The Office of the Public Advocate reflects in this report on how guardianship can protect and promote the rights of people with disability, but also identifies concerning patterns of over-reliance on guardianship to fill service gaps, and service systems that operate in ways that do not adjust to the needs of people with disability.

This report assesses the national expansion of the ParentsNext pre-employment program from 2018 to 2021. The program targets early intervention support to disadvantaged parents with children under six, helping them identify and achieve education and employment goals, improve work readiness, and connect with local support services to reduce long-term welfare reliance. The evaluation uses a...

This mixed-method project was designed to examine the drivers of non-compliance with parenting orders and the operation of the parenting order enforcement regime in Australia. This report sets out findings from contravention matter court file analysis, an online survey of separated parents with parenting orders, and an analysis of international approaches.

This is the fourth report in the series of analyses using data from the Pathways of Care Longitudinal Study (POCLS) to examine the outcomes of children and young people who exited out-of-home care (OOHC) to guardianship orders.

This is the third report in the series of analyses using data from the Pathways of Care Longitudinal Study (POCLS) to examine the outcomes of children and young people who exited Out-of-Home Care (OOHC) to guardianship orders.