The importance of reconciliation in education
Author/editor: Biddle, N. & Priest, N.
Year published: 2019
The aim of this paper is to summarise existing evidence and new analyses that shed light on the role of reconciliation in schools and early learning services in particular, and in education more broadly. We present the first analysis in Australia of the relationship between racism/discrimination…
The role of government: Australian and international views on what government should do
Author/editor: Biddle, N, Gray, M and Sheppard, J
Year published: 2019
This paper uses data from the 26th ANUPoll, conducted in August 2018, to analyse opinion about a range of roles that government could be responsible for, who should deliver services and who should pay for them. Australians generally think that the government has an important role to play in many…
2006–16 Aboriginal population change in New South Wales
Author/editor: N Biddle, L Allen and F Markham
Year published: 2018
The New South Wales (NSW) Aboriginal population is one of the fastest growing in the country. Estimates for the total Indigenous population in the state increased from around 189 000 in 2006 to around 267 000 in 2016. This very rapid growth is likely to lead to a significant number of policy…
Building children’s resilience through respectful and gender equitable relationships pilot project
Author/editor: King, T, Meehl, A & Priest, N.
Year published: 2018
The scoping project documented in this report presents the results of a rapid, comprehensive and systematic review of empirical evidence from the past 10 years, conducted with the following aims:to evaluate the effectiveness of interventions to promote gender equity and prevent gender bias among…
Optimal policy modelling: a microsimulation methodology for setting the Australian tax and transfer system
Author/editor: B Phillips, R Webster and M Gray
Year published: 2018
The complexity of the social security system makes it challenging for policy makers to assess what changes should be made to the system to achieve policy objectives, and the implications of changes to the system. This paper describes the results of an initial attempt to develop a new methodology…
Parental leave pay and paid maternity leave: should entitlement be tied?
Author/editor: Taylor, M.
Year published: 2018
This paper provides an insight into the earnings and household income of mothers who would be affected by recently proposed reforms to Parental Leave Pay (PLP) – formerly Paid Parental Leave – that would tie PLP entitlement to access to paid maternity leave (PML) workplace conditions. The Household…
Public attitudes towards data governance in Australia
Author/editor: Biddle, N, Edwards, B, Gray, M, McEachern, S
Year published: 2018
Never before have more data been held about us by government or companies that we interact with, and never before have those data been so used, or so useful for analytical purposes. The development of legislation, and the regulatory and oversight framework governing the use of these personal data…