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Briefing paper

Briefing paper

Cultural heritage protection reform


This background paper provides information on First Nations cultural heritage reform including recurring themes for reform, the current legislative framework and co-design options to reform First Nations cultural heritage protections.
Briefing paper

Effect of news media bargaining code on journalism employment


The authors of this paper argue that in the absence of data from major Australian media participants, it is not possible to directly calculate how many additional journalists Australia has thanks to the mandatory bargaining code.
Briefing paper

Defining zero carbon homes for a climate resilient future


The Climateworks team undertook an extensive literature review of a range of academic and grey literature to examine existing definitions for zero carbon buildings. This information was collated and qualitatively examined to uncover key themes across the sources.
Briefing paper

Shrouded in secrecy


In this briefing paper, the Centre for Public Integrity recommends the establishment of an Independent Transparency Monitor to promote access to information by providing a disincentive to secrecy and an independent review mechanism for the Australian Parliament’s requests for documents.
Briefing paper

Palliative and end of life care for people with disability


Palliative care is an approach to care that focuses on quality of life when curative treatments are no longer effective. Everyone has the right to access palliative care. This 'Insights into Practice' paper examines the issues surrounding palliative and end of life care for people with disability.