The Office of the Commissioner for Victims of Crime has conducted extensive community consultations to understand coercive control in the Western Australian context. The resulting report recommends a suite of systemic and legislative reforms to recognise and respond to patterns of family and domestic violence behaviours.

This report is the culmination of three years of investigation into the culture and practice of administering the Freedom of Information (FOI) Acts across the Victorian, South Australian and Western Australian states, as well as the culture of implementing information access systems overall. The report reveals a concerning lack of engagement from government ministers, despite...

The Bill amends the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974 to change the reservation status of certain land, to establish the National Parks and Wildlife Conservation Operating Fund and makes other amendments. This document evaluates the government's case for legislative reform.

The Rice Marketing Amendment Bill 2024 proposes to implement a staggered end to rice vesting arrangements in NSW, including the winding up and dissolution of the governing Rice Marketing Board by 1 July 2026. This document evaluates the government's case for legislative reform.

Nuclear-powered electricity production is currently prohibited in Australia and several Australian states, and there has been several reviews and inquiries to consider the removal of some of these prohibitions as well as the feasibility of nuclear energy in Australia. This guide describes, in chronological order, the major government inquiries and reviews into nuclear energy that...