There has long been consensus that domestic and family violence, parental mental health issues and alcohol and other drug use are strongly interlinked and increase the risk of children and young people entering out-of-home care. This study observes those interconnections, and is one of the first external projects to use the newly established NSW Human...

The NSW Reconstruction Authority has developed Australia’s first State Disaster Mitigation Plan (SDMP). This supports the NSW Government’s commitment to making communities safer, more resilient and better prepared to face the challenges of disasters caused by natural hazards such as floods, bushfires, storms and cyclones and coastal erosion and inundation.

This final report of the review into the effectiveness of SafeWork NSW specifically notes that the present structural and governance arrangements of the state’s work health and safety body are unsatisfactory and require reorganisation.

This paper discusses the general criminal offence of manslaughter, outlines the key offences in current work health and safety laws, summarises the debate, and examines industrial manslaughter laws in other Australian jurisdictions.

This study provides empirical data on the experiences of isolated older Australians living in New South Wales and the effects of social and geographical isolation on these older people. It also provides empirical data on how service providers across New South Wales identify isolated older people and facilitate their access to supports and services.