For years, Australians have been hearing reports of people on JobSeeker and other income support payments struggling to stay afloat. This report shows that people living on Centrelink payments can’t afford essentials like rent, food, and transport. Anglicare Australia is calling on the Australian government to act to pull these Australians out of poverty, and...

This paper reports the results of modelling of the main measures in the 2024-25 Commonwealth Budget that directly impact on the incomes of Australian households, the reductions in personal income tax that take effect from 1 July 2024, and main budget measures that directly impact on the incomes of Australian households from previous budgets of...

The Committee's first interim report showed that many Australians are now doing it tough and facing unprecedented economic pressures. This second report examines household cost pressures for food, groceries, energy prices and housing costs.

The work of artists is a rich resource that generates extensive public value – culturally, socially and economically. This report is Creative Australia’s summary of and response to 'Artists as workers: an economic study of professional artists in Australia'.

Australia's supermarket sector is one of the most concentrated in the world. A key recommendation from this inquiry is for the Australian government to amend the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 to create divestiture powers specific to the supermarket sector, where a supermarket has been found to have misused their market power.