Janet Phillips looks at some of the issues associated with people trafficking, outline Australia's responses to date, and discuss how effective those measures are likely to be in combating trafficking.

Unauthorised arrivals found to be refugees and accepted into Australia are granted a three-year TPV with the option of applying for further protection at the end of the three years. Janet Phillips outlines TPV policy and legislation from its introduction in 1999, looks at the restrictions on TPV visas and the implications of those restrictions...

In the pre-election environment of 2001, the Australian government introduced legislative changes allowing some of Australia's territory to be excised from the migration zone in order to discourage non-citizens from arriving unlawfully in Australia by boat. People attempting to do so since then have been intercepted at sea, where possible, and either returned to Indonesia...

This e-brief is a guide to Internet resources and research on domestic violence in Australia. It includes a survey of Commonwealth government programs and initiatives and an overview of the research on the prevalence of domestic violence, at risk groups and communities, the costs of domestic violence to business and the community, and policy approaches...

This e-brief aims to give an overview of the array of services and support provided to the elderly in Australia. Given the number and breadth of the various programs that are available to the aged and, given the fact that all three levels of government and the non-government sector are involved in the provision of...