The Healthy Homes Initiative (HHI) aims to improve the lives of whānau (family groups) by helping to ensure whānau are living in warm, dry and healthy homes. This five-year evaluation finds the HHI is providing significant positive impact and value for money, with a return on investment of 507% over five years.

Cost benefit analysis reveals that for every dollar invested in family dispute resolution (FDR), more than $20 in benefits are returned. These benefits span financial and non-financial impacts, delivering meaningful outcomes for families, the family law system and the broader community. The report recommends increasing FDR funding by 35 per cent.

The government’s Future Made in Australia policy aims to maximise the economic and industrial benefits of the move to net zero and secure Australia’s place in a changing global economic and strategic landscape.

A mid-term evaluation of the Access to World Leading Astronomy Infrastructure (AWLAI) program which created a strategic partnership with the European Southern Observatory and transferred the Anglo-Australian Telescope to domestic research. Using desktop review, citation analysis and cost-benefit analysis, the evaluation found that the partnership successfully increased facility access, international collaboration and scientific output with...

This evaluation investigates the process of working with six Aboriginal alcohol and other drug residential rehabilitation services in New South Wales to embed a best-evidence Standardised Assessment Tool (SAT) into their service delivery processes, and the outcomes of using it for service improvement. It concludes that the SAT and the Continuous Quality Improvement processes are...