Urban rehabilitation, regeneration and renewal have intermittently been identified within federal (as well as state) policy circles as central to the functioning of Australian cities since at least the 1940s. This paper adds to existing knowledge by exploring the role of the Federal Department of Urban and Regional Development (DURD) in the 1970s in facilitating...

The report highlights a number of structural weaknesses in Australia’s education system and proposes a path towards a cooperative rather than competitive federalist approach to schooling. The paper presents an argument and a proposed strategy for structural reforms in Australian schooling. It notes that while many aspects of Australian schooling are strong, some measures do...

The Center for Democracy & Technology (CDT) and the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) have analyzed the existing policy and technology frameworks around web measurement and produced a set of recommendations for its use on federal agency Web sites.

This research paper addresses the question of whether the Commonwealth has the constitutional power to take over and regulate the administration of public hospitals (with or without the agreement of state governments). Summary • The funding and administration of public hospitals is an enduring area of controversy in Australian politics. • In recent years, the...

This report recommends reinstating a number of longstanding provisions to protect the franchise for those who are entitled to exercise it. These include: • restoring the traditional seven day close of rolls period to enrol or update enrolment details; • restoring provisions allowing electors to notify changes to enrolment details in writing; • removing the...