This was one of the first country-wide reports to recommend ways of improving access to high quality schooling in rural areas of Australia. Tabled in 1988, this is the first time a digitised version of this report, known as the 'Boomer report', has been made publically available. The report was produced by the now-abolished Commonwealth...

This discussion paper helped set the direction for AIDS policy in Australia. This is the first time a digitised version of the paper has been made publicly available.

This controversial report from 1987 identified major problems with the Commonwealth Government's provision of services to immigrants. The report had been commissioned by the Commonwealth Department of Community Services, but was disowned by it. This is the first time a digitised version of this report has been made publicly available.

This review was Australia's first national consultation with people with disability, their families and service providers. Overview For much of Australia's history there was no national program of disability service provision. This changed with the election of the Whitlam government, which passed the Handicapped Program Assistance Act 1974, funding non-government organisations to provide housing or...

The Fraser government commissioned this inquiry in 1979, as the national broadcaster approached its 50th anniversary. The inquiry was chaired by Alex Dix and came to be known as "the Dix inquiry". The inquiry found that: