Many Australian consumers and grocery suppliers have told the ACCC they are concerned that some of Australia’s supermarket retailers have considerable market power and are engaging in practices which disadvantage both their customers and suppliers. This interim report for the Supermarkets inquiry outlines what the ACCC has heard at the halfway point of the year-long...

This report draws on months of research and on-the-ground engagement with regional, rural and remote communities to highlight significant gaps in early childhood education and care services and their widespread effects on children, families, and communities.

The report investigates whether low-income households in Queensland can afford a basic standard of living, using five household models to illustrate how cost-of-living pressures vary based on incomes and financial circumstances.

More than 1.4 million people receive JobSeeker, Youth Allowance, Austudy, Parenting Payment and related income support payments. This report finds these payments are inadequate to cover the cost of food, housing, transport, and healthcare; which forces recipients into a life of poverty and deprivation.

This report investigates the impact of rising cost of living on people living in poverty and in low-income households across NSW. This year, the research shone a spotlight on the impact of these pressures on households with children. The findings show little improvement in the capacity of low-income households to meet their basic needs, as...