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Report
Balancing risk and reward: parenting in the digital world
This research explores parents’ and caregivers’ digital parenting practices, including the strategies they use to help keep their children safe online. In an increasingly digital world parents and caregivers play a vital role in supporting children to safely navigate online spaces, even with the social media age restrictions now in effect.
Briefing paper
National Disability Insurance Scheme Amendment (Securing the NDIS for Future Generations) Bill 2026: bill digest
This bills digest assists with consideration of the National Disability Insurance Scheme Amendment (Securing the NDIS for Future Generations) Bill 2026. The Bill is primarily aimed at reducing projected growth in NDIS expenditure and participant numbers, while strengthening fraud controls, provider regulation and governance arrangements.
Report
Engaging employers to increase the employment of people with disability in Australia
This synthesis was undertaken to identify what effective employer engagement looks like and how it can improve employment and retention outcomes for people with disability. The evidence highlights that many of the elements contained within a coherent package of support for employers align with established good practices in human resource management.
Research Summary
Engaging employers to increase the employment of people with disability in Australia
This synthesis was undertaken to identify what effective employer engagement looks like and how it can improve employment and retention outcomes for people with disability. The evidence highlights that many of the elements contained within a coherent package of support for employers align with established good practices in human resource management.
Guide
Three approaches to stigma reduction initiatives
This guide compares and contrasts three overarching categories of public stigma reduction approaches – educational, contact-based and protest-based – outlining what each involves, examples of each in practice, key considerations, and lived experience perspectives on their strengths and limitations.