The cost of government inaction on the social determinants of health, leading to health inequalities for the most disadvantaged Australians of working age, is substantial. This was measured in terms not only of the number of people affected but also their overall well-being, their ability to participate in the workforce, their earnings from paid work...

The aim of this paper is to provide the National Security College with an evidence-based case and examples of practice that illustrate the use of authentic learning and simulations in post-graduate and on-campus learning environments, especially when applied national security policy education.

The Australian Communications and Media Authority (the ACMA) has been monitoring trends in mobile broadband, potential spectrum availability and the impact on spectrum demand. Our May 2011 discussion paper, Towards 2020—Future spectrum requirements for mobile broadband, identified the need for a strategy to manage the expected spectrum requirements of mobile broadband services. In Towards 2020...

This report presents information from the Medical Indemnity National Collection for 2009–10. It describes characteristics and costs for public and private sector medical indemnity claims. Claims There were 9,415 medical indemnity claims open at some point between July 2009 and June 2010. This included 2,900 new claims opened during the period, and almost 2,650 claims...

This research report for the study on the impacts of the Council of Australian Governments (COAG) Reforms: Business Regulation and Vocational Education and Training (VET). The report has three sections detailing an overview, Business Regulation and VET. Effective economic reform promotes productivity growth and improvements in living standards. The implementation of Australia’s National Competition Policy...