This fact sheet explains the information contained in a safety data sheet (SDS), what each section means and how to check if a SDS complies with the Work Health and Safety Regulations. By reading, understanding and following the information and instructions in an SDS, all chemicals should be able to be used safely in the...

There were 1,340 hospitals in Australia in 2010–11. The 752 public hospitals accounted for 68% of hospital beds (57,772) and the 588 private hospitals accounted for about 32% of beds (28,000 private hospital beds based on 2009–10 data). Expenditure and funding Public hospitals spent about $37 billion in 2010–11. Adjusted for inflation, expenditure increased by...

This paper assesses how the economic support provided by parents to young adults as they complete their education and enter the labor market is related to the family’s socioeconomic circumstances. It addresses this issue using detailed survey data on intergenerational coresidence and financial transfers merged with nearly a decade of administrative data on the family’s...

The Report on Government Services 2012 was released in January 2012. The Council of Australian Governments (COAG) has identified the performance of mainstream services in relation to Indigenous Australians as a particular focus of the Report, and an Indigenous Compendium collating relevant data from the main Report was released on 20 April 2012. In April...

Current policies for increasing the supply of affordable housing in Australia envisage a greatly increased role for community housing organisations (CHOs), including as a provider of housing for homeless people. Data from the Australian Institute for Health and Welfare indicate that in the year to June 2008 around 36 per cent of new CHO allocations...