This report details the findings of an evaluation of the Australian Public Service Reform program 2022–2025. The evaluation found the program had successfully embedded foundations for ongoing reform and delivered tangible results. Positive changes across domains such as integrity, public satisfaction with services and public service capability were reported.

Despite discussion about the benefits of indexing tax brackets to the rate of inflation, this paper shows Australians have been better off without the solution to ‘bracket creep’. The analysis reveals that if the Howard Government had introduced the current Liberal policy of indexing tax brackets to inflation, Australians would be paying significantly more tax...

This statistical report covers sexual offending proceeded against by police in all Australian states and territories for the period 1 July 2023 to 30 June 2024. The report provides data on sexual offenders, sexual offence victims, youth offenders and adult offenders. In 2023–24, police proceeded against 10,359 individuals for sexual offences in Australia.

The aim of the NDIS Alternative Commissioning Pilots in remote and First Nations communities was to co-design, implement and evaluate place-based, community-driven alternative commissioning models in partnership with communities. This report contains the findings of the evaluation to support the future development and scaling up of alternative commissioning. It makes 10 overall recommendations.

This summary synthesises evidence on employment participation for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with disability. Positive outcomes are linked to Indigenous-led, culturally safe, relational and flexible services aligned with community realities. Barriers stem from culturally unsafe, rigid systems rather than capability. It focuses on the conditions that make employment, education and training pathways more...