Heightened financial pressures and growing concerns over economic inequality are negatively impacting Australians’ sense of worth, social inclusion and justice. These are among the most significant factors weighing down Australian social cohesion in 2023.

The Australian Youth Barometer gauges the pressures currently experienced by young Australians. For this third edition of the Australian Youth Barometer, researchers surveyed over 500 young Australians aged 18 to 24, and interviewed another thirty, on a range of topics including the economy and work, education, health and wellbeing, relationships and civic participation.

This paper uses Household Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) data to examine telecommunications spending by Australian households. It does so with an aim to better identify vulnerable households who are most at risk of potential digital exclusion.

This report finds that in the past year, 3.7 million Australian households experienced moderate to severe food insecurity, meaning - at the very least - they are reducing the quality, variety or desirability of their food and at worst, their eating patterns are disrupted.

In this report, the authors evaluate two possible futures for the UK power system, showing that keeping renewables deployment on track brings both cost of living and energy security benefits. The study uses Ember’s open power system model, with all input data publicly available.