This review was commissioned to support implementation of the Standing Council of Attorneys-General Work Plan to Strengthen Criminal Justice Responses to Sexual Assault 2022–2027, which emphasises the importance of strengthening legal frameworks where required to ensure victims and survivors have improved justice outcomes and protections. It explores any gaps and inconsistencies in the legislative landscape...

This paper investigates how a shared responsibility model for cloud-based infrastructure (CBI) could allow investigators to take advantage of CBI's benefits to scale, speed and inter-agency cooperation while minimising the risk to law enforcement agencies and victims. It proposes CBI as a scalable method to manage this material, arguing for a tailored security environment to...

This summary presents findings from research that estimates that childhood maltreatment causes up to 40 percent of common mental health disorders and highlights the need to address the underlying drivers of child maltreatment.

The final report on abuse and neglect in State and faith-based institutions between 1950 and 1999. This report shines a light on the myriad ways that these institutions and their leaders failed in their duty of care to hundreds of thousands of children, young people and adults. Most of the factors that led or contributed...

This report provides an overview of children in the child protection system in 2022–23, including children subject to notifications, investigations, and substantiations of maltreatment, and the ways children were supported.