Responding to children and young people with sexualised or sexual offending behaviours presents significant challenges across the allied health, child protection, education and juvenile justice sectors. This report maps the specialised therapeutic services designed to effect positive behavioural change and thus divert young people with sexualised behaviours from the juvenile justice system.

This background note traces the genesis and development of the Rudd / Gillard Government's Fair Work policy and legislation. Updated: 24 September 2009, updated 22 January 2010, 10 June 2010, 7 July 2010, 21 July 2010

The proposals in this paper are intended as a starting point for a dialogue on the way forward for future reforms. In 2008 the Australian Government introduced a Lobbying Code of Conduct (the Code) and established a Register of Lobbyists (Register) to ensure that contact between lobbyists and Commonwealth Government representatives is conducted in accordance...

The current generation of young people is not a homogenous group, despite sharing the Gen Y ‘tag’. Young people aged 12-24 years are socially and culturally diverse, and make up approximately one fifth of Australia’s population. Individually, each has his or her own hopes, dreams and aspirations. Not only do young people make important contributions...

Beet western yellows virus (BWYV) has an extremely wide host range and is distributed worldwide. Hosts include temperate pulses (chickpea, faba bean, lentil, field pea and vetch), pasture legumes (clover, medics and lucerne), canola and many perennial weeds. BWYV is transmitted persistently by a large number of aphid species, but it is not transmitted mechanically...