Previous issues of the Brotherhood's Changing Pressures bulletin have examined the effect of policy changes on various disadvantaged groups in Australia, giving voice to the people most affected. This bulletin looks at how Australia treats asylum seekers, through the eyes of 40 people with direct personal experience of seeking permanent sanctuary here.

Based on data collected as part of the Parenting-21 project conducted by the institute from 1996 to 1998, this report describes how Australian parents are raising their children, by focusing on parents' beliefs and child rearing practices. Violet Kolar and Grace Soriano explore the influence of cultural background on those beliefs and practices by comparing...

This inquiry was established in 1988 following a series of well organised attacks against church and community leaders, as well as complaints from Indigenous people and ethnic community groups.