On 12 November 2012, Prime Minister Julia Gillard announced that she would be recommending to the Governor-General the establishment of a Royal Commission into institutional responses to child sexual abuse in Australia.

This paper sets out a history of mineral and petroleum ownership and royalties in NSW as a background to the debate concerning recent changes to State royalties and Federal mining tax regimes. The timelines provided start at 1906, the point at which the first consolidated mining legislation was introduced. While the majority of the paper...

This summary provides an evidence-based summary of the key issues involved in program design in primary prevention initiatives.

This e-brief presents a brief history of land access provisions in NSW: first in relation to minerals, and secondly in relation to petroleum (which includes coal seam gas). This paper also briefly examines land access provisions in other States.

This paper highlights the needs of siblings of cancer patients and provides recommendations of supportive strategies that can be implemented by those working in the education sector. It has been prepared by CanTeen Australia in collaboration with the Research to Practice Advisory Group. A cancer diagnosis of a brother or sister can impact siblings in...