Investigative reports on the Australian civic sector — sourced.
Live data, audited financials, federal procurement, state grants, board interlocks. Written so a board, a funder, a journalist, or a sector peer can read it in 10 minutes and act on it.
QLD Youth Justice — The Most-Sourced Report Ever Written
Live watchhouse data, $1.88B detention vs $1.49B community, 12% ACCO funding gap for ~70% of in-custody population, $1B+ multi-system providers, foundation landscape, director networks, place hotspots — every claim sourced.
- ·Volume 1: Live state — watchhouse, detention beds, Closing the Gap
- ·Volume 2: The funnel — child protection → NDIS → mental health → school
- ·Volume 3: $1.88B vs $1.49B, ACCO gap, foundations, federal procurement
- ·Volume 4: Multi-system providers, director networks, political donations
- ·Volume 5: ALMA evidence base + royal-commission lineage
- ·Volume 6: LGA hotspots + Maranguka template + place case studies
FECCA & ECCV — The Federation's Money Map
Two policy bodies, two single-funder dependencies. $1B+ federal multicultural procurement they don’t see. FECCA only became an ACNC-registered charity in 2023, after 24 years.
- ·Audited financials, federal procurement, state grants, board interlocks
- ·5 sourced findings + 'What this means for you' action panel
- ·Director drill-downs scoped to the report
- ·Cross-source triangulation (ABR · ACNC · Austender · audits)
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Tell us the organisation, sector, network, funding stream, or specific question you want investigated. We'll triage within 48 hours and either confirm scope or come back with questions. The first five sectors are free for orgs willing to be a public case study; everything else is priced after we learn what people actually find valuable.
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