The author of this guide suggests that the establishment of the Australian Centre for Evaluation (ACE) seems a positive step to building evaluation capacity within the Australian Government. However, time will tell the extent to which it can lead to improved public policy decisions.

This guide offers a general overview of some of the rules and processes involved when conducting a national referendum in Australia.

This guide summarises the complex funding and disclosure laws federally, and in each Australian state and territory. These laws regulate who can make and receive political donations, how and when those donations must be disclosed, how much money political parties can spend for their election campaigns, and the amount of public money they receive to...

This paper has been prepared by the Parliamentary Library to mark the 30th anniversary of the High Court’s Mabo (No. 2) decision. It outlines the background and history of the decision, significant subsequent developments, the current status of Native Title and potential future developments.

This paper considers what might appear in the Albanese Government’s legislative and ministerial Indigenous Australians agenda, by listing what is already ‘on the table’.