Cost and standard of living
Alternative labels
Cost of living
Household expenses
Living standards
Standard of living
Report
Households in the dark II
This report geospatially analyses where electricity disconnections occur, as well as exploring when and why they occur, based on the socioeconomic indicators that characterise these areas.
Submission
The impact of inadequate income support payments on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (NACCHO) has developed this submission with input from two of our affiliates—Aboriginal Health & Medical Research Council (AH&MRC) and Aboriginal Health Council of Western Australia (AHCWA). A full list of recommendations is presented at the end of this submission.
Working paper
Reclaiming social security for a just future: a principled approach to reform
Australia’s current social security system is ill equipped to respond to the technological, demographic, environmental and geopolitical challenges the country faces. In this paper, the authors propose five indivisible principles to underpin Australia’s social security system, so that it contributes to a just, fair and compassionate society.
Report
Inequalities in standards of living: evidence for improved income support for people with disability
It is now thirteen years since the welfare-to-work change to the Disability Support Pension (DSP) was first introduced in 2006. While the DSP remains the main social security payment for working-aged individuals with disability, the evidence base on the impact of policy changes to the DSP since 2006 is lacking. This report attempts to answer...
Report
The economic benefits of improving social inclusion
The Special Broadcasting Service (SBS) commissioned Deloitte Access Economics to quantify the economic dividend from improving social inclusion in Australia, in order to help shape its future policies and strategies for delivering on its Charter. This report outlines the findings.