This article discusses the issues and challenges that can arise in sharing the care of children after parents' separation.

This report summarises Phase 2 of Stronger Families in Australia study evaluating the Communities for Children (CfC) initiative. Using data from 2006–2012, it examines medium- to long-term impacts on children, families and communities. CfC sought to improve service coordination, address unmet needs, build community capacity and enhance environments through tailored, collaborative service delivery in disadvantaged...

Provides national data standards for the community services sector. Overview The National Community Services Data Dictionary (NCSDD) provides national data standards for the community services sector. This latest version (version 8) reflects changes to data standards between July 2012 and end-April 2014. Two data set specifications, 2 data element clusters, 96 data elements, 2 classifications...

This inquiry examined the adequacy of the Australian and Queensland Governments’ efforts to stop the rapid decline of the Great Barrier Reef. Terms of reference On 25 March 2014, the Senate referred the following matter to the Environment and Communications References Committee (the committee) for inquiry and report by 25 June 2014: The adequacy of...

This report provides the legal design of a tort to deal with serious invasions of privacy in the digital era, and makes sixteen other recommendations that would strengthen people’s privacy in the digital environment. Executive summary Context of the inquiry A cause of action for serious invasion of privacy does not presently exist in Australian...