PM&C’s Social Inclusion Unit teamed up with the Australian Social Policy Association (ASPA), to host a seminar, Connecting Research, Policy and Practice to Achieve Social Inclusion for the Most Disadvantaged on 22 March. More than 100 people from across government, the not-for-profit and business sectors and academia attended. The Minister for Social Inclusion, the Hon Mark Butler MP, introduced the seminar, followed by a number of eminent speakers including the Chair of the Australian Social Inclusion Board, Patricia Faulkner; Professors Peter Saunders and Bettina Cass; and CEOs of ACOSS and The Smith Family. More information on the seminar is at the Social Inclusion Website.

http://www.socialinclusion.gov.au/news/conversation-social-inclusion