This report shows that complex and entrenched disadvantage is experienced by a small but persistent number of locations in each state and territory across Australia.

This report released by Jesuit Social Services and Catholic Social Services Australia finds that postcode is a good predictor of disadvantage.

This comprehensive report analyses current Australian and international trends in evidence-based prison policy in Australia and overseas. This includes a review of remand and its place within the criminal justice system.

For some time now work participation statistics in Australia have confronted us with the apparent prolongation of the disadvantages experienced by some parents in the lives of their offspring. Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS, 1994) data has indicated that young people whose parents are not in work have lower labour force participation rates and higher...

One of the most decisive findings of behavioural and social research has been the economic and social benefits of early education. The scale of those benefits will be outlined after examining the factors that enhance, or impede, a good beginning to children's education. The common ground is children’s readiness to learn in their earliest years...