Addressing housing insecurity before women reach crisis point is an urgent challenge requiring a collaborative, community-wide response. This report sets out the facts and challenges of housing insecurity among women in Australia and proposes intervention points for social purpose impact investors, institutional investors and philanthropists to mitigate the risk of more women falling into homelessness.

Australia’s tax and transfer system needs structural reform. In February 2025, Per Capita and partners hosted the Community tax summit 2025. This report provides a summary of the addresses and panels including links to all recorded addresses. Keynote addresses include Dr Ken Henry, Prof Miranda Stewart and Dr Katherine Trebeck.

This report examines the impact of the decade 2012 to 2022, during which real wages barely grew, exploring how this has affected young Australians. $600b in wages were lost to profit over the decade but wage growth has since recovered and dwelling prices have moderated, reducing pressure on housing affordability.

This national survey provides insight into public attitudes towards the role, value and funding of essential services. It finds a significant increase in the proportion of people unhappy with the tax system, with two-thirds responding that it either fails to reduce or actually increases inequality.

This report examines the relationship between employment and firm returns comparing two distinct entity models, Equity Owned Firms (EOFs) and Co-operative and Mutual Enterprises (CMEs). It identifies significant differences in the employment maintained by both entity models.