The picture that emerges from this assessment is not positive. Whereas Australia was once a leader in the global struggle for gender equality, this report makes clear that in recent years Australia has resiled from this commitment and many of the achievements of an earlier period have now been undone. This is most obviously true...

Global strategic changes are leading to a faster pace of nuclear proliferation, including in Northeast Asia. Australia currently relies on the US for nuclear protection. But these regional changes could necessitate a rethinking of this position. In this paper, Robyn Lim raises questions about Australia’s dependence on the US for extended deterrence and discusses the...

For present purposes, we might simply define housing careers as “the sequence of housing circumstances an individual or household occupies over their life (Beer, Faulkner and Gabriel 2006:1). The literature directly addressing Indigenous Australian housing careers is sparse. Contrasting with the paucity of works on housing careers in Indigenous Australia and of great value in...

This paper examines how culturally and linguistically diverse women participate in sport and recreation, and the factors that may limit their full involvement in this area of Australian social and cultural life. This has been undertaken to inform the development of policies and programs to effectively support the inclusion of these women in sport and...

The national survey of people with a mental illness found that three-quarters of respondents had experienced stigma by health and government workers, through media reporting, in the workplace and in the general community. Respondents were optimistic that stigma could be reduced, making suggestions for a whole range of initiatives in the community. Addressing the issue...