Andrew Lynch tests the assumption that constitutional cases generally produce a heightened level of disagreement among members of the High Court. He finds that although the court decides a higher percentage of constitutional cases over dissenting opinions than it does overall, there is not enough evidence to confirm that the Justices simply disagree per se...

Wealth is an important measure of overall economic well-being, and influences migrants’ ability to integrate into their new country. Using data from the 2002 HILDA survey, Rochelle Belkar explores the disparity between the wealth distributions of Australian and foreign-born households. Her results reveal that immigrants accumulate less wealth than their Australian-born counterparts and that the...

Despite its policy significance, the impact of disability has not featured prominently in the Australian empirical literature on household incomes and living standards. Peter Saunders examines how disability is associated with standard of living and its determinants (including labour force participation and the receipt of state transfers) using a range of available data, and reflects...

This initiative aims to improve housing stability and community participation for people with mental illness through community based accommodation and coordinated support services. Stage one provides accommodation support places to over 100 people with complex mental health problems and high levels of psychiatric disability; the preliminary findings in this report suggest that this stage of...

With the upcoming retirement of Justice Michael McHugh from the High Court, Andrew Lynch discusses his contribution, looks at how his absence will be felt and comments on the future of the bench. This article was written before the federal government appointed Justice Susan Crennan to the High Court