Police proceeded against 295,600 alleged offenders during 2007-08, according to the first release of recorded crime offender statistics from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). This publication is the first release of statistics relating to the number of alleged offenders aged 10 years and over who were proceeded against by police during 2007-08. Data comes...

The South Australian Premier, The Hon. Mike Rann, sought advice from the Social Inclusion Board on new and effective ways to support young people with a disability to transition to the post-school environment. The Board has concluded that young people with a disability most 'at risk' of not making a transition from school to activities...

In late 2008, Arts SA funded a sector-wide consultation to determine the service needs of the disability and arts sector and to identify the most appropriate model for the delivery of these services , as well as the continuation of key programs that have a positive impact on the lives and arts practice of South...

This paper focuses on policy responses to promote positive housing outcomes, including strategies for inter-sectoral collaboration for policy agenda setting and implementation, addressing community stigma, tackling professional resistance to mental health reform, developing advocacy alliances, providing housing models which address social isolation, and challenging medical discourses on disability.

The demand for public dental services exceeds the capacity of available resources. Services are therefore rationed by categorising them into those seeking emergency or general dental care and then, most commonly, by chronological queuing. No evidence-based criteria or protocols exist in Australia to assess whether it's reasonable for patients to present for emergency dental care...