The feature sessions are of variable length as noted below. The parallel session papers are organised by half hour with 20 minutes for each presentation plus 10 minutes following each paper for questions and discussion.

8.30-9.15	Registration - Brennan Room in the Shortland Union Building with tea/coffee available.
9.20-9.30	Official Welcome from Professor Bill Mitchell, Director of the Centre of Full Employment and Equity (CofFEE), University of Newcastle.
Session 1:	Parallel Session A - Brennan Room Chair: Ellen Carlson	Parallel Session B - Treehouse Chair: Graham Wrightson
9.30-10.00	Creating the conditions for public investment to deliver full employment and environmental sustainability Greg Smith, University of New England, Australia. Refereed	The problem of supply side economics Victor Quirk, CofFEE, University of Newcastle, Australia. Refereed
10.00-10.30	The new view on government policy to fight unemployment and inflation: a critique Peter Kriesler, University of New South Wales, Australia and Marc Lavoie, University of Ottawa, Canada. Refereed	Concerning apprenticeships: turning off the labour supply Harry Williams, School of Policy, University of Newcastle, Australia. Refereed
10.30-11.00	Involuntary unemployment: getting to the heart of the problem Bill Mitchell, CofFEE, University of Newcastle, Australia and Joan Muysken, CofFEE-Europe, University of Maastricht, The Netherlands Refereed	The decline of labour intenstive work - regimes of punishment and the rhetoric of welfare abuse David Humphries, University of Wollongong, Australia Refereed
11.00-11.30	Morning Tea - Brennan Room
Session 2: 11.30-12.45	Feature addresses Room: Brennan Room Chair: Bill Mitchell The New Zealand Mayors Task Force for Jobs Vivian Hutchinson, Community Advisor to Mayors Task for Jobs and Co-founder and Trustee, The Jobs Research Trust, New Plymouth, New Zealand. The need for paid employment opportunities in regional Australia David Thompson, Chief Executive Officer, Jobs Australia Limited, Carlton South The two speakers have vast experience in the policy sector in employment policy and will outline key themes for the Conference in terms of practical things that can be done in partnership with a committed Government to reduce unemployment and provide work for all.
12.45-13.45	Lunch - Brennan Room
Session 3:	Parallel Session A - Brennan Room Chair: Martin Watts	Parallel Session B - Treehouse Chair: Graham Wrightson
13.45-14.15	Pushing the envelope - how to transition long-term unemployed job seekers back into work Lynn Johnson and Peter Lanius, Juno Consulting, Melbourne, Australia. Non-refereed	Social enterprise - addressing regional employment and the environment Michele Adair, Mission Australia. Non-refereed
14.15-14.45	The workforce participation of people with disability: infrastructure, governance and the cost of employment Jack Frisch, University of New South Wales, Australia Non-refereed	Regional income inequality in Australia, 1978-2003 Frank Agbola, CofFEE, University of Newcastle, Australia Non-refereed
14.45-15.15	Creating effective employment solutions for people with psychiatric disability Anthea Bill, Sally Cowling, Bill Mitchell and Victor Quirk, CofFEE, University of Newcastle, Australia. Refereed	Housing costs and work location in Sydney Hazel Blunden, Shelter NSW and Michael Darcy, Julia Perry, and Judith Stubbs,Social Justice Social Change Research Centre, Australia. Refereed
15.15-15.45	Afternoon Tea - Brennan Room
Session 4:	Parallel Session A - Brennan Room Chair: Joan Muysken	Parallel Session B - Treehouse Chair: Victor Quirk
15.45-16.15	Analysis of the regional distribution of disadvantage using 2001 SEIFA. Monika Ciurej and Robert Tanton, Australian Bureau of Statistics, Canberra, Australia. Non-refereed	A Community Foundation to 'add value' to the Hunter Valley Greg Heys, Mission Australia. Non-refereed
16.15-16.45	Local labour markets in New South Wales: fact or fiction? Martin Watts, CofFEE, University of Newcastle, Australia Refereed	Employment policy in a social investment state Lucy Nelms, Daniel Perkins and Paul Smyth, Brotherhood of St. Laurence and The Centre for Public Policy, University of Melbourne, Australia. Non-refereed
16.45-17.15	Spatial dependence in regional unemployment rates in Australia Bill Mitchell and Anthea Bill, CofFEE, University of Newcastle, Australia. Refereed	No paper.
Session 5: 17.15-17.50	Feature address: Room: Brennan Room Chair: Bill Mitchell The innocent fraud of fiscal policy Warren Mosler, Associate Fellow, Centre for Economic and Public Policy, Cambridge University, U.K.
17.50	End of Day 1 Sessions
Social Event 18-00-22.00	CofFEE Conference Dance Party Room: Godfrey Tanner Bar CofFEE is putting on a barbecue in the Union Bar from 18.00. Drinks will be available at bar prices and the Blue Tones (a local blues band) will play from 19.30 to 22.00 to keep the dance floor alive. Buses will be available to take conference delegates back to the major hotels in Newcastle free of charge.

Thursday, December 9, 2004

Session 6:	Parallel Session A - Brennan Room Chair: Graham Wrightson	Parallel Session B - Treehouse Chair: James Juniper
9.00-9.30	Why are there no inflationary pressures in Australia? Insights from the South Australian labour market Steven Barrett, Centre for Labour Research, University of Adelaide, Australia. Refereed	Impact of health on the ability of older Australians to stay in the workforce with possible contributions to economic sustainability Agnes Walker, NATSEM, University of Canberra, Australia. Refereed
9.30-10.00	Labour underutilisation and regional labour force data estimates Bill Mitchell, CofFEE, University of Newcastle, Australia. Refereed	Towards efficiency in the health care sector: human resource issues and efficiency Janet Dzator, School of Policy, University of Newcastle, Australia. Non-refereed
Session 7: 10.00-10.45	Panel Discussion: Room: Brennan Room Chair: Bill Mitchell Vivian Hutchinson, David Thompson, Warren Mosler and others will discuss the imperatives of full employment and the range of constraints and solutions that exist.
10.45-11.15	Morning Tea - Brennan Room
Session 8:	Parallel Session A - Brennan Room Chair: Anthea Bill	Parallel Session B - Treehouse Chair: Jennifer Myers
11.15-11.45	Out of the frying pan: stories of low-paid work and poverty from the Senate Poverty Inquiry John Falzon, St Vincent de Paul Society, National Council, Australia. Non-refereed	Indigenous community economic development in Northern Australia Don Fuller, Southern Cross University and Anne Gleeson, Flinders University, Australia. Refereed
11.45-12.15	States of dependence: lessons from the U.S. road from welfare to work Sally Cowling, CofFEE, University of Newcastle, Australia. Refereed	Where are we going with indigenous employment policy? A.M. Dockery and N. Milsom, Curtin University of Technology, Australia. Refereed
12.15-12.45	Welfare 'reform' in Australia, 1975-2004: from entitlement to obligation Beth Cook, School of Policy, University of Newcastle, Australia. Refereed	Assisting the most disadvantaged jobseekers Daniel Perkins, The Brotherhood of St Laurence and The University of Melbourne, Australia and Lucy Nelms, The Brotherhood of St Laurence, Australia. Refereed
12.45-13.45	Lunch - Brennan Room
Session 9:	Parallel Session A - Brennan Room Chair: Phil Lawn	Parallel Session B - Treehouse Chair: Martin Watts
13.45-14.15	Realising the potential of Work for the Dole John Nevile, University of New South Wales, and Ann Nevile, Australian National University, Australia. Non-refereed	Small business employment dynamics in Australia James Juniper, Bill Mitchell and Jennifer Myers, CofFEE, University of Newcastle, Australia. Refereed
14.15-14.45	Mutual obligation, the environment and Work for the Dole Giorel Curran, Griffith University, Australia. Refereed	Recruitment practices and older jobseekers: soft skills and task specific skills Ed Carson and Carolyn Corkindale, University of South Australia, Australia. Refereed
14.45-15.15	Work for welfare and civic equality Sara Hammer, Griffith University, Australia. Refereed	Occupational mobility in Australia and the implications for VET Chandra Shah and Gerald Burke, Centre for the Economics of Education and Training, Monash University, Australia. Refereed
15.15-15.45	Afternoon Tea - Brennan Room
Session 10: 15.45-16.30	Feature session Room: Brennan Room Chair: Bill Mitchell Full employment through a Job Guarantee: a response to the critics L. Randall Wray, CFEPS, University of Missouri, Kansas City, USA. The address is based on the joint paper with Bill Mitchell, CofFEE, University of Newcastle, Australia.
Session 11:	Parallel Session A - Brennan Room Chair: Victor Quirk	Parallel Session B - Treehouse Chair: Graham Wrightson
16.30-17.00	Full employment and ecological sustainability: comparing the NAIRU, Basic Income and Job Guarantee approaches Philip Lawn, Flinders University of South Australia, Australia. Refereed	Beyond GDP: Measures of economic, social and environmental progress Jon Hall, Australian Bureau of Statistics, Canberra. Non-refereed
17.00-17.30	Why a sensible employment policy is unattainable in Australia John Tomlinson, Queensland University of Technology. Refereed	Towards and integrated sustainability indicators framework Kathryn Davidson, Australian Institute of Social Research, University of Adelaide, Australia. Refereed
17.30-18.30	End of Day 2 Sessions - Delegates have free-time before the dinner. Drinks can be purchased at the Godfrey Tanner Bar (17:30-18:00) and at the dinner venue (from 18:00 up until 19:00). The formal dinner (buffet format) commences at 19.00.
17.35-18-00	Business Meeting in Treehouse - a short meeting of interested parties will be held to consider the organisation of the National Unemployment Conference in 2005.
18.30 for 19.00	Conference Dinner - University Club, near Shortland Union. The dinner is included in the conference registration fee. A bus will be available to take conference delegates back to the major hotels in Newcastle free of charge.

Friday, December 10, 2004

Session 12: 9.00-10.15	Feature addresses: Room: Brennan Room Chair: Steve Hatfied-Dodds Managing without growth: employment, equity and the environment Peter Victor, York University, Canada. The role of people in measures of sustainable development: human and social capital Leonie Pearson, CSIRO Sustainable Ecosystems, Australia. The two presenters in this session are ANZSEE invited guest speakers.
10.15-10.45	Morning Tea - Brennan Room
Session 13:	Parallel Session A - Brennan Room Chair: ANZSEE	Parallel Session B - Treehouse Chair: ANZSEE
10.45-11.15	Sustaining interest - are green values converting to votes? Kate Norris, and Roger Patulny, Social Policy Research Centre, UNSW, Australia. Refereed	Land covenant trends in New Zealand David Martin, Davidson College, USA. Refereed
11.15-11.45	Sustainability and liberal political economy Joy Paton, Discipline of Political Economy, University of Sydney, Australia. Refereed	New institutional approaches to sustainability in coastal NSW Paul Ross, School of Policy, University of Newcastle, and James Juniper, CofFEE, University of Newcastle, Australia. Refereed
11.45-12.15	Treading lightly: ecofootprints of an ageing nation Vickie Forgie, New Zealand Centre for Ecological Economics, Massey University/Landcare Research, Garry McDonald and Catherine MacGregor, Market Economics Limited, New Zealand. Refereed	Community-based forest management for sustainable development of Philippine uplands: Lessons from Alcoy, Cebu Pepito Fernandez Jr., Australian National University, Canberra. Refereed
12.15-13.15	Lunch - Brennan Room
Session 14:	Parallel Session A - Brennan Room Chair: ANZSEE	Parallel Session B - Treehouse Chair: ANZSEE
13.15-13.45	Sustainability: are economists on the right track? Ian Wills, Monash University, Australia. Refereed	A proposal for an IT-mediated urban electric vehicle system Trond Andresen, Norwegian University of Science and Technology and Jorgen Dale, Shell Technology, Norway. Refereed
13.45-14.15	Does it matter if environmental protection costs jobs? Robert Gale, Institute of Environmental Studies, University of New South Wales, Australia. Refereed	Renewable energy and electricity generation: the Australian experience 1990-2004 Rebecca Moore and Lindsay Smyrk, Victoria University of Technology, Australia. Refereed
14.15-14.45	Theoretical methodologies for sustainability policy: historical development and logical structure Thomas Brinsmead and Cliff Hooker, School of Liberal Arts, University of Newcastle, Australia. Refereed	An investigation of issues affecting the role of renewables in future Australian electricity generation Luke Reedman and Paul Graham, CSIRO, Australia. Refereed
14.45-15.15	Afternoon Tea - Lambert Lounge
Session 15: 15.15-15.40	Feature address: Room: Brennan Room Chair: Philip Lawn Economic growth, employment and environmental pressure in Australia 1945-2000 Steve Hatfield Dodds, Research Director, Social and Economic Integration Emerging Science Area, CSIRO and President of ANZSEE.
Session 16:	Parallel Session A - Brennan Room Chair: ANZSEE	Parallel Session B - Treehouse Chair: ANZSEE
15.40-16.15	Sustainable organisational procurement - a progressive approach towards sustainable development Suzanne Grob and Ian McGregor, Institute for Sustainable Futures and School of Management, University of Technology Sydney, Australia. Refereed	Linking Policy and Science: a study of metropolitan Christchurch ecosystem service appropriation Nigel Jollands and Nancy Golubiewski, New Zealand Centre for Ecological Economics, Massey University and Landcare, New Zealand. Refereed
16.15-16.45	How to invest in children, that is, our future? Stefan Kesting, Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand. Refereed	No paper
16.45	Conference Close Announcements for 2005 and Thanks.

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