While spiritual and religious abuse is a lesser known type of violence in the context of intimate partner violence (IPV), it is associated with negative emotional, psychological and trauma-related impacts. This paper provides an overview of the evidence on spiritual and religious abuse in the context of IPV and its impact on victim-survivors.

The authors of this report argue that implementing appropriate responses to reports of dating app facilitated sexual violence is important not only for supporting victim-survivors to recover from victimisation, but also for ensuring that victim-survivors of these behaviours choose to report again if they are revictimised.

In late 2022, the Australian Government introduced legislation to establish an independent National Anti-Corruption Commission, with broad jurisdiction to investigate corruption in the Commonwealth public sector. This paper provides a baseline measure of perceived corruption in Australia. The paper also examines community perceptions of corruption and its relationship with the perceived legitimacy of politicians and...

This report finds non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) overuse disadvantages and discriminates against women and calls for major reform for the legal profession.

In November 2022, the Victorian Ombudsman began an ‘own motion’ investigation into healthcare provision for Aboriginal people in Victorian prisons. This report outlines the findings.