This report outlines key factors associated with five Closing the Gap targets considered to be social determinants of health: housing; youth engagement in employment, education or training; year 12 completion; participation in tertiary education; and employment. Remoteness was identified as an important factor for three of the targets. The report identifies common themes and strategies...

This report describes the ongoing challenges and tangible solutions needed to close the health and wellbeing gap for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. The report makes recommendations across a range of areas, including calling on the Australian Government to implement the recommendations of the Productivity Commission's 2024 Closing the Gap Review and the four...

This interim report summarises evidence and identifies key issues from an inquiry into Australia’s youth justice and incarceration system. Evidence highlighted that Australia’s youth justice system is in crisis and vulnerable children and young people are being held in detention without adequate and appropriate supports. The report makes two recommendations.

This report outlines the growing youth crisis in New South Wales and highlights three case studies of evidence-based early intervention programs. It advocates for funding place-based, early intervention programs as a long-term strategy, rather than relying on short-term, reactive solutions.

This report draws on months of research and on-the-ground engagement with regional, rural and remote communities to highlight significant gaps in early childhood education and care services and their widespread effects on children, families, and communities.