This statistical report presents data on sentencing practices in Victoria in the decade to 30 June 2024. It is designed to inform the community about sentencing trends in Victoria. Data includes the types of offences, sentences received, and the imprisonment or detention lengths and fine amounts imposed.

This research quantifies the cost and scope of the $213 million annual compliance, regulatory and red tape burden on the productivity and profitability of Australian vegetable growers. The report identifies numerous opportunities to substantially reduce compliance costs. Major challenges mainly relate to duplication of effort and other process inefficiencies. It makes 34 recommendations for change.

This report is designed to assist policymakers, policy influentials and the lay public to understand the issues around rent regulation and how to design and implement regulation. It provides a case study of the Victorian rental system to look at trends in rents and what the data could reveal about likely outcomes from implementation of...

This report presents survey responses in relation to the online sale, delivery and advertising of alcohol in Australia and support for online advertising policy measures. It finds that online alcohol sales and advertising are exposing Australians to increased harm – especially people most at risk – while current laws fail to keep pace with the...

The main recommendation for the building of the Macquarie Point multipurpose stadium in Hobart, Tasmania is that the stadium should not proceed. The report lists the main problems as the size, location and geographical features of the site which would impact the spatial and landscape character, urban form and historic cultural heritage of Hobart.