This report provides an overview of AbSec’s May 2025 sector forum which brought together stakeholders to deliberate and shape the future of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander child and family sector in New South Wales. Key topics included early intervention, inter-jurisdictional learnings, Aboriginal identification, and trends in child protection and out-of-home care.

This paper aims to introduce a typology of service advocates to address a gap in existing literature regarding how transformative service mediators (TSMs) manage both access to resources and empowerment for consumers experiencing vulnerability.

This report addresses the emerging issues identified by advocacy organisations through their direct work with people with disability. These issues are often complex and multifaceted, requiring coordinated approaches despite limited resources. It identifies housing, guardianship and safeguarding, transport and child protection as key issues for collaboration with advocacy organisations.

This article describes the findings of a process evaluation assessing the implementation and effectiveness of an advocacy campaign to reduce long delays in housing approvals for people with disability. The evaluation highlights the importance of strategic advocacy, coalition-building and evidence-based messaging in driving policy change.

Detailing the inquiry into Australia’s advocacy efforts against the death penalty, this report finds that Australia’s advocacy strategies must be reevaluated and revamped in order to be effective in a contemporary human rights environment.