The Australian Early Development Census (AEDC) is a national measure of children’s development as they enter their first year of full-time school. The AEDC reveals trends in early childhood development. It can indicate what is working well to support children, and where opportunities exist to take further action.

The strategy provides a framework to increase and sustain immunisation uptake in Australia over the next five years. It sets a vision for a healthier Australia through immunisation. It is supported by a mission to reduce the impact of vaccine-preventable diseases through high uptake of safe, effective and equitable immunisation across the lifespan.​

This paper aims to develop a culturally grounded framework for co-designing policy with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples by employing a framework synthesis approach and yarning methods. The proposed framework aims to amalgamate Indigenous perspectives into policy co-design, ensuring inclusive, effective and culturally informed policies.

This report explores whether value pluralism – the recognition that people will continue to hold fundamentally different moral, religious and cultural beliefs – is compatible with a cohesive national identity in a liberal democracy. It argues that Australia’s future cohesion depends not on suppressing disagreement, but on managing it fairly. The report proposes five policy...

This report establishes the first nationally consistent methodology and analysis of the direct economic contribution of Australia’s music industry. It provides estimates of the direct economic contribution, direct employment and value of export revenues of the industry. It also includes the economic contribution of music industry subsectors in 2023–24.