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Program Day 2, ACOSS Conference 2012

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Friday 30 March 2012

Program is not final and is subject to change.

Session Time	Session Title and Information	Confirmed Speakers
9:00 - 9:05	Welcome to Country	Donna Ingram, Metropolitan Land Council
9:05 - 10:45	Including the excluded in Australia's job market This session will include a diverse mix of Australian leaders in a discussion about how employers can assist people who are disadvantaged and locked out of the labour market to find employment in the Australian economy. This session will also provide the opportunity to examine the relationship between unemployment and the labour market.	Jennifer Westacott, CEO, Business Council of Australia The Hon Kate Ellis MP, Minister for Employment Participation and Minister for Early Childhood and Child Care Sussan Ley MP, Shadow Minister for Employment Participation Paul Cain, National Council on Intellectual Disability CHAIR: David Speers, Political Editor, Sky News
10:45 - 11:05	Morning Tea
11:05 - 12:25 Concurrent breakout session 1	Healthy Lives, healthy communities This session will look at opportunities to address health inequalities in Australia, including the difference in access to services and outcomes across the urban-rural spectrum. It will also examine the opportunities and barriers to community-based care in the national health reform agenda.	The Hon Tanya Plibersek MP, Minister for Health Jenny May, GP Supervisor, University of Newcastle Diana O'Halloran, University of Western Sydney CHAIR: Carol Bennet, CEO, Consumers Health Forum of Australia
11:05 - 12:25 Concurrent breakout session 2	Exploring new frontiers in social services Exploring innovative approaches to supporting people on low incomes and their communities in Australia.	The Hon Kim Carr MP, Minister for Human Services Catherine Gander, Executive Officer, Women's Refuge Resource Centre Sue Grigg, J2SI Project Manager, Sacred Heart Mission Robert Morsillo, Research Fellow, Swinburne Institute Chris Connolly, Research Associate, Centre for Social Impact, UNSW CHAIR: Irina Cattalini, CEO, WACOSS
12:25 - 1:10	LUNCH
1:10 - 2:40 Concurrent breakout session 1	Supporting disability in the next decade People with disabilities are neither sharing the wealth nor participating in the making of the wealth of Australia. A recent report released by Price Waterhouse Coopers cited Australia as being 17 out of 17 for poverty and 21 out of 29 for employment of people with disabilities out of comparative countries. This session will examine major policy reform in Australia, in particular the National Disability Strategy and the National Disability Insurance Scheme. It will analyse how these reforms, if properly implemented, will contribute to the growth of wealth in Australia. However, for this to occur, people with disabilities and their representative organisations must be in the driver's seat.	Lesley Hall, CEO, Australian Federation of Disability Organisations Gerard Thomas, Policy and Media Officer, National Welfare Rights Network Therese Sands, Executive Director, Leadership Team, People with Disabilities CHAIR: Graham Douglas-Meyer, ACOSS Board Member & Past Chair, Australian Federation of Disability Organisations
1:10 - 2:40 Concurrent breakout session 2	When advocacy hits industry: how community sector campaigns respond How does the community sector respond to the challenges directed by industry, and what impact does this have on community-business relations?	Don Henry, CEO, Australian Conservation Foundation Simon Sheikh, National Director, GetUp! Tim Costello, CEO, World Vision Australia CHAIR: Micaela Cronin, CEO, Mackillop Family Services
2:40 - 3:10	Afternoon Tea

3:10 - 5:00	Imagining Australia in 2030 This session brings together a diverse range of Australians to reflect on the future of Australia. Will Australia become a more or less equal country in the coming decades? What are the important policies for our national leaders to create in building a fairer Australia? These speakers will debate the new frontiers of social policy and offer their visions of Australian society in 2030 and the many challenges that stand in the way.	Adam Bandt MP, Federal Member for Melbourne Eva Cox, Research Fellow, Jumbunna Indigenous House of Learning, University of Technology Sydney Rebecca Huntley, Director, Ipsos Mackay Report George Megalogenis, Columnist, The Australian Annabel Crabb, Chief political editor, ABC Online CHAIR: James Valentine, ABC Radio Presenter

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