This the second research report exploring the nature of Indigenous community governance in Australia - aiming to understand what works, what doesn’t work, and why. This report brings together findings from the fieldwork conducted during 2006, based on evidence drawn from case studies of Indigenous governance in action within differing community, geographical, cultural and political...

An outline of programs to address inequality in the health and wellbeing of people in South Australia, this report contains a rich source of stories about efforts to tackle inequality including case studies from the education, justice, housing, health and non-government sectors. It highlights the commitment from many agencies to work to prevent the adverse...

Australia is home to more than one million species of plants and animals,manyofwhicharefoundnowhereelseonEarth.About85percentof Australia’s flowering plants, 84 per cent of its mammals, 89 per cent of its reptiles, 93 per cent of its frogs, 45 per cent of its birds and 85 per cent of inshorefreshwaterfishareuniquetoAustralia. TheStateoftheEnvironment Report(2006)notedthatwhileAustralia’sbiodiversityisofincalculablevalue, biodiversitycontinuestodeclineandfacesongoingpressures

The focus of this paper is on issues facing men, particularly men in regional areas where the incidence of isolation, loneliness and depression are especially acute. Some relevant literature is reviewed. The potential role of 'men's sheds' in helping to overcome these problems is discussed, along with comments on the overall contribution that men's sheds...

The Positive Parenting Telephone Service (PPTS) provides an innovative model of parent education to families with children aged up to ten years old who live in the Hume region of Victoria. It disseminates parent education and resources to remote areas and marginalised people in socially vulnerable groups in the community, as these parents may be...