Justice
Report
Family, domestic and sexual violence service responses in the time of COVID-19
This report brings together data from a range of national sources to show how service responses to family, domestic and sexual violence changed at the onset, and during, the COVID-19 pandemic.
Report
Review of succession law: rights to a person’s property on death
This report argues that succession law, the law about who inherits a person’s property when they die, needs reform.
Report
An assessment of legal needs in New South Wales
This report aims to summarise what we know from legal needs research about the nature and extent of legal needs in New South Wales, and what sources of data can be used to further explore some aspects of that need.
Report
Youth detention population in Australia 2021
This report presents information on the youth detention population in Australia from June 2017 to June 2021.
Briefing paper
No good deed goes unpunished: the effect of Coalition–Labor “political campaigners” amendments on charities
In the last parliamentary sitting weeks of 2021, the Morrison Government passed 'political campaigner' legislation. This briefing note explains what the laws are, how have they changed, and what the consequences might be for the charities sector.