Some interesting article that we at JustAct found interesting and/or disturbing!

Howlers and omissions exposed in world of corporate social responsibility
Juliette Jowit  guardian.co.uk, Thursday 24 November 2011

John Giles/PA

Two companies both managed to excise, completely legally, a huge coal plant from their pollution record…

Disabled life quality ‘worst in developed world’
Jessica Wright
November 30, 2011
Almost one in two people with a disability in Australia lives in or near a state of poverty.

Northern Territory Emergency Response  2011 Evaluation report,
by Michel Harris OAM
A number of questions arise from reading the recently released Evaluation …

Unemployed and wrapped in red tape (via Inside Story)
The government has created a giant job-search industry caught between competition and over-regulation, writes Elisabeth Wynhausen …

Australians for Affordable Housing Update
During October and November the Australians for Affordable Housing campaign has released a national report on rates of housing stress, launched the campaign in Victoria, South Australia, Tasmania and New South Wales, discussed housing affordability issues on The Project on Channel 10 and targeted negative gearing and Capital Gains Tax deductions for investors in the lead up to the Federal Government’s tax forum.