This project is positioned in the context of reforms that have seen the Australian government providing resources to state and territory governments for property and tenancy management in remote Indigenous housing. These reforms form part of the National Partnership Agreement on Remote Indigenous Housing (NPARIH) and the National Partnership Agreement on Remote Service Delivery (NPARSD)...

This project examines the likely impacts on the built environment of increased intensities in weather-related natural hazard events, in order to identify the possibilities of using the regulatory mechanisms of building construction, housing insurance and planning in climate change adaptation. The research findings are restricted to these three aspects of the built environment, and further...

This report on the issue of male circumcision, examines the current national and international legal framework and offers recommendations for reform. These include a general prohibition on the circumcision of incapable minors with an exception for well-established religious or ethnicity motivated circumcisions and the enactment of legislation clarifying the legality of circumcisions performed at the...

Disputes about easements can have a huge emotional and financial cost to Tasmanians. This is highlighted by the way in which this project came to the attention of the Institute. In suggesting a review of the law of easements, a member of the public detailed the significant emotional, personal and financial costs involved in a...

Alcohol-related violence and anti-social behaviour in public spaces is a complex policy problem for Australian governments, which seek a balance between acknowledging the significant contribution made by the liquor industry to Australia’s economy and the harms and costs that are associated with alcohol consumption. The ‘alcohol problem’ is one that goes beyond the capacity of...