This is the first report from the Illicit Tobacco and E-cigarette (ITEC) Commissioner on Australia's illicit tobacco and e-cigarette market. This report provides a centralised, data-driven assessment to help counter illicit trade and its damaging health and community impacts, and identifies areas to guide the way forward.

This submission highlights how the Australian youth justice system is failing children and young people through early exclusion at school, missed disability support, unsafe detention practices and inconsistent access to education. The submission calls for strong Commonwealth leadership to set enforceable national standards that protect children’s rights and safety across all jurisdictions.

A review of solitary confinement and similar practices in youth detention in Australia. The report finds these practices cause serious harm, breach international human rights standards and disproportionately affect First Nations children and children with disability. It makes 24 recommendations to prohibit solitary confinement, strengthen safeguards and ensure youth justice systems adopt trauma-informed, rights-based approaches.

Justice delivery in regional, rural and remote NSW is shaped by distance, local context and community needs. Drawing on practitioner insights, the research explores how legal services function, the barriers and supports affecting access to justice, and the potential for technology to improve service delivery and meet the legal needs of these communities.

The final report of the independent review of the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988, the legislative framework that underpins the Commonwealth workers’ compensation scheme. The review made 124 recommendations, focussing on: best practice in workers’ compensation; workers’ experience of the scheme; scheme coverage and entitlements; governance and administration; and reducing disputes.