The Commonwealth Home Support Program (CHSP) has provided entry‑level aged care services to people in their homes to assist them to live safely and independently. This audit examined the effectiveness of the CHSP. The audit found the CHSP is partly effective. It provides recommendations to improve planning, monitoring, stakeholder engagement, assurance, performance measurement and evaluation.

The study explores unhealthy food marketing to children in Australia. It outlines the policy problem and rationale for action; overview of methodology; policy options for reducing children’s exposure to unhealthy food and drink marketing; and an assessment of potential impacts. The analysis indicates that current self-regulatory arrangements do not provide sufficient protection.

This report examines the extent to which mental health policy intent, legal obligations and fundamental principles are being realised in practice. It identifies examples of emerging good practice with the potential to be adopted at scale and contribute to the realisation of policy objectives. It finds overseas-born Australians more likely to delay mental health support.

The Psychology Supply and Demand Study is a health workforce model that projects the supply and demand of Australia's psychologists over a 15-year period from 2024 to 2038. The workforce is projected to grow by 34% over the next 15 years. However, demand projections for psychologists indicate a persistent workforce shortage throughout this period.

The evaluation assessed the appropriateness, effectiveness and sustainability of Australian Government-funded initiatives introduced since 2019 to reduce the number of younger people in residential aged care and lessons learned to inform future policy considerations. It found several factors helped reduce younger people entering residential aged care but not to zero.