This report reviews the National Rental Affordability Scheme experience and other emerging developments around the institutional financing of rental housing.

This report summarises the findings of a study which examined the work experiences of Queensland public servants living with a diagnosed anxiety disorder. Key findings are: 1) Workplace accommodations tailored to individuals with anxiety disorders allow them to reach and retain their positions; 2) Some employees with anxiety disorders report accommodations to be missing; 3)...

Recent headlines are clear: our world is a fearful place, spattered with blood, angry men and loose guns. But not everywhere. One sprawling region has largely avoided, and at times even reversed, the steady proliferation of illegal firearms and death by gunshot. Twelve out of 16 Pacific Islands Forum nations are patrolled by routinely unarmed...

This paper investigates the effects of credit ratings-contingent financial regulation on foreign bank lending behaviour and examines the sensitivity of international bank flows to debtor countries’ sovereign credit rating changes before and after the implementation of the Basel 2 risk-based capital regulatory rules. The research finds evidence that sovereign credit re-ratings that lead to changes...

This report assesses the gaps that exist in current disability and aged care sectors, including generic and specialist levels of care, that are required for successful ageing of people with developmental disabilities in both rural and urban regions of NSW and Queensland.