The Australian government has made a commitment to tackling suicide within Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities through increased investment for suicide prevention activity that is specific to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and their communities. The strategy has been informed by extensive community consultation across Australia.

This report presents the results of a study on the quality of Indigenous identification in administrative records of hospitalisations in public hospitals in Australia. An estimated 88% of Indigenous patients were correctly identified in public hospital admission records in 2011-12. The report also recommends that data for all jurisdictions be included in any analysis of...

This audit assessed the effectiveness of the Department of Veterans' Affairs (DVA) administration of the veterans' children education schemes. Overall conclusion The Veterans’ Children Education Scheme and the Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act Education and Training Scheme (the Schemes) provide assistance to the young dependants of Australian Defence Force (ADF) members who have died or...

This publication contains estimates of the resident population of areas of Australia as at 30 June for 2011 and 2012.

This edition of Taxation statistics is a broad collection of data compiled from income tax returns (for the 2010-11 income year) and other information provided to the ATO such as goods and services tax (GST) annual returns and business activity statements (from the 2011-12 financial year). It covers taxation (including income tax, GST and fringe...