Sentences with phrase «significant social reforms»

• Keran Howe, Executive Director, Women with Disabilities Victoria, asks: Why are we witnessing one of the most significant social reforms in the nation's recent history, the NDIS, with no Cabinet representation?

Why are we witnessing one of the most significant social reforms in the nation's recent history with no Cabinet representation?

Under the NDIS — that has been described as the most significant social reform since Medicare was introduced in 1975 — Australians under 65 with severe disabilities are given funding packages to purchase chosen supports.

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One of the significant effects of this lies in the commercial process of commoditisation, where non-commercial, social activities are reformed, packaged and sold as commercial products or commodities.

Despite the welcome and significant changes to the Health & Social Care Bill that Lib Dem parliamentarians have secured, there remain serious concerns both within the party, Parliament and the medical profession about the impact and timing of the reforms.

To dismiss the potential of significant change through school reform is to dismiss a large collection of rigorous social science and the bulk of experience.

Unlike many education reform initiatives, the solutions that directly address student learning through the provision of new or improved forms of instruction have had significant positive impact on student achievement in grades 7 through 11 in mathematics, language arts, social studies and science and on the development of early reading skills.

The advantage of subsidy reform are significant and varied: appropriate energy prices would reduce global carbon emissions in 2013 by 21 % and fuel - related air pollution deaths by 55 %, while simultaneously boosting extra revenue of 4 % of global GDP and increasing social welfare by 2.2 % of global GDP.

Social inequalities can be reduced through the defense of human rights, the rule of law, participatory democracy, universal access to public services, the recognition of personal dignity, a significant improvement in the effectiveness of fiscal and social policies, an ethical finance reform, large scale decent work creation policies, integration of the informal and popular economic sectors, and national and international collaboration to eradicate the new forms of slavery such as forced labor and sexual exploitSocial inequalities can be reduced through the defense of human rights, the rule of law, participatory democracy, universal access to public services, the recognition of personal dignity, a significant improvement in the effectiveness of fiscal and social policies, an ethical finance reform, large scale decent work creation policies, integration of the informal and popular economic sectors, and national and international collaboration to eradicate the new forms of slavery such as forced labor and sexual exploitsocial policies, an ethical finance reform, large scale decent work creation policies, integration of the informal and popular economic sectors, and national and international collaboration to eradicate the new forms of slavery such as forced labor and sexual exploitation.

The social uproar that followed the ruling led to the German constitutional legislature taking a significant step aimed at protecting animal welfare with the 2002 constitutional reform, by including Article 20a in the Basic Law:

The report goes on to say that «although Justice Camp made significant efforts after complaints were made to the Council to reform the thinking and the attitudes which influenced his misguided approach to the Trial, in the particular circumstances of this inquiry, education — including social context education — can not adequately repair the damage caused to public confidence through his conduct of the Wagar Trial.»

Previous Social Justice Commissioners have reported on, and recommended reforms to, significant legislative developments such as the Native Title Amendment Act 1998 (Cth)(also known as «the Wik amendments»).