Research and Reports

Department of Communities Reports and Services

• COMSIS - Community Services Information System
  COMSIS provides a single comprehensive source of local, regional and state-wide data for over 200 datasets. Data topics in COMSIS include: demography, education, employment, family, housing, income, remoteness and disadvantage.

• Who Works in Community Services – a profile of Australian workforces in child protection, juvenile justice, disability services and general community services

Other Research Sites

Academic

• Queensland Council of Social Service - Policy and Advocacy
• Australian Centre for Philanthropy and Nonprofit Studies - QUT
• Australian Council of Social Service- Policy
• Australian Policy Online
• Centre for Policy Development
• Queensland Public Interest Law Clearing House
• Centre for Social Impact
• Queensland Health and Community Services Workforce Council - Research and Publications
• The Equality Trust

Government

• Australian Productivity Commission
• Parliamentary Library
• Australian Bureau of Statistics

Community Sector

• AngliCare
• Benevolent Society
  • Social capital among school students in disadvantaged communities
  • New Ways of Restoring and Supporting the Independence of Older People
  • The impact of domestic violence on children: A literature review
  • Supporting older people who are experiencing mental distress or illness
  • Working with older Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
• QCOSS Homelessness Community Action Plans
• Relationships Australia
• The Salvation Army
• UnitingCare

Health

• National Disability Services - Publications
• Australian Institute of Health and Welfare - Publications
• Australian Federation of AIDS Organisations
• World Health Organisation
• Drug info clearinghouse
• The Cochrane Collaboration

Housing and Homelessness

• National Homelessness Clearinghouse

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander

• Menzies School of Health - Research
• Secretariat of National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Child Care
• Closing the Gap Clearinghouse
• Kulunga Research Network
• Footprints in Time:  The Longitudinal Study of Indigenous Children

Children, Families and Youth

• Australian Institute of Family Studies
• Australian Domestic and Family Violence Clearinghouse
• Australian Research Alliance for Children and Youth
• National Child Protection Clearinghouse
• Queensland Centre for Domestic and Family Violence Research, CQUniversity