There are over 8,000 children with disabilities in Tasmania who are being cared for by their families yet their experiences are rarely heard. This report documents the daily lives of families with disabled children from across the state who are living on low incomes. It explores the additional disability-related costs they face, their experiences of...

This is the first of two reports by Kelly Madden and Margie Law which draw on data from the Tasmanian Community Survey, which investigated the standard of living, employment experiences and wellbeing of the Tasmanian community. This report focuses on access to financial and other resources and services in Tasmania. The research found that despite...

In this report Prue Cameron and Jo Flanagan investigate the lives of Tasmanians with serious mental illness who are living on a low income from the perspective of people with a mental illness and their families. The research examines the interconnections between poverty and serious mental illness and the compounding effects of this experience. The...

This paper makes a number of recommendations for [Tasmania's] State Parliament to introduce new 'patron care' strategies that would increase consumer protection in gaming venues. Anglicare's recommendations can be found on pages 8 and 9 of the report. Research shows that regular players of poker machines are at risk of developing problems, which affect not...

Unemployment, casualisation and underemployment have emerged as major issues for people at the bottom end of the labour market. Small regional economies like Tasmania have been particularly hard-hit by the impacts of labour market restructuring. This report reviews ABS data since the late 1970s, comparing changes in the Tasmanian labour market with those at a...