Working paper
Design innovations delivered under the Nation Building Economic Stimulus Plan - Social Housing Initiative
This Positioning Paper is the outcome of Stage 1 of a three-stage research project: Processes for developing affordable and sustainable medium-density housing models for greyfield precincts, which is funded by AHURI over a two-year period 2012–14. The questions to be addressed in the three stages of the research project are:
Report
Scarce jobs: migrants or locals at the end of the queue?
This report argues that young Australian job seekers are losing out in the competition for scarce jobs. Executive summary During the 2013 election campaign, the major parties professed to be concerned about employment opportunity. The mantra was jobs, jobs, jobs. This is appropriate in a context where growth in the number of employed persons has...
Report
Tracking progress towards a low carbon economy
This research shows Australia has made significant progress towards reducing greenhouse gas emissions and building a low carbon economy.
Literature review
Family Support Program literature review
The objectives of this literature review are to identify existing information regarding Family Support Program (FSP) family law services and related programs and to identify material in respect of best practices in service delivery and performance measurement in these areas.
Report
A spatial vulnerability analysis of urban populations during extreme heat events in Australian capital cities
Extreme heat events pose a risk to the health of all individuals, especially the elderly and the chronically ill, and are associated with an increased demand for healthcare services. In order to address this problem, policy makers need information about temperatures above which mortality and morbidity of the exposed population is likely to increase, where...