This report provides the latest information on how Australia is faring according to key indicators of child health, development, and wellbeing. Deaths rates for infants and children have declined since 1986, rates of risky drinking and smoking among children aged 12-14 are down, and most children achieve above the minimum standards for reading and numeracy...

This paper outlines the final case study in a research project which examines how international development non-government organisations conduct their work with Aboriginal organisations and communities in Australia. The author was keen to explore how international non-government organisations (NGOs) working with Indigenous communities and community organisations reflected the community development (or bottom–up) approaches which both...

Between 2009 and 2011, the School–Community Learning Partnerships for Sustainability Project explored the ways in which schools and communities can work together to achieve sustainability outcomes. The project involved seventeen schools and early childhood centres and their communities in developing case studies of their collaborations. The research project has now been completed. One important outcome...

This White Paper sets out a framework which ensures key agencies and professionals working with children in New Zealand are better connected so they can share information on vulnerable children and identify their needs earlier. The White Paper for Vulnerable Children sets out a programme of change that will shine a light on abuse, neglect...

This paper highlights the need for a strengths-based approach to school readiness for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children, in order to recognise the skills, cultural knowledge and understandings they already have when they transition to formal learning. This paper provides an overview of the role of ‘resilience’ in an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander...