This report on the film, animation, special effects and electronic games industries considers the need for Australian films to generate more audience appeal, the benefits of developing and exploiting intellectual property rather than relying on fee-for-service work and some of these industries’ future opportunities.

There has been a significant growth in poverty in Australia over the last decade. At the time of this report's release a consensus of estimates puts the number of people living in poverty at between two and three and a half million. In reporting on this inquiry into poverty the Senate Community Affairs References Committee...

Transcript of address by Patricia Reeve, Executive Director, National Policy Secretariat, COTA. The author re-visits some endemic issues in the community and the service system, in the hope we can draw on previous learning, in aged care, disability services and consumer participation to inform new initiatives in a changing environment. In this address the author...

This paper was presented as a lecture in the Department of the Senate Occasional Lecture Series at Parliament House.

On 19 June 2002, the Senate referred the following matters to the Committee for inquiry and report: (a) Consideration of the adequacy, effectiveness and fairness of proposed legislative participation requirements for parents and mature-age unemployed Australians; and (b) The Family and Community Services Legislation Amendment (Australians Working Together and other 2001 Budget Measures) Bill 2002...