This 2-page policy statement is consistent with Providing Safe Schools P-12 in its rationale and outlines specific policy statements on, procedures and definitions of suspension, exclusion or transfer of students in ACT public schools. TP201008 is the identifier of this document.

Regular attendance at school is essential if students are to maximise their potential. Schools, in partnership with parents, are responsible for promoting the regular attendance of students. While parents are legally responsible for the regular attendance of their children, school staff, as a part of their duty of care, monitor part or whole day absences...

Modest reductions in the rate at which offenders are re-imprisoned would result in substantial savings in prisoner numbers and correctional outlays, according to this report. At present 58 per cent of all persons given a prison sentence are re-imprisoned at some later point in time. For those who are re-imprisoned, the average time to the...

This briefing paper looks at the intergovernmental mechanisms by which federalism operates in Australia, notably the Council of Australian Governments (COAG). In reality there are many issues at play here and countervailing forces at work. Taking a broad view, what seems to be developing is a form of federalism that is regulatory, conditional and prescriptive...

This paper analyses data from the 2006 Census of Population and Housing for the NSW State Electoral Districts (SED). Data was provided by the Australian Bureau of Statistics in relation to the State electoral boundaries as redistributed in 2007. A profile is included for each SED giving details of population and other selected census characteristics...