This plan supports a whole-of-government approach to meeting the objectives and achieving the outcomes under the National Agreement.

This report reviews the progress of the ACT Government in implementing the full intent of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Child Placement Principle (ATSICPP).

In this discussion paper, Ed Wensing argues that the ACT Government should not be afraid to follow the examples set by Victoria, Queensland and the Northern Territory, in commencing treaty discussions about possible ways of resolving the matters of sovereignty and self-determination, including over land rights and native title.

Very little is known about the efficient collection of fines, despite their indispensable contribution to local government budgets. This paper fills a gap in the literature by studying the effectiveness of deterrence (enforcement) and non-deterrence (social norms) letters that aim to improve the collection of traffic and parking fines.

An evaluation of a mentoring program for women enrolled in university economics courses using a mixed-methods randomised controlled trial. The evidence suggested the mentoring program had a material impact on students’ decisions to continue with economics. The report concludes that mentoring programs should be considered in the suite of options for encouraging women students to...