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Briefing paper

Briefing paper

Call for the establishment of a primary health care national minimum dataset


There have been numerous calls to establish a national minimum data set for primary health care in Australia. Despite significant investment in the provision of primary health care services in Australia, little is known about what services are being delivered to whom, with what outcomes.
Briefing paper

Israeli–Palestinian peacemaking: the role of the Arab states


Because of their good relations with both the US and Israel, certain Arab states are well placed to play an important role in Israeli–Palestinian peacemaking. This briefing explores four scenarios concerning their role in the process and the likely outcomes.
Briefing paper

Drug use at music festivals


Drug use at music festivals has become a public safety concern in NSW, one that has led to a number of deaths in recent years. This paper provides an overview of the main recommendations of the Expert Panel report entitled Keeping People Safe at Music Festivals, released by the NSW Government on 24 October 2018.
Briefing paper

Locating demand: updating the Need for Legal Assistance Services indicators


In 2015 the Foundation developed the Need for Legal Assistance Services (NLAS) indicators. These provide a census-based measure of the geographic distribution of potential demand for not-for-profit legal assistance services from organisations such as legal aid commissions and community legal centres. Following the release by the Australian Bureau of Statistics of 2016 Census data, the...
Briefing paper

Snapshot of Australia's commercial fisheries and aquaculture


This brief contains an overview of Australia’s commercial fisheries and aquaculture industries and six key aspects of Australian commercial fisheries and aquaculture including: industry structure, trends in production, trade, consumption, sustainability and innovation.