Across Australia - and around the world - communities and governments are changing the way they respond to children and young people who break the law. This shift has been away from systems that deal largely with the consequences of youth crime, towards ones that address the underlying causes of offending by children and young...

When a group of brilliant young scientists arrived in Australia’s national capital after World War II to take up leading roles in the establishment of national research institutions, they commissioned Australia’s leading architects to design their private houses. The houses that resulted from these unique collaborations rejected previous architectural styles and wholeheartedly embraced modernist ideologies...

This evaluation of the Women's Development Project finds that significant progress had been made towards its goal for increased self-determination; and that the communities have the capacity to further strengthen their goals. The Women’s Development Project began in 2008. The goal of the WDP was to increase self-determination of women in the Jawoyn region, with...

This background note examines how planning of the national capital can facilitate better living outcomes for the city and its growing population. It also considers how Canberra compares to other world capitals and why it deserves a higher profile and contends that improved urban design has the potential to raise the image of this planned...

Secretaries of government departments in Australia are the bureaucratic leaders of their generation. They are ambitious, highly-talented executives who have risen to the very pinnacle of their chosen vocation – public service to the Australian nation – usually after having spent most, if not all, of their professional careers dedicated to the public service. They...