The roll-out of the Commonwealth Government’s commitment for new services in areas that have become known as ‘childcare deserts’ will take Australia one step closer to a universal early learning system. This article calls on the Government to prioritise service delivery for young children experiencing significant disadvantage, ensuring it is integrated, holistic and builds on...

Australia's care system is coming under increasing pressure to deliver high-quality services at a sustainable cost. This interim report presents draft recommendations focused on three key policy reform areas: quality and safety regulation, collaborative commissioning to increase integration in care, and a national framework to support government investment in prevention.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples experience disproportionally high rates of suicide and other health inequities. This report outlines the requirements of an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander systems approach to suicide prevention and proposes a framework and implementation guidelines for such an approach.

This paper reviews the COMPASS model, developed in response to the demand for paediatric mental health services during the COVID-19 pandemic. The model effectively enhanced clinician confidence in managing child and adolescent mental health disorders, reduced reliance on specialists’ services, fostered collaborative care and supported clinician wellbeing. The paper suggests the model could be scaled...

This report is an evaluation of the Keeping Families Healthy Together model, its key insights, strategies and outcomes. An Aboriginal women-led model of care developed within the Barossa Hills Fleurieu Local Health Network, with a particular focus on the Gawler region of South Australia, the model is grounded in Indigenous knowledge systems, cultural governance and...