The National Strategy to Prevent and Respond to Child Sexual Abuse was launched in response to the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse. This report describes the findings of an independent implementation (process) evaluation of the National Strategy’s first action plans. It describes lessons learned and recommendations for improvement.

The evaluation assessed the appropriateness, effectiveness and sustainability of Australian Government-funded initiatives introduced since 2019 to reduce the number of younger people in residential aged care and lessons learned to inform future policy considerations. It found several factors helped reduce younger people entering residential aged care but not to zero.

The term 'program fidelity' refers to how closely the delivery of a program follows its original design and the developer's intentions. This guide explains the key elements of program fidelity and monitoring. It covers why it is important for program or service delivery as well as how practices can be implemented, maintained and adjusted.

This cross-sector guide explains the foundations of theory-informed implementation and process evaluation, and sets out best-practice principles in designing and delivering this form of evaluation. It can be used to assess and inform program design and implementation to determine readiness for impact evaluation, and enhance the learning generated through an impact evaluation.

This report examines Commonwealth agencies’ compliance with the government’s policy on responsible artificial intelligence (AI) use. It finds AI transparency statements are often difficult to locate, with few available through the recommended direct link. Thirty entities had no identifiable statement and published statements varied in quality. The report provides recommendations to improve their findability and...