This report examines the levels of federal and Northern Territory government expenditure on Indigenous affairs and social services in the Northern Territory, including expenditure on services for families, children and people with disabilities in the Northern Territory, with particular reference to: (a) the level of service delivery and of outcomes achieved in Indigenous communities in...

Elected on the platform that it will advance Australia towards a digital economy, the new Federal Labor Government has committed to providing high-speed internet coverage to 98% of Australian households.1 As the official policy description explains, a Fibre To The Node (FTTN) network will enhance internet connectivity and 'increase speed to a minimum of 12...

The proposals in the Sydney Metro Strategy for 420,000 new higher density brownfield dwellings represent the most significant planned re-structuring Sydney will have faced in 100 years. Its impact will be long lasting and substantial – and the solution to Sydney’s environmental sustainability will largely lie with the urban renewal of its older areas. This...

A number of broad issues relating to the impact of taxation incentives for the establishment carbon sink forests were examined during the committee's consideration of this legislation.

Christopher Snedden of Deakin University writes that on the basis of his record, Pakistan’s new president, Asif Zardari, has neither the skills nor the aspiration to effectively address Pakistan’s deep-rooted and threatening problems. With more than a thousand Australian troops in neighbouring Afghanistan, Snedden argues that "there also appears to be little that Australia can...