This impact evaluation on the Integrated Carer Support Service (ICSS) – publicly known as Carer Gateway, was commissioned to assess program appropriateness, effectiveness and efficiency. The evaluation draws on a mixed-methods approach and found all three objectives of the Carer Gateway have been met. The report details conclusions and implications of the evaluation’s findings.

The gap between those with the most and those with the least has blown out over the past two decades in Australia, with the average wealth of the highest 20% growing at four times the rate of the lowest, this research by ACOSS and UNSW Sydney shows.

This report is the second in the ACOSS and UNSW 'Build Back Fairer' Series. The report analyses the changes to key income support payments from 2000 to 2021. It provides a comparison of the changes to income support highlighting who has been left behind. Its purpose is to inform debate about how our income support...

This report is the second part of the research being conducted by the ACOSS and UNSW Poverty and Inequality in Australia Partnership. The research uses the latest available data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (for 2017-18), and digs deeper into understanding who stands where on the income and wealth ladders, and the main causes...

This report includes a preliminary analysis of the likely impact of COVID-19, the associated ‘lockdowns’, and government income support measures on income inequality.