This study confirms that while a healthy diet is less expensive than the current unhealthier diet, affordability is a challenge for rural communities. Food security is reduced further with restricted geographical access, a limited healthy food supply, and higher food prices.

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Ruming, Kristian, Nicole Gurran, and Bill Randolph. "Housing Affordability and Development Contributions: New Perspectives from Industry and Local Government in New South Wales, Victoria and Queensland." Urban Policy and Research 29, no. 3 (July 25, 2011): 257–74. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08111146.2011.592136.

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