​​​ Featured research papers ​Research papers explore issues of interest to parliament. ​​	​​​ ​​​ Featured data briefs ​Data briefs provide interactive visualisations of electorate data.​
Vacant housing: data, policies and developments This paper provides data on vacant housing in NSW. It summarises international policy responses to long-term vacant housing and provides an overview of NSW parliamentary and government developments.​	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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