The National Aged Care Alliance has developed this policy blueprint for delivering positive aged care reform. It follows on from the Alliance’s Vision Leading the Way – Our Vision for Support and Care of Older Australians. The Vision was developed in 2009 and paints a broad picture of what needs to happen, across a number...

Emergency relief (ER) is the provision of financial and material aid to people in immediate need, or a referral to link people with specialist community services. ER was originally designed as a stop-gap measure, to help solve short-term financial problems. However, the view now is that many clients experience long-term financial stress due to a...

The Prime Minister reports annually on progress in Closing the Gap. This is the fourth annual report, tabled in Parliament on 15 February 2012. According to the report: "This Closing the Gap report shows that the foundations for overcoming Indigenous disadvantage are now in place. It demonstrates how governments are delivering investments that will make...

As successive governments have committed to reducing the regulatory burden on business, so too they need to give equal priority to working with the community sector on reforms that will enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of the sector’s operating environment. The Productivity Commission clearly showed the most significant areas of ‘red tape’ in the community...

This report explores the factors that contribute to successful course completion for students with a mental illness, with a particular focus on the role of disclosure.