In June 2011, Senator the Hon Jan McLucas asked the Department to seek expert advice about evidence for early intervention in relation to the types of childhood disability and developmental delay that were ineligible for Better Start for Children with Disability (Better Start) assistance, including an analysis of current research. The Department enlisted KPMG to...

This guide is to inform and assist jurisdictions with service planning, by developing dementia services pathways, to improve dementia services along the continuum of care for people living with dementia and their carers, from first symptoms or ‘first inkling’ to end of life.

The purpose of this report is to quantify the potential contribution of the Government’s participation and productivity reform agenda in education, employment and workplace relations (the Productivity Agenda) to labour productivity, the labour force participation rate and the Australian economy. It is a quantitative analysis of the benefits that can be expected from successful delivery...

Set up to examine the effectiveness and efficiency of the EOWW Act, this review will consider practical ways to improve the equal opportunity framework to deliver better outcomes for Australian women. Despite the significant increases in women’s workforce participation, women continue to spend less time in the paid workforce than men, and to fare less...

Implementation of the recommendations of the Review of Australian Higher Education will drive Australian recovery and growth, and provide increases in future skills, productivity, exports and GDP, according to this report.