This report presents the findings of an independent evaluation of SNAICC Early Years Support, conducted over its pilot phase from 2022 to 2024. The program supports and represents Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander early years services. The evaluation highlights the program's development, emerging impact and the conditions that support its success and future potential.

Truth-telling covers a range of activities that engage with a fuller account of Australia’s history and its ongoing impact on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. It is fundamental to advancing reconciliation. This fact sheet outlines what truth-telling looks like and what it's about. It is accompanied by two additional resources on participating in and...

Research into the prevalence of young worker exploitation within the Australian labour force and the ways in which this exploitation may be combatted through the use of digital tools and data science. The report affirms the alarming rate at which young workers are underpaid and makes recommendations to combat young worker exploitation through the use...

Australian manufacturing has undergone significant transformation over the past few decades. This report on manufacturing explores the industry’s unique strengths and challenges with analysis of key performance factors such as economic and demand conditions, cost pressures, trade exposure, workforce needs and investment. It identifies key performance factors for 2024 and outlook themes for 2025.

Australia must protect or conserve nature on an additional 60 million hectares of land over the next five years. This paper examines how tax concessions for farmers and landholders who adopt conservation covenants might influence farmers' decisions to enter conservation covenants. It shows how the complexity and uncertain benefits of this incentive are likely limiting...