Teachers play a key role during the pivotal early stages of a child’s life. But do all Australian children have the same access to such teachers? In this paper, the authors shed new light on this question by examining the prior academic achievement (ATAR) of secondary school teachers in New South Wales.

Machinery of government (MoG) changes occur when the government decides to change the way responsibilities are allocated and structured across departments and other public service agencies. This paper highlight aspects of MoG changes that relate to agencies’ administrative conduct, with a particular focus on maladministration risks agencies should watch out for.

The NSW Government seeks to introduce three new offences into the Crimes Act to protect retail workers. This document evaluates the government's case for legislative reform.

This paper updates a 2017 paper​ by the NSW Parliamentary Research Service. It features a timeline of privatisations that have occurred in NSW since 1989, up to the most recent sale of the Westconnex Group in 2021.

This study presents estimates of the prevalence of food insecurity among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander households in small geographical areas in the state of New South Wales.