Papers and reports
'Adult literacy - a crucial part of the education revolution'
Media release November 2007 (PDF 100KB)
'Moving forward: Towards a Literate Australia'
An ACAL Position Paper on the 2006 Adult Literacy and Lifeskills survey
Prepared by Dave Tout (2007) (PDF 400KB)
'….. and literacy beyond the classroom'
ACAL’s approach to literacy as both lifelong and lifewide.
Paper presented by Dr Pauline O'Maley to the ACAL Conference in New Zealand (Sept 2007) (PDF 80KB)
Community Education and National Reform
Discussion paper 2007 (PDF 700KB)
ACAL Response 2007 (PDF 565KB)
TAA Advanced Diploma of LLN practice
ACAL's response(June 2004) (HTML)
Senate Inquiry into the progress and future directions of life-long learning
ACAL Submission (June 2004) (PDF 104KB)
Literate Australia: A whole life approach
Report No 1: Taking literacy to fresh fields
By Jane Figgis, AAAJ Consulting Group (September 2004) (PDF 400KB)
'A Literate Australia'
National Position Paper on the Future Adult Literacy and Numeracy Needs of Australia (2001) (PDF 280KB)
'Surveys and Beyond: The case for adult literacy'
National surveys and national campaigns paper
(Undated paper likely June 2001) HTML
'Literacy and youth'
In this paper ACAL shares the results of independent research commissioned to explore issues relating to literacy and current youth policy initiatives (2001) (280KB)
'Literacy and Lifelong Learning: Social Justice for all?'
Occasional paper by Chris Sidoti, Visiting Professor, School of Education and Professional Studies, Griffith University speaking at ACAL Forum, Sydney 15 June 2001 (PDF 140KB)
ACAL eNews
eNews is our electronic newsletter, with different material to that in Literacy Link, and is published about every two months. Archives and subscription
Literacy Link
is the newsletter of the Australian Council for Adult Literacy (ACAL).