Strong economic growth has provided significant opportunities for Tasmanians during the past two years. Many people have been able to gain employment and improve their standard of living. However, there continue to be thousands of Tasmanians who experience significant disadvantage, living on very low incomes, and who struggle to make ends meet. This research surveyed...

A range of Federal and State Government housing policies over the past decade have combined with a recent boom in the housing market to dramatically reduce the affordable housing options of low income earners in Tasmania. Most low income households no longer have access to the public housing sector. They are forced into the private...

The essays complement Fr Brennan's lecture, focusing on the issues surrounding Australia's treatment of asylum seekers and include pieces from Justice Pierre Slicer, Tony Richardson, Prof Margaret Reynolds, Dr Alison Alexander and Rev Dr Jim Young. Lawyer, priest and social justice advocate Frank Brennan delivered the 2002 Anglicare Social Justice lecture titled Tampering with Asylum...

Four out of ten children in the Tasmanian public school system - nearly half - come from families sufficiently disadvantaged to qualify for fee relief provided through the Student Assistance Scheme. This research demonstrates that these children face structural disadvantage within the school system, which is impacting on their educational outcomes.

There has been a significant relative decline in Tasmanian household per capita income over the past 20 years. Government pensions and benefits had become the main source of income for almost 40 per cent of Tasmanian families, by far the highest rate of reliance on social security in the nation.