This paper argues that the National Disability Insurance Scheme’s (NDIS) rapid cost growth reflects fundamental design and implementation flaws, including vague definitions, weak financial boundaries, and eligibility processes that encourage expansion beyond original intent. It examines failures in sustainability, value for money and fairness, and proposes legislative, assessment and governance reforms to restore accountability and...

The Australian Government has introduced a series of industrial relations (IR) laws that in large part mark a deliberate and systematic shift away from the enterprise-level bargaining model. This report details how the Government’s IR laws are reshaping Australia’s industrial landscape and radically regressing from the workplace reforms of the Hawke and Keating government era.

This report details the findings of two rapid evidence reviews undertaken by Western Sydney University in 2021 to build the body of evidence about reducing harm and/or maltreatment for vulnerable children aged 0-5 years and improving school readiness for vulnerable children under six years of age.