This paper discusses the relationship between modern digital technology and the urban environment. The increasing ubiquity of digital technology, internet services and location-aware applications in our everyday lives allows for a seamless transitioning between the visible and the invisible infrastructure of cities: road systems, building complexes, information and communication technology, and people networks create a...

This synthesis report provides evidence about current access arrangements to homelessness services, the complex and multiple access barriers faced by people experiencing homelessness, and an overview of the different approaches, models and mechanisms used in Australia and internationally to improve access. Despite the limitations of the existing evidence base, findings about access to services and...

Four in five public service employees agreed that Right to Information and Information Privacy reforms have had a positive impact on their agency and that their agency has a culture open to the release of information. As part of the Office of the Information Commissioner’s (OIC) program to monitor agencies’ performance, the OIC has examined...

Between 2008 and 2010, the SettleMEN study followed a cohort of 233 recently arrived men from refugee backgrounds living in urban and regional areas of South East Queensland with the aim of documenting their health and settlement experiences. This report presents the key findings of the study.

The aim of this work is to understand what incentives exist to encourage integration in land and water management across northern Australia. Integration is seen as important in improving planning and management of resources in the context of climate change and development pressure. The north Australian region is made up of three jurisdictions, the two...