Public services depend on happy, stable workforces to keep the public safe, healthy and well educated. But public sector workforces face problems - from loss of experienced staff to high turnover and vacancies. This report outlines the recent workforce trends and the impact of poor retention on public service performance.

This evaluation assessed a $10.4 million pilot co-locating 22 child protection and policing officials at family law courts to improve information sharing for child and family safety. Using mixed methods including stakeholder interviews, workshops, and surveys, it found successful implementation across 15 registries with improved information sharing, quality and timeliness, though clarity challenges remained. Nine...

This study examines the predictive validity of ACT Policing’s refined Family Violence Risk Assessment Tool, which exhibited a good overall level of accuracy in predicting repeat domestic violence within the sample that was used to develop it.

Predicting the locations and times of elevated crime risk is of great interest to law enforcement agencies around the world. Based on the published literature, the authors of this report suggest there are four conditions required if predictive policing is to be effective.

This inquiry report outlines evidence that there are cultural issues within the Queensland Police Service which inhibit the policing of domestic and family violence. There is also evidence that there is a lack of understanding of the dynamics of, and power imbalance within, domestically violent relationships.