Australia
Discussion paper
Disability safeguards consultation
A consultation paper about the Disability Support Quality and Safeguarding Framework and Ecosystem Safeguarding Strategy, developed in response to the Royal Commission. Aimed at unifying safeguards for all Australians with disability, it seeks community and sector views on the meaning of safeguards, what effective safeguards look like, and how quality should be defined.
Report
Voices of care leavers: ageing with dignity after childhood institutionalisation
This study presents a comprehensive national investigation into the ageing experiences of people who spent their childhoods in forms of institutional or out-of-home care in Australia. Care Leavers and stakeholders consistently called for trauma-informed care to become the foundation of aged care practice. The report presents eight key policy and practice recommendations.
Literature review
Interventions for migrant and refugee men who use domestic, family and sexual violence
For migrant and refugee families in Australia, domestic, family and sexual violence (DFSV) is perpetrated within the context of complex social factors. This review presents an analysis of current knowledge on interventions for migrant and refugee men who have used DFSV. It identifies best practice principles, programs and models relevant to implementation in Australia.
Report
Regulation rumble 2025
The report ranks Australia's' states and territories based on planning systems, payroll taxes, property taxes and charges, retail trading hours, workers’ compensation premiums, duties on insurance and licences and requirements to do business. It identifies good regulatory and tax practices across Australia, to highlight what is working well and encourage states and territories to learn...
Briefing paper
The changing value of a degree: rebalancing Australia’s tertiary pathways
This policy brief analysed 40 years of Australian census data to determine the changing value of a university degree. It recommends replacing the Job Ready Graduates funding regime and diversifying post-secondary school pathways.