Australian social policies & issues

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The purpose of this document is to set out a framework to eliminate family violence and sexual violence, to drive government action in a unified way and harness public support and community action.

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As part of the National Plan to Respond to the Abuse of Older Australians, the Attorney-General's Department commissioned the most extensive empirical examination of elder abuse in Australia to date, the National Elder Abuse Prevalence Study. This report presents the findings of that research program.

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The review of the National Housing and Homelessness Agreement will examine how well the Australian, State and Territory Governments have achieved the objectives, outcomes and outputs set out in the Agreement, and the suitability of the Agreement for the future. This issues paper has been released to guide people in preparing a submission.

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This paper looks at what’s wrong with politics and policy-making - why the basic way we make decisions is undermining our ability to navigate this age of exponential change.

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This report calls for early intervention and preventative approach to end homelessness for older people in New South Wales. The recommendations are based on a successful model that is currently funded by the Victorian government.

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This report provides an analysis of the available evidence on how Australia's social security system supports people who are unable to work (or unable to secure adequate income through work) due to their experience of mental ill-health, or caring for someone with mental ill-health.

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Founded by Save the Children Australia in 2015, we are an independent not-for-profit organisation with offices in Australia and Singapore, and partnerships across the globe. We connect research, programs and policy to assist the effective implementation of services that will improve the lives of children, families.

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This strategy is the first of its kind in Australia, and provides a nationally coordinated, strategic framework for preventing and responding to child sexual abuse. It seeks to reduce the risk, extent and impact of child sexual abuse and related harms in Australia.

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When addressing domestic and partner violence, First Nations communities need to be involved in how men’s behaviour change programs are developed and delivered.

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LGBTQ+ communities experience violence and abuse at similar, if not greater rates than cisgender, heterosexual women. Their stories need to be heard.

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APO houses the largest digital collection of grey literature on public policy – not just for Australia and New Zealand, but – as far as we know – for the world. So just what is grey literature and …

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This chronology summarises the current primary family and domestic violence legislation in operation in each Australian jurisdiction (1975 to 2016). For each Act, it provides an overview of how family and domestic violence is defined, the orders provided, and the related offences and penalties.