This report outlines poverty lines and people in poverty in Australia from 2022–23 data. It examines trends in poverty from 1999 to 2022, and social security payments and poverty lines in 2023. It finds that more than one in seven people in Australia live below the poverty line.

The paper argues that shifting tax from income to consumption would widen wealth inequality, deepen poverty and deliver only modest and uncertain economic efficiency gains. It proposes that the Australian income tax system be reformed by closing tax shelters to improve equity and the efficiency of investment at the same time.

This report aims to inform the ongoing discussion of rental housing policy with new evidence about the experience of renting in the Australian private rental sector. The report notes that rents have surged by 47% in the past five years and calls for nationwide rental increase limits.

The paper calls on the next government to address the hardship people are facing and build a fairer and more sustainable future. It provides a suite of major recommendations including lifting Jobseeker, Youth Allowance and related income support payments, building more social housing to address the housing crisis and investing in home energy upgrades.

This report describes the results of a survey of 1,011 Australians which found 92% reported negative impacts, including health impacts, from their homes being too hot. First Nations people, people on income support, renters, and those with a disability or chronic medical condition were at greater risk. The report provides 16 recommendations across the areas...