Established in 1992, divisions are now a recognised and valued part of the Australian health care system offering a network-based approach to supporting general practice-based primary health care and enhancing co-ordination with the rest of the health care system through a diverse set of activities. Measurement of the impact divisions have in improving the performance...

This twelfth annual report from the Review of Government Service Provision examines the performance of all Australian governments providing education, justice, emergency management, health, community services and housing. These services account for 60 per cent of government recurrent expenditure and over 10 per cent of gross domestic product.

These programs have undertaken a broad mix of renewal activity, from physical redevelopment , to community oriented initiatives. Yet while a number of evaluations of these programs have been undertaken, the development of evaluation methodology has lagged behind that of other countries. The emergence of public housing estate renewal programs in Australia in the last...

The early intervention program is a voluntary program for low to medium risk families encountering problems that impact on their ability to care for their children. The purpose of this evaluation is to examine the effectiveness of the program in achieving its stated objectives and assess whether it represents a good investment of public funds...

The Retirement Villages Care Pilot has trialled the provision of flexible care packages into retirement villages in metropolitan, regional and rural locations across Australia. In this evaluation Cathy Hales, Lydia Ross and Claire Ryan found that RVCP packages deliver a more comprehensive range of services than Community Aged Care Packages, and are able to deliver...