This publication reports on health expenditure in Australia, by area of expenditure and source of funds from 1993-94 to 2002-03. It also provides detailed preliminary estimates for 2003-04 at the national level and some selected estimates at the state and territory level. The report analyses expenditure in terms of who provides the funding for health...

In 2003-04, it is estimated that 33 per cent of the 100,200 clients accessing the Supported Accommodation Assistance Program (SAAP), were women escaping domestic violence. Two-thirds of the 52,700 accompanying children in SAAP were children who accompanied a female parent or guardian escaping domestic violence. This bulletin provides an overview of the 2003-04 data about...

A Picture of Australia's Children presents the latest available data on key national indicators of health, development and wellbeing of Australian children aged 0-14 years. This summary booklet takes selected key national indicators and summarises the findings from the report in an abbreviated format.

This bulletin presents information on the incidence, prevalence and trends for three of the major chronic diseases among children - asthma, diabetes and cancer. In addition, information about problems managed by general practitioners is presented, as well as a summary of hospitalisations and deaths for a wider range of childhood chronic diseases including cerebral palsy...

This report primarily presents information at the national level, and wherever possible uses existing and new data sources to reflect the diversity of the Indigenous population, including a separate chapter on Torres Strait Islander people. Also where possible, changes over time in the health and welfare outcomes for Indigenous people are described. This report primarily...