​​​ Featured research papers ​Research papers explore issues of interest to parliament. ​	​​​ ​​​ Featured data briefs ​Data briefs provide interactive visualisations of electorate data.​
Regulation of different types of PFAS There are thousands of types of PFAS or 'forever chemicals'. This paper explores how several jurisdictions have approached the substantial challenges of regulating the many different types of PFAS.​	Public and private schools This data brief shows the number of schools, primary students, secondary students and teachers in each NSW electorate for the 3 school sectors, Catholic, inde​pendent and public, from 2009 to 2023.
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Sexually explicit deepfakes and the criminal law in NSW ​​This paper presents data on the increasing prevalence of sexually explicit deepfakes and discusses their harmful impacts. It then examines the relevant Commonwealth and NSW offences and identifies 3 gaps in NSW's offences.​​	​​​Unemployment and JobSeeker estimates ​ Explore unemployment and JobSeeker data for all 93 NSW electorates. This data brief shows headline data for each electorate and enables comparison of electorates using maps and tables.
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About the Parliamentary Research Service​

The NSW Parliamentary Research Service provides impartial research, data and analysis services for members of the NSW Parliament, including:

• Confidential re​search for individual members
  
• Publications on issues of interest to parliament
  
• Statistics analysed at the NSW electorate level
  
• Maps and other data visualisations​​

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