An investigation into capability, planning and management shortfalls in Commonwealth entities entering into external information technology (IT) contracts. The report finds such shortfalls lead to poor results as well as poor value for money for the taxpayer, and makes three recommendations to improve and build capacity for future IT procurement.

A 10-year roadmap to embed Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander leadership, cultural strength and best practices into Australia’s mental health system. The plan provides a strategic approach to achieving the highest standard of social and emotional wellbeing, mental health and suicide prevention for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, focusing on five key themes.

A proposition on climate justice for Australian First Nations and Pacific Islander communities addresses mitigation, adaptation, remediation and transformation. The proposition asserts that communities suffering the most adverse effects of climate change should be represented in decision making by the United Nations and sovereign country agencies and should be partners in the design of policy...

This is a guide to responding to children and young people’s disclosures of abuse and maltreatment. It also outlines how, why and when children and young people are likely to disclose abuse and provides information to help individuals respond to these disclosures. The guide is for family members, friends, other adults and professionals.

The cost of cybercrime is often expressed in terms of financial loss. This report argues that in order to invest the necessary resources in prevention and response, harm measurement must be widened to include practical, health, social, financial and legal impacts. The authors put forward a harm index for victims that measures of the relative...