This briefing paper outlines the flaws in the operation of Victoria’s corruption watchdog, IBAC.

This resource presents key findings from an analysis of Wave 1 data from the NSW Child Development Study, which aims to identify vulnerability and protective factors for a variety of health, educational and social and outcomes of children in NSW.

This issues paper argues that while outsourcing is not uniformly good or bad, services with a principally academic market seem to be especially susceptible to monopoly or oligopoly dynamics among commercial providers.

Since Conservation International (CI) launched its Tuna Initiative in 2015, the risks posed by climate change to tuna’s contributions to the economies of Pacific Island countries, as well as the food security and livelihoods of Pacific Island people, are increasingly obvious.

‘Blue carbon’ refers to the carbon storage potential of coastal ecosystems such as mangroves, tidal marshes and seagrass beds. While efforts to protect coastal ecosystems are very important for biodiversity conservation, local economies and climate adaptation and mitigation, the carbon impact of Australia’s initiative is minimal in the context of Australian climate issues.