Sectors

Our work in the environment and climate change sectors is focused on the development of monitoring and evaluation frameworks for and evaluations of local, state and national programs in waste management and circular economy, water and land management, biosecurity and pest animal management, biodiversity, climate-change mitigation and adaptation, environmental research and energy efficiency. 

• Development of an Indicator and Outcome Bank (NSW Reconstruction Authority, 2025)
• Town Water Risk Reduction Program Phase 2 Evaluation (Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, 2025) 

• NSW Government’s Sharing and Enabling Environmental Data (SEED), M&E Framework, Strategic Roadmap and Mid-term Evaluation (Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water,  2021–2025 )   

• Evaluation of the CRR Roadmap (Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, 2024–2025)  

• Northern Australia Biosecurity Strategy  (NABS)  Benefit Evaluation Consultancy (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries, 2024)  

Our origins in the early 1990s were in child wellbeing, justice and community safety. We continue to deliver insights to decision makers in these areas, from local government crime prevention and social inclusion strategies to the development and evaluation of state-wide and inter-agency programs providing targeted early intervention and tertiary responses to domestic and family violence, youth justice programs and system reform.

• Evaluation of Family Advocacy and Support Services (Attorney-General’s Department, 2024–2025)  

• Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal Business Case (Queensland Department of Justice and the Attorney General, 2023–2024)  

• Evaluation of Thriving Queensland Kids Partnership (Paul Ramsay Foundation, 2023–2025)  

• Corrective Services NSW (CSNSW) Domestic Violence Remand Program (Corrective Services NSW, 2023–2024)  
• Evaluation Plan for the National Principles for Child Safe Organisations (Australian Attorney General’s Department, 2024–2025)

Our long history of work in the education and training sector spans early childhood education to higher education and workforce development. We have focused on evaluating national partnerships, statewide programs, sector reforms and other targeted programs.  

• Evaluation for the Master of Inclusive Education and Graduate Certificate programs (Department of Education Victoria, 2023–2025) 

• Institute of Applied Technology Evaluation (NSW Department of Education, 2024)  

• NSW Curriculum Reform Qualitative Evaluation Support (NSW Department of Education, 2023–2024)  

• The Smith Family Growing Careers Project Implementation Review (The Smith Family, 2024–2025)  

• Get Back in the Game Evaluation Support (NSW Department of Education, 2024–2023)  

Our work for agencies responsible for delivering state and national transport, infrastructure and regional development encompasses whole-of-portfolio performance reporting frameworks, monitoring and evaluation frameworks, evaluations and reviews of policies and programs. We bring particular expertise in evaluation of road safety programs and grants programs delivering regional development and infrastructure.  

• Rural Assistance Authority Loan Program Evaluation (Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development, 2025)  

• Town Water Risk Reduction Program Phase 2 Evaluation (Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, 2025 )

• Process Evaluations of Automated Enforcement Programs (Transport for NSW, 2024–2025)  

• Learner Driver Mentor Program Evaluation (The Salvation Army Australia, 2024–2025)  

• Process evaluation of the Stronger Country Communities Fund (SCCF) Round 5 (NSW Department of Regional NSW, 2023)  

Our approach to working in the disability sector reflects the principle of ‘nothing about us without us’, ensuring people with disability lead. We embed the perspectives, priorities, and lived experiences of the sector into our work. Our evaluations have ranged from the development of regulatory systems to support the National Disability Insurance Scheme, evaluations of early intervention initiatives, and co-design and co-delivery of evaluations with people with disability. We also co-design services and develop disability inclusion action plans. 

• Evaluation of Australia’s Disability Strategy (Australian Government Department of Health, Disability and Ageing, 2026) 

• Disability Support Quality and Safeguarding Ecosystem Monitoring and Evaluation Framework (Australian Government Department of Health, Disability and Ageing, 2025–2026)  

• Evaluation of Supported Employment Initiatives (Department of Social Services, 2025–2027)  

• Service Redesign, Monitoring and Evaluation of Autism Connect – The National Autism Information Service (Amaze, 2018–2026)  

• Your Service, Your Rights National Rollout Project (Inclusion Australia, 2022–2023)  

We are committed to giving voice to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, families and communities in research and evaluation. We have a deep level of expertise and cultural competence in working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and communities, drawing on our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander associates to lead project design and engagement. Our work ranges from grassroots, capacity-building partnerships with Aboriginal organisations, to state-wide evaluations of targeted programs and national monitoring and evaluation frameworks.

We bring expertise in facilitating collaborative projects between different parts of the health and aged care system, system reform at the agency and state-wide levels, designing programs and monitoring systems for government and non-government organisations, and co-developing and evaluating models of care and preventative health strategies and programs. 

• Development of an Outcomes and Impact Framework (Advance Care Planning Australia, 2025–2026)  

• Healthy Canberra Grants Evaluation (ACT Health, 2024–2025) 

• Consultation of the National Framework for Genomics in Cancer Control (Cancer Australia, 2024–2025) 

• Development of a Social Licence Framework for Data (Department of Health and Aged Care, 2024–2025) 

• National Sepsis Program Extension 2023–2025: Coordination of Care and Post-Sepsis Support Model of Care Framework and Business Case (Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Healthcare, 2024–2025  

Our long history of work in the social housing and homelessness sector has seen us support development of housing regulatory systems, develop guidelines for social and affordable housing programs and evaluate statewide housing reforms and supported housing programs targeting vulnerable groups.

• Integrated Model of Housing and Support Monitoring Framework (Mission Australia, 2023)  

• Housing 2041: NSW Housing Strategy and 2023-27 Action Plan (Department of Planning and Environment, 2022–2023)  

• Evaluation of 5 Service Improvement Initiatives under Future Directions for Social Housing (Department of Communities and Justice, 2019–2023)  

• Housing Operations Staff Workload Analysis (Department of Communities and Justice, 2023–2024)  
• Evaluation of the Post Release Supported Accommodation Program (PRSA) (Queensland Corrective Services, 2022–2023)  

We bring a strong focus on the voice of lived experience to our work in the mental health and suicide prevention sectors, working with lived and living experience researchers using a lived experience evaluation framework that we co-developed. Our work ranges from organisational performance frameworks to evaluations of mental health and wellbeing programs, support services and care models. . Our work ranges from organisational performance frameworks to evaluations of mental health and wellbeing programs, support services and care models.. Our work ranges from organisational performance frameworks to evaluations of mental health and wellbeing programs, support services and care models. 

• The National Evaluation Framework for Mental Health and Suicide Prevention (Australian Government Department of Health, Disability and Ageing, 2023–2024)  

• Towards Zero Suicides – ARTD with Taylor Fry, academic and lived and living experience researchers (NSW Ministry of Health, 2020–2024)  

• Review of Mental Health Emergency Care Services in Emergency Departments – ARTD with Taylor Fry (NSW Ministry of Health, 2023–2024)  

• Fifth Independent Evaluation of Beyond Blue (Beyond Blue, 2020–2023)  

• Implementation support for National Disaster Mental Health and Wellbeing Framework and the first National Mental Health Plan for Emergency Service Workers (National Emergency Management Agency, 2023–2024)  

• NSW Suicide Prevention Framework Evaluation (Mental Health Commission of NSW, 2023)  

We work with government, NGOs and community members to co-design community solutions, develop monitoring and evaluation frameworks, and deliver evaluations of programs and services that support community wellbeing and resilience. We have particular expertise in evaluating systems change initiatives and social support programs, and often include evaluation capacity building for community organisations in this work.

• Thriving Queensland Kids Partnership (Paul Ramsey Foundation, 2023–2025) 

• Mental health, wellbeing and resilience (Country to Coast Queensland Primary Health Network, 2023–2025)  

• Evaluation of the Water and Snow Safety Program and the SLSA Training Measure (Department of Health and Aged Care, 2023–2024)  

• Evaluation of the Covid-19 Community Connection and Wellbeing Program (NSW Reconstruction Authority, 2023–2024)  
• Youth Community Coordinator Initiative Evaluation (NSW Department of Regional NSW, 2023)  

From small business grants and primary producer support to national industry transformation and international trade facilitation, we help governments with evaluation of innovation and economic growth initiatives. We develop fit-for-purpose monitoring and evaluation frameworks and deliver evaluations that account for long timeframes and diffuse outcomes typical of industry development programs.  

• Purple Flag Pilot Program Evaluation (Office of the 24-Hour Economy Commissioner, 2024)  

• Evaluation of Australian Trusted Trader Program (Department of Home Affairs, 2015–2025)  

• Entrepreneurship Facilitator initiative evaluation (Australian Government Department of Education, Skills and Employment, 2020–2022)  

• Evaluation of Institute of Applied Technology Pilot Program (NSW Department of Education, 2023–2025) 

• Evaluation of the On-Farm Carbon Advice Project (Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development, 2026) 

We develop monitoring and evaluation frameworks and deliver evaluations of programs that aim to achieve employment outcomes, from workforce strategies to vocational training and supported employment initiatives. We bring particular expertise in evaluating employment programs for people experiencing intersectional disadvantage, including people with disability, women returning to work, young people, and people in social housing. 

• School Leaver Employment Supports (SLES) payment by outcome and blended payment co-design (Department of Health Disability and Ageing, 2024–2025) 

• Jobs Academy evaluations (Future Women, 202–2025)  

• DSS Employ My Ability Disability Employment Pilots Evaluation (Department of Social Services, 2023–2025)  

• Evaluation of the National Youth Employment Body (Paul Ramsay Foundation, 2022–2023)  

• Entrepreneurship Facilitator Initiative Evaluation (Australian Government Department of Education, Skills and Employment, 2020–2022) 

As strategic evaluators , we pride ourselves on applying our expertise to novel or complex public policy challenges. Our approach isn’t just about measuring outcomes or providing feedback on performance – it’s about navigating complexity. With thousands of evaluation and strategy projects under our belt, – pattern recognition and creativity are powerful allies. We seek to understand the nature of the current situation, the value of any proposed or current initiatives and provide clear, coherent evaluation with feasible recommendations for an intended outcome.   

• Post-implementation review of Australian Government Consulting (Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet, 2024, and previous review in 2023) 

• Measuring Audit Impact (The Audit Office of NSW, 2023–2024)  

• Evaluation of Social Impact Investing Trials and the Social Enterprise Development Initiative (SEDI) (Department of Social Services, 2024) 

• Housing 2041: NSW Housing Strategy and 2023–2027 Action Plan (Department of Planning and Evaluation, 2022–2023) 
• Disability Support Quality and Safeguarding Ecosystem Information Sharing and Systems Thinking Review (Department of Health, Disability and Ageing, 2026)  

From cemeteries to motor sport, early childhood to universities, employment, aged care and disability we bring specialist capability for some of the biggest (and smallest) regulatory reforms in Australia over the last 10 years. In regulation there is always a common concern, the behaviour of regulated entities. We bring specialist capabilities in regulatory theory and how it can be applied in complex governance settings in a resource-consuming world. 

• Disability Support Quality and Safeguarding Ecosystem; Information Sharing and Systems Thinking Review (Department of Health, Disability and Ageing, 2026)
• Review into new PALM Operational Policy Settings (Department of Employment and Workplace Relations, 2024–2025) 

• Australian Skills Quality Authority Evaluation Services (Australian Skills Quality Authority, 2021–2022) 

• Evaluation of the Quality Ratings Initiative (NSW Department of Education, 2021)

• Review of NDIS Quality and Safeguarding Framework (Department of Social Services, 2021–2022) 

Our work in the domestic and family violence, and sexual violence and abuse prevention sectors spans from policy programming to systematic evaluation. We work sensitively and ethically with victim survivors (adults and children), and people who use violence, as well as frontline workers, wider community and sector stakeholders, from government agencies to police, courts and funded support services working in the community and in correctional settings. We bring expertise in inter-jurisdictional and inter-agency programs, technology-facilitated abuse and the social and cultural factors shaping use and experiences of violence and abuse. 

• Independent Evaluation of 1800RESPECT (Department of Social Services, 2024–2025)  

• Evaluation of Technology Facilitated Support Service (The Office of the Children’s eSafety Commissioner, 2025) 

• Evaluation of the Domestic, Family and Sexual Violence Capability Building for Social Responders Project (NSW Department of Communities and Justice, 2024–2026) 

• Corrective Services NSW (CSNSW) Domestic Violence Remand Program (Corrective Services NSW, 2023–2024)  

• LGBTIQA+ Family Violence Reform Initiatives Evaluation (Family Safety Victoria, 2022–2024) 

We work with the disaster management sector to monitor and evaluate disaster response and recovery programs, from legal support programs to large DRFA-funded financial supports and grant programs. We provide insights to improve implementation to better support those affected by disasters, as well as the efficiency and effectiveness of disaster responses, and which support decision-makers to understand social and economic impacts. 

• Effectiveness in Disaster Management Planning (Queensland Office of the Inspector General of Emergency Management, 2025)  

• Evaluation of the Disaster Response Legal Service (Legal Aid NSW, 2025–2026)  

• Evaluation of the Housing Assistance Measures and Small to Medium and Non-Profit Grants (NSW Reconstruction Authority 2025–2026)  

• Overarching Bushfires Evaluation (NSW Reconstruction Authority, 2022–2025)  

• Evaluation of the Drought Support Measures (NSW Department of Regional NSW 2020–2022)