This publication provides information about child care across Australia for the December quarter 2010. The data in the report are sourced primarily from the Department’s administrative system, the Child Care Management System. Key findings In the December quarter 2010 there were 911,990 Australian children in approved child care, up 4 per cent on the December...

The National School Chaplaincy Program aims to support school communities that wish to access the services of a school chaplain or secular pastoral care worker. In August 2010, the Australian Government announced that a total of $222 million would be provided to extend the National School Chaplaincy Program to December 2014 and to fund up...

There are around 500,000 people living in remote Australia and of these approximately 125,000 are Indigenous Australians. There are 2,000 remote and predominantly Indigenous communities in Australia. Remote Indigenous communtities face a range of challenges. They often have varied and complex needs, and there may be limited access to employment opportunities or meaningful participation activities.

While recognising that the current compliance system is still evolving, this report identifies among its strengths the greater flexibility it gives providers, the improved structure of sanctions and the value of the Contact Request option. As a background to its conclusions and recommendations, the Review noted that the new compliance system remained in an evolutionary...

This report provides information on the factors affecting participation of regional students in Australian universities, and particularly the relative importance of socioeconomic status and access to university in influencing higher education participation across regions.