This report recommends stricter limits to reduce the number people with disabilities being sterilised without their consent.

On 7 February 2013 the Senate referred the following matter to the Senate Community Affairs Committee for inquiry and report: (a) the supply of chemotherapy drugs such as Docetaxel, particularly in relation to: (i) patient access to treatment, (ii) cost to pharmacists and suppliers, and (iii) cost to the private and public hospital systems; (b)...

Among other recommendations, this paper argues that the Commonwealth should take the earliest opportunity to apologise publicly to those affected by former forced adoption policies and practices. On 15 November 2010, the Senate referred to the Community Affairs References Committee an inquiry into former forced adoption policies and practices. The motion covered more than just...

Noise standards adopted by the states and territories for the planning and operation of rural wind farms should include appropriate measures to calculate the impact of low frequency noise and vibrations indoors at impacted dwellings. This is among seven recommendations made in this report on wind farms by Senate Community Affairs References Committee. On 27...

At least six Australian lives are taken by suicide every day, however there continues to be a lack of public awareness about the impact of suicide on the community according to this report. The title of the Committee's report The Hidden Toll: Suicide in Australia reflects this situation as well as the hope that increased...