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Snapshot: the impact of Reconciliation Action Plans in 2025
An annual report that measures the impact that organisations with Reconciliation Action Plans (RAPs) are having across Australia. The 2025 report shows the growing role of RAPs in driving change across workplaces, institutions and communities.
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Mapping the civic life journey: summary of 2025 cross-sector data and policy hackathon
Australia's civic participation is declining but across our lives we are active in different ways. This report summarises a forum to test the practical value of a civic life journey framework, looking at how policies could approach civic life from a life course perspective.
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Gender lens on the Budget 2026–27
This gender lens on the Budget is produced as an annual report on the implementation of government commitments to gender equality across the Australian federal Budget. It finds there are some positive steps in the 2026–27 Budget, but the environment in which it has landed is fraught. Recommendations are identified across portfolio areas.
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Defence’s Collins class submarines life of type extension: planning and implementation
Australia relies on the Collins class submarines as a core element of its maritime defence capability. A Life of Type Extension (LOTE) is required to maintain submarine capability and availability until Australia transitions to a future nuclear‑powered submarine fleet under AUKUS. This audit reviews the effectiveness of planning and implementation of the LOTE project to...
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Managing funding from the mental health levy
The report assesses whether Queensland’s mental health levy is effectively managed across the mental health, alcohol and other drugs system to achieve its intended purposes. It finds that the levy is not effectively managed as a whole. This is because effective governance arrangements for the levy were not established when it was introduced.