Government funding to major sporting codes and teams is distributed through both sports-specific programs and broader programs, including infrastructure funding. This complexity makes it difficult to trace the total government funding provided to sporting codes and teams each year. Further, these organisations’ annual reports do not always identify government income.

This Quick Guide provides an overview of various government funding sources available to major sporting codes and clubs, at both the federal and state and territory level. It is intended as a practical resource to assist with tracking government expenditure in this area.

The focus is on national sporting organisations and their associated premier leagues, rather than local clubs. However, many of the funding sources mentioned will be relevant to sports organisations at all levels. State and territory programs most often relate to state-level organisations.

In January 2023, the Government launched Australia’s first arts policy in a decade. Revive – the National Cultural Policy sets out a suite of discrete actions and measures to be achieved over 5 years. Two years on, and with an inquiry into the policy underway, this FlagPost outlines what has been achieved so far, what can be expected in 2025, and new issues that have arisen since Revive was published.

Australia’s Parliament House exists not just as the national legislature, but also as a significant tourist destination and cultural institution. As part of this expansive role, light illuminations projected onto the Parliament House façade have highlighted many cultural commemorations and celebrations. This Flagpost identifies the varied history of these illuminations, especially within the context of the annual ACT Government festival, Enlighten.

The purpose of this quick guide is to provide parliamentarians and their staff with helpful resources for researching various aspects of Australia’s military history. The 2024 iteration of this quick guide includes updates from previous versions and all hyperlinks are correct as of 18 April 2024.

This quick guide provides links to relevant government and non-government bodies and reports, as well as an overview of useful statistical and economic data sources. It updates The arts and culture: a quick guide to key internet links, published in 2014.

Different funding models shape whether research is curiosity‑driven or strategically targeted at government priorities. How can Australia balance these approaches to strengthen innovation and long‑term research capability?

Money is continuing to shift from physical to digital forms. How can Australia regulate emerging digital forms of money, manage the transition away from cash and assess the case for a central bank digital currency?

Australia’s care economy relies heavily on market-based arrangements intended to optimise provider competition and consumer choice. Given the problems identified in successive inquiries and royal commissions, can stronger market stewardship and targeted reforms improve affordability, access and quality across these essential services?

Australia’s aged care system is approaching a turning point. Rising demand, workforce shortages and changing family and workforce patterns are reshaping who provides care, how it is delivered, and who bears the cost?

Australia’s tobacco control efforts have reduced smoking, but progress is slowing in some demographic groups. With current measures nearing their limits, are other strategies available to achieve the nation’s smoke‑free targets?

Different funding models shape whether research is curiosity‑driven or strategically targeted at government priorities. How can Australia balance these approaches to strengthen innovation and long‑term research capability?

Politically motivated violence is increasing in Australia and globally, eroding public trust and deepening polarisation. How can Australia strengthen security, counter abuse and extremism, and protect democratic engagement without undermining openness and freedom of expression?

Money is continuing to shift from physical to digital forms. How can Australia regulate emerging digital forms of money, manage the transition away from cash and assess the case for a central bank digital currency?

Australia’s patchwork approach to freedom of expression produces shifting boundaries shaped by courts, legislation and ministerial discretion. How can policymakers balance freedom of expression with other competing policy interests like privacy, discrimination, social cohesion and national security?

The High Court decision in Commonwealth of Australia v Yunupingu has significant implications for constitutional and native title law, and has exposed the Commonwealth to significant liability for actions impacting native title from the early 1900s. This paper will examine the key findings that the constitutional guarantee of just terms for the acquisition of property applies to laws made for the territories, and that extinguishment or impairment of native title by exercise of the Crown’s radical title can be compensable under the Native Title Act 1993 (Cth) as an acquisition of property. 

Recognition of prior occupation of Australia by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples is an unresolved issue in Australia, despite many attempts over the years. How does Australia compare to other countries in their relationships with indigenous peoples, and what might the future hold for Indigenous rights and recognition in Australia?

This Quick Guide provides links to Parliamentary Library publications and other resources relating to the unsuccessful Constitution Alteration (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice) referendum, which occurred on 14 October 2023.

This Quick Guide provides a short overview of all Australian Government Indigenous-specific bodies; the number of public servants they employ; their functions and funding; and an overview of total Australian Government Indigenous-specific expenditure.

Australia’s patchwork approach to freedom of expression produces shifting boundaries shaped by courts, legislation and ministerial discretion. How can policymakers balance freedom of expression with other competing policy interests like privacy, discrimination, social cohesion and national security?

Australia’s care economy relies heavily on market-based arrangements intended to optimise provider competition and consumer choice. Given the problems identified in successive inquiries and royal commissions, can stronger market stewardship and targeted reforms improve affordability, access and quality across these essential services?

Politically motivated violence is increasing in Australia and globally, eroding public trust and deepening polarisation. How can Australia strengthen security, counter abuse and extremism, and protect democratic engagement without undermining openness and freedom of expression?

Australia’s patchwork approach to freedom of expression produces shifting boundaries shaped by courts, legislation and ministerial discretion. How can policymakers balance freedom of expression with other competing policy interests like privacy, discrimination, social cohesion and national security?