The focus of performance reporting in this chapter is on emergency services for fire events. Descriptive information is included on emergency services for other events, with performance reporting to be developed for future Reports.

This chapter reports on prison custody and a range of community corrections orders and programs for adult offenders which are delivered separately by the eight states and territories.

This chapter reports on the Australian, State and Territory governments’ assistance provided to people with disability and their carers.

This chapter presents data on the performance of governments in providing social housing, including public housing (PH), State owned and managed Indigenous housing (SOMIH), community housing (CH) and Indigenous community housing (ICH).

This chapter focuses on government funded care and support services for older people and their carers, which are provided at home, in the community and in residential care facilities.