The debate over whether the Australian public wants tax cuts or more spending on social services has been highlighted in the media recently in the wake of new surveys on the tax-spend trade-off and the tax cuts in the Budget. In this research paper Richard Grant looks at the results of major surveys on the...

Should prisoners have the right to vote? This Current Issues Brief considers the arguments commonly used for and against the disenfranchisement of prisoners, both in Australia and internationally.

In 2003, over a quarter of all wage and salary earners were employed on a casual basis, and in the period since 1988 more than half of all new jobs created have gone to casual workers. Casual workers today are drawn from a wide cross-section of the Australian population. In this Research Note Tony Kryger...

This research note provides background information on polling methods and highlights potential pitfalls in interpreting results. Such information may be especially useful in what is expected to be an election year, when polls are seen as particularly salient.

Illicit drugs attract a high level of political and social interest in Australia. While this means there is an abundance of information on the subject, it also makes it difficult to find reliable information quickly on particular aspects of the illicit drug issue. This e-brief by Kate Burton is intended as a navigational tool for...