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Independence of the Australasian Auditors General report 2025

Zim Nwokora

A revision and update of a survey of the independence of Auditors-General in Australia, Fiji, New Zealand and Papua New Guinea. It provides analysis of legislation and jurisdictional context. The report provides examples of better practice, including express legislative provisions, which can serve as a guide for future advocacy and legislative amendments.
Report

Freedom of Information Amendment Bill 2025


The final report from the inquiry into the Freedom of Information Amendment Bill 2025. It outlines the purpose and contextual information, as well as identifying some of its key provisions. It examines key issues raised and sets out the committee’s findings and recommendations. The committee recommends that the Bill be passed.
Report

Blocked: the social media ban, multicultural young people and settlement


The report presents research undertaken in the lead-up to the implementation of the Australian Government’s Online Safety Amendment (Social Media Minimum Age) Act 2024. The paper centres the voices of multicultural and newly arrived young people to examine how the proposed under-16 social media restriction intersects with settlement, belonging, education, wellbeing and access to information.
Briefing paper

Freedom of Information Amendment Bill 2025: bill digest


The Freedom of Information Amendment Bill 2025 aims to reduce system inefficiencies, provide clarity of the law and address perceived abuse of processes in the existing freedom of information framework. This paper outlines the purpose and structure of the Bill, its background, the policy position of non-government parties and independents, and key issues and provisions.
Video

Lunch & learn: Centre for Inclusive Employment


A recording of a webinar that takes a tour of the new Centre for Inclusive Employment's online resource hub. The new Centre for Inclusive Employment has been designed to support the Inclusive Employment Australia workforce to deliver best practice employment support for people with disability.