This report explores why it is necessary to design and deliver homelessness services specifically for Indigenous people.

This research project was funded by the Australian Government under the 2009-13 National Homelessness Research Agenda. The Homelessness White Paper, The Road Home, identified workforce development as a key national priority in policy responses to homelessness. Despite the strong policy interest in the specialist homelessness workforce, little robust data on workforce characteristics and dynamics was...

Drawing on reponses from 9504 women, this report looks at the experiences of women in the workplace, including hours worked, flexible arrangements and superannuation.

Recent changes in the labour force participation rates of men and women give rise to new questions regarding the division of labour in Australian families. Over the last few decades we have seen a marked increase in the labour force participation rates of women and a decline in the labour force participation rates of men...

This study investigates gender differences in the associations between social characteristics and men’s and women’s reports of which spouse initiated marital separation. Using retrospective data on 9,147 first marriages from the Household Income and Labor Dynamics in Australia survey (2001), we find that some social characteristics differentiated between separations initiated by wives compared to husbands...