This report follows an inquiry into the future acts regime in the Native Title Act 1993 (Cth), which governs how development activities can occur on native title land. It found that the future acts regime is not only unfair and inequitable but key aspects of it are also discriminatory. The report contains 86 recommendations.

This report details the outcomes of the Senate Committee review of the National Disability Insurance Scheme Amendment (Securing the NDIS for Future Generations) Bill 2026. It recommends the bill be passed subject to four recommendations for further clarification.

This bills digest assists with consideration of the National Disability Insurance Scheme Amendment (Securing the NDIS for Future Generations) Bill 2026. The Bill is primarily aimed at reducing projected growth in NDIS expenditure and participant numbers, while strengthening fraud controls, provider regulation and governance arrangements.

This submission highlights concerns that without due consideration of the complex nature of psychosocial disability, the proposed changes to the NDIS may reinforce inequities in access, increase unmet need and shift demand to acute, intensive and costly parts of the broader mental health system.

In 2025, the Australian Parliament introduced a new statutory tort enabling individuals to sue for serious invasions of privacy. This paper contextualises the operation of the new statutory tort. It explains the different dimensions of privacy, outlines the limits of existing common law and statutory protections, and presents the new tort’s elements, defences, remedies and...