The report provides insights into the diversity of families and how their experiences differ. It highlights the many variations in experiences of these families in relation to health, finances, housing, education and community and underlines the need for policymakers to design systems, laws and services with the full range of family experiences in mind.

This report provides an estimate of Australian governments’ proactive expenditure on illicit drugs for the financial year 2021/22. Four drug policy domains were included: prevention, treatment, harm reduction, and law enforcement. The report finds that Australian governments spend more on law enforcement in illicit drug policy than treatment, prevention and harm reduction combined.

This report presents the findings from the analysis of quantitative and qualitative data held by the NSW Ageing and Disability Commission, in relation to reports about alleged abuse, neglect, and exploitation of adults with disability and older people.

This report presents the findings from a literature review that investigates risk factors associated with neglect, abuse and exploitation of vulnerable groups and evidence of good practice to guide the development of resources to improve communications with and support to carers.

Over 300,000 people work in Australia’s social and community service industries, mostly women in non-government organisations. This report provides detailed insight into what these workers do in their work, and how their work is characterised, classified, and paid in the context of the regulatory arrangements.