This research reviewed government policies and practices and investigated Australian case studies to better understand the quality, energy, and locational and transportation dimensions of housing affordability. The findings point to the need for a universally applied definition of safe and healthy housing standards across Australia and the need for policymakers to measure households’ required energy...

This research aims to understand how New Zealanders think about fairness in order to help policy advisors provide more informed advice on the equity implications of policy choices. It also considers to what extent New Zealander’s perceptions of fairness are grounded in reality and how perceptions of fairness vary across group markers including gender, age...

Supported employment services have been transforming their service models in line with community expectations. This report provides an evidence base supporting several policy options in the move of people with disability to full award wages. It concludes that any government assistance would be far less than the current economic benefits of supported employment to the...

This report presents an analysis and assessment of progress towards policy goals that will support affordable, accessible, equitable and high-quality early childhood education and care (ECEC) under the current policy, regulatory, funding and governance settings. It also presents recommendations to improve upon these settings as a pathway forward to achieve a universal ECEC system.

The review considers the basis by which the office of the Inspector‐General of the Australian Defence (IGADF) Force was established and makes findings and recommendations about its functions, operation and composition. It calls for the IGADF to realign its mission to become a better fit for a changed Defence organisational structure and meet higher community...