The number of young people aged 10 to 13 years found guilty of a criminal offence in NSW fell markedly, following the 2016 High Court of Australia decision RP v R. This paper examines if this decline can be explained by the RP v R decision which clarified the application of doli incapax.

This assessment tool supports service providers to screen, assess and respond to women who have experienced strangulation in the context of domestic, family and sexual violence. The tool is also designed to pick up smothering, suffocation and other forms of breath restriction.

This report is a contribution to the NSW Education Standards Authority’s (NESA) work in assessing options for improving the New South Wales Higher School Certificate (HSC). It notes key strengths of the HSC and provides four options for incremental improvements to the HSC.

This report focuses on New South Wales respondents to the Australian Study of Health and Relationships and findings related to sexually transmissible infections. It notes further efforts to de-stigmatise sexual and reproductive health are vital to establishing it as a recognised aspect of overall health and wellbeing.

This report describes results from a co-designed outcome evaluation of a local decision-making initiative for Aboriginal communities in New South Wales. The key finding is that it is a valuable policy initiative worth strengthening, with real potential to deliver change. The initiative is a useful step towards the devolution of decision making to communities.