In demonstrating the case for developing a Cultural Indicators Framework, this paper outlines the various applications such a framework will have that will enable South Australian local government to plan, evaluate and make cultural policy decisions based on evidence.

This audit assesses prisoner complaint handling practices against recognised national and international standards, with an eye to the realities of managing almost 2000 prisoners across South Australia’s nine prisons. The evidence gathered in the audit indicates that the Department for Correctional Services complaint handling system is deficient in the key areas of accessibility, efficiency, fairness...

This policy discussion paper has been developed in response to extensive social research indicating that education, employment, healthy living conditions and social support networks all have a very strong influence on families’ ability to provide the best environment for their developing children. It is now understood that families with access to these conditions and supports...

This report reviews what is known about community engagement in wind energy industry and identify what we still need to understand. After briefly presenting the relationship between wind farms and society as a significant one, we will recapitulate what strains that relationship and how community engagement can address it. We will point out that divergent...

Prepared by Urbis Pty Ltd social researchers, this report documents findings from research undertaken to assess the social outcomes of the Working on Country program and complementary Indigenous natural and cultural resource management programs. This study found that the social outcomes are diverse, wide-ranging and interconnected and can be categorised according to health and wellbeing...