Global financial conditions have improved significantly since the previous Financial Stability Review, despite the new uncertainty created by the proposed sovereign bailout for Cyprus in the past few weeks. Some earlier European policy initiatives had been seen as demonstrating a strong commitment to deal with the region’s sovereign debt and banking sector problems while maintaining...

How students experience university plays a major role in their academic, personal and professional success. Over the last decade Australian universities and governments have placed considerable emphasis on key facets of the student experience such as skills development, student engagement, quality teaching, student support, and learning resources. Reflecting this, a project was conducted in 2012...

The paper examines the recent trends in Australia's individual and household income distributions.

This paper examines patterns of risky driving from the late teens to the late twenties and identifies factors associated with persistence and change in risky driving tendencies. Key findings: Rates of risky driving remained fairly stable between the ages of 19-20 and 23-24 years, but had significantly decreased by 27-28 years. While there was a...

This report shows how asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) hospitalisations vary across Australia. It also examines the association between these hospitalisation rates and socioeconomic status (SES), remoteness and the proportion of Indigenous Australians in different locations across Australia. Maps presented in this report show higher hospitalisation rates for both asthma and COPD in...