This paper consider trends in income and expenditure inequality in Australia using data from the last four Household Expenditure Surveys and Income Distribution Surveys conducted by the Australian Bureau of Statistics. The results suggest that income inequality increased during the 1990s, but that expenditure inequality remained stable.

Regional diversity is a hot topic in Australia's policy agenda. The economic and social circumstances of Australians vary significantly by region. Analyses of income inequality in Australia have generally focussed on the national outcomes. In contrast, this paper uses regional modelling techniques to examine the incomes of households in regional Australia and how the distribution...

This is the first edition of an annual, comprehensive report on financial disadvantage among Australia's children and adults. The key goal of this annual report is to provide authoritative and up-to-date estimates of financial disadvantage (or 'poverty') in Australia. Section 2 of this report looks at what types of families are in poverty in Australia...