Under the National Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Agreement, Commonwealth, state and territory governments agreed to develop nationally consistent evaluation principles through an Evaluation Framework and Evaluation Sharing Guidelines.

The toolkit offers practical guidance for government officials and evaluators seeking to improve their evaluation capacities and systems, by enabling a deeper understanding of their strengths and weaknesses and learning from OECD member country experiences and trends. It supports the practical implementation of the principles contained in the 2022 OECD recommendation on public policy evaluation.

OCHRE (Opportunity, Choice, Healing, Responsibility, Empowerment) is the state plan for Aboriginal affairs. This assessment finds that progress on key measures is slowing and in some cases stalling. The review calls for a firm and unequivocal recommitment to OCHRE and makes suggestions towards achieving this.

This report examines whether the Queensland Department of Education’s strategies are effective in protecting students from bullying. It finds the strategies do not explicitly address bullying and lack specific objectives, targets and measures for monitoring progress.

This guide aims to increase understanding of key concepts in survey research, assist with the development of better surveys, and create a shared approach to survey development across Australian public sector agencies. It provides protocols and templates for survey development, advice to avoid common issues, and guidance on developing 'better practice' and 'pragmatic' surveys.