Using the latest available data published by the Australian Taxation Office for the 2006–07 income year, this background note looks at levels of philanthropy, or more specifically, tax deductible giving in Australia
This paper provides 2006 estimates, for each Commonwealth Electoral Division, of the number of persons living in poverty and the proportion which this represents of the total population
This paper provides tables and charts that allow comparisons between individual states and territories across a broad range of social and economic indicators
Around 70 per cent of Australian households own or are purchasing their home, but he proportion of Australian households who own their home outright (that is, without a mortgage) has been far from stable
This paper presents a number of tables and charts that allow comparisons to be made between individual Australian states and territories in terms of their performance across a wide range of social and economic indicators
This research paper summarises the performance of the economy during each administration from Whitlam through to Howard by providing period averages across a range of economic indicators
The public sector’s share of total employment fell from 26 per cent in 1984 to 16 per cent in 2005, amounting to 940,000 fewer jobs in the public sector
The findings in this research note are based on regional experimental estimates, at the Statistical Local Area (SLA) level, of the sources and total amount of personal income which people received in 2000-01
Australian citizens are being asked to provide input into a nation-wide discussion about how to improve the rules governing our country.
Rethink Australia spokesperson Rodger Hills, says the time has come to review the way Australia is run. “As citizens, we have a responsibility to plan for a brighter future and a more enlightened democratic process than the one we have inherited from our fore bearers.”
Rethink Australia has released a public discussion paper today to provide the basis for dialogue and deliberation amongst members of the public over
The Australian Law Reform Commission report into Commonwealth secrecy laws, Secrecy Laws and Open Government in Australia (ALRC Report 112) is the result of a 15 -month inquiry which identified 506 secrecy provisions in 176 pieces of Commonwealth legislation, including 358 criminal secrecy offences.
RMIT University in Melbourne runs a degree program where groups of communication research‐trained students work on a communication research project for a not‐for‐profit client.