Australia’s Baby Bonus, implemented from July 2004, provided a $3,000 payment for each newborn child, aiming to support families and boost fertility rates. Twenty years later, this paper explores whether the Baby Bonus shifted the course of these young people’s lives in a measurable way.

Australia is now more diverse – ethnically, linguistically, culturally – than ever; yet concrete data on the extent of domestic, family and sexual violence among these communities is lacking. This policy brief analyses the key issues in addressing domestic, family and sexual violence in multicultural communities in Australia and puts forward recommendations.

This recorded webinar by Nicole Done, neuro-inclusion expert, educator and advisor at the Xceptional Academy, supports employment services staff to explore individuals’ work styles and preferences beyond diagnosis. It covers conversations on productivity, learning, communication, feedback, sensory needs, workplace environments, and challenges with self-awareness due to long-term masking among neurodivergent people across diverse settings.

This research summary aims to inform the design and development of evidence-based teaching and learning materials that are relevant to and supportive of children and young people, to enable respectful, equitable, inclusive and safe relationships in the Australian context. It examines young people’s experiences of sex, gender and relationships, both online and offline.

This report describes a co-design process, involving interviews and art-based research, to find out what health issues matter most to people with intellectual disability in Australia. The findings are intended to help guide which health research topics should be prioritised in the future.