Government
involvement in Volunteering
Programs
South
Australian Office for Volunteers
The South Australian Office
for Volunteers was the first Australian government
office dedicated specifically to supporting and promoting
volunteer participation (established 2000). South
Australia also was the first state to have a Ministerial
portfolio dedicated to volunteers, and the current
Minister for Volunteers in SA is also the Premier,
Mike Rann, the only know leader of any political party
in the world to hold a volunteering portfolio.
Western
Australia Volunteering Secretariat
The website of the WA government’s
volunteering secretariat explains the WA State Government’s
commitment to supporting volunteering in Western Australia.
Opinion
Government
and Community Partnerships
This
is an interesting paper written by staff of the SA
Office of Volunteers and presented to the National
Conference on Volunteering in 2004
Punch,
Judy and volunteerism?
This
Hot Topic from September 2003 examines the increasing
role of government in setting the volunteering agenda
in Australia
Reflections
on compact development
This is a copy of the closing
speech made by President of Volunteering Australia
(and OzVPM founder) Andy Fryar, to the SA State Government
Congress on volunteering held in Adelaide during October
2002.
The
Politics of Social Capital
This
is a great article, written by Vern Hughes, that appeared
in the Australian Financial Review in August 2003.
It examines the tension between volunteer groups building
social capital and the increasing need for them to
meet expectations imposed by government. It particulalry
examines the role of the church
Volunteers
are voters too!
This
OzVPM Hot Topic from October 2004 looks at the neglect
of Australia's political parties in addressing volunteering
issues in the Federal election campaign in 2004
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