The study explores unhealthy food marketing to children in Australia. It outlines the policy problem and rationale for action; overview of methodology; policy options for reducing children’s exposure to unhealthy food and drink marketing; and an assessment of potential impacts. The analysis indicates that current self-regulatory arrangements do not provide sufficient protection.

The Australian Unity Wellbeing Index is the nation’s longest-running study of subjective wellbeing. The 2025 survey captured responses from more than 10,000 adults across Australia. The report maps wellbeing across all federal electorates, revealing new insights into how location, income, age and social factors shape Australians’ quality of life.

Side-hustles are small-scale entrepreneurial activities undertaken alongside formal employment. This report presents findings from a project that explores the characteristics and experiences of young people with side-hustles. The findings challenge dominant narratives of hustle culture and calls for policy approaches that centre secure, meaningful employment for young people.

This report investigates the role of trust between governments and communities, arguing that the reciprocal flow of trust is essential for effective policy and resilience to social harms. It identifies key behaviours and practices for building and maintaining trust, emphasising the need for effective consultation in genuine co-production of policies and programs.

The Australian Unity Wellbeing Index monitors the subjective wellbeing of over 2,000 Australian adults. This year’s results show Australian's satisfaction with life has hit an all-time low. Satisfaction with health also slumped to an unprecedented low. Personal wellbeing scores and satisfaction with life “as a whole” both continue to remain very low.