A research report into the harms enacted in the course of family violence policing. The report documents Victorian frontline workers' experiences of police responses to family violence. It finds that harmful family violence policing practices are extremely frequent and widespread across the state, and that alternative community-based response pathways for victim-survivors are urgently needed.

This position paper seeks to highlight the extent of the harm caused by current ad hoc police first responses, and explore the urgent need for, and effectiveness of, better responses in the future. The paper highlights research showing the potential of alternative first responders to the police, such as community-based models.

Firefighters and paramedics are regularly compelled to retire early due to barriers to working beyond the age of 60, thereby facing substantial risk of having inadequate retirement incomes. This paper presents the findings from simulations of retirement income trajectories for these emergency workers in Tasmania and discusses a range of policy responses to make early...

This strategy document outlines the necessary foundations for volunteers and paramedic staff in country Western Australia to continue to provide high-quality ambulance services.

Data on the paramedic workforce for this fact sheet has been taken from the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) Paramedicine Board statistics, while the jurisdictional ambulance services data has been derived from the Report on Government Services (ROGS).