This audit assessed how effectively the National Partnership Agreement on Literacy and Numeracy has been administered.

This literature review was commissioned to provide context for the research project The Experience of Education: The impacts of high stakes testing on school students and their families. The project is a collaboration between the Whitlam Institute, the University of Melbourne and the Foundation for Young Australians. The project seeks to examine whether the regime...

Defence has a complex accountability system that has evolved over many years. It has its strengths and weaknesses, however Defence has reached a point in its evolution where there is a strong case to redesign its accountability system. Current arrangements are under stress and their failure damages Defence. This stress is manifested in poor outcomes...

WAGGA WAGGA in the Riverina region of New South Wales is a typical large regional centre, resembling both rural and urban Australia. Just as they do elsewhere, students go to school each day armed with their packs and books and computers – ready to learn, socialise and play.

This report on the final stages of the conflict in Sri Lanka has found credible accounts of war crimes committed by both the Government and Tamil rebels and calls for genuine investigations into the allegations. Government forces declared victory over the rebel Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in May 2009 after a conflict that...