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What works in employment for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples with disability: an Indigenous-led evidence synthesis report
This report synthesises evidence on employment participation for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with disability. Positive outcomes are linked to Indigenous-led, culturally safe, relational and flexible services aligned with community realities. Barriers stem from culturally unsafe, rigid systems rather than capability. It focuses on the conditions that make employment, education and training pathways more...
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Australian children's television at the crossroads
This report charts how Australian children's television is navigating a profound cultural and industrial crisis. The sector tasked with producing valuable local screen content is experiencing systemic market failure and contraction. The report delivers an evidence-based policy and industry analysis. It exposes key structural vulnerabilities in the current childrenʼs screen sector.
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Powering Australia’s future
Sovereign capability means controlling the inputs that are fundamental to the functioning of an economy. This report recommends the establishment of Sovereign Power, a Commonwealth entity to build and own firmed renewable regeneration, offering long-term power purchase agreements to Australia’s strategic industrial facilities. It finds control over electricity for heavy manufacturing is the big gap.
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Environmental cost of artificial intelligence: carbon, water and land footprints
This report examines the environmental footprints of the energy required to power artificial intelligence's (AI’s) rapid expansion. It frames AI’s environmental footprint as a governance and justice challenge, not only a technical problem. The benefits of AI often flow across borders and sectors, while the environmental burdens can be concentrated in specific communities and regions.
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State of the ACCO sector: child protection and out-of-home care census final report
Aboriginal Community-Controlled Organisations provide holistic, culturally responsive care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and families in New South Wales and yet are under-resourced and excluded from decision making. This report calls for reforms to strengthen the role of ACCOs in the child protection system.