In recent years greater emphasis has been placed on the provision of home-based support for older Australians. This report examines how this shift has affected the way that people use aged care programs, and investigates the initial take-up of care. Summary Since the 1990s, there have been changes in the focus and provision of aged...

This paper provides an overview of the birthweight of babies born to Indigenous mothers, including recent trends and information on factors associated with birthweight variation. Summary Almost 4% of all babies born in 2011 were to Indigenous mothers In 2011, a total of 11,729 Indigenous mothers gave birth to 11,895 babies according to data from...

Compared with non-Indigenous Australians, Indigenous people tended to report lower levels of emotional wellbeing but they were more likely to say that they were satisfied with life. Summary The wellbeing of Indigenous Australians is an important concern, given that so many have relatively poor health together with lower levels of income and employment. This paper...

This report explores the types of youth justice supervision experienced by particular cohorts of young people.

This is the seventeenth annual comprehensive report on child protection, and for the first time includes: unique counts of children receiving child protection services in each jurisdiction; the number of substantiations per child; co-occurring types of abuse and neglect; socioeconomic status; and 'average day' measures. Summary C hild protection Australia 2012-13 is the seventeenth annual...