This Aboriginal-led study examines the factors that influence the retention of non-university qualified Aboriginal health, ageing and disability workers in New South Wales. The findings provide insights into retention factors that strengthen disability service provider practices and inform government policy.

This report presents evidence on the experiences of people with disability, their families and carers in rural, regional and remote Australia with the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS). Based on these insights, the committee outlines findings and recommendations to improve the accessibility, effectiveness and quality of disability services and supports across these communities.

Priority Reform Three of Closing the Gap is about making government organisations culturally safe and responsive to the needs of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. This report highlights good practice within government to share knowledge on what transformative action looks like and what it takes to achieve it.

This article provides an overview of the nature and adequacy of culturally appropriate health services within Western Australian prisons based on coroner findings on Aboriginal deaths in custody between 2019 to 2023. The findings reported substandard quality of supervision, care and treatment. The article calls for implementation of recommendations from Australian government inquiries.

This report presents the First Nations responses to the Australian National Carer Survey from 2020 to 2024. It focuses on First Nations carers’ economic and social needs, caring relationships, carers’ experiences accessing services, and their health and wellbeing. Findings show that many services do not meet First Nations carers’ needs to support their wellbeing.