This report looks at the experiences of refugee communities in Tasmania against the criteria for successful settlement for new entrants of the full economic and social participation of new entrants. It proposes a range of recommendations to address the substantial problems identified.

The Hon Alastair Nicholson explores the nature of justice under the current government, looking at examples such as the mandatory and unlimited detention of asylum seekers, the provisions of Australia’s new security legislation and the limited access to justice of people who are facing the disadvantages of poverty, illness, or the prejudices of age, gender...

Margie Law looks at the experiences of people who are living on low incomes in Tasmania and who have a gambling problem. Her report looks at low income people not because they have a higher rate of problem gambling, but because they have very limited resources to cope with financial difficulties and are particularly vulnerable...

Ted Wilson examines the experiences of those using Anglicare's Private Rental Support Service over the six year period between the start of 1998 and the end of 2004. His report highlights the fact that the housing boom has strongly affected the housing market in the north and north-west of Tasmania over this period and that...