Community legal centres are providing strong return on investment, argues this report. The study finds that, on average, community legal centres (CLCs) have a cost benefit ratio of 1:18; that is, for every dollar spent by government on funding CLCs, they return a benefit to society that is 18 times that cost. To express this...

This publication aims to inform decision-making, research and discussion on social conditions in Australia. It covers social issues of current and ongoing concern, population groups of interest, and changes in these over time. The selection of articles aims to address current and perennial social concerns and to provide answers to key social questions. Some topics...

Finding that the incidence of loneliness in Australia is growing, this paper studies the long-term pattern of loneliness and identifies demographic characteristics and risk indicators associated with this experience. The use of online social networking sites and how this may influence the experience and prevalence of loneliness is also explored. Loneliness is the disconnect felt...

We provided a group of older people and their care managers with touch tablet devices (iPads), and a new iPad application (‘Enmesh’ – Engagement through Media Sharing), which was purpose-built for this study. Participants used the Enmesh application to exchange photographs and messages. By creating and sharing content, the older people in our study were...

This paper seeks to reanalyse the Mabo case from the point of view of non-discrimination. It argues that the Mabo judgment may have been discriminatory in finding that pre-existing entitlements in surviving native title are restricted to the limited range of activities that can be proven by reference to traditional law and custom and that...