Cost and standard of living
Alternative labels
Cost of living
Household expenses
Living standards
Standard of living
Report
How regulation and red tape makes families poorer
This report argues that government regulation and subsidies are driving up the prices of key household expenditure items and putting strain on family budgets.
Report
The future of the fair go: securing shared prosperity for Australian workers
This report argues that the time for a reckoning is here. The government must intervene to secure the hard-fought-for right of Australian workers to receive a living wage in return for their labour.
Policy report
Exploratory study of good policies in the protection of construction workers in the Middle East
This paper explores the changes that have taken place over the past few decades in the way in which workers are employed in the construction industry. As a number of studies have recently dealt with the challenge of eliminating recruitment debt, this paper will focus on two other key issues facing governments, employers and workers...
Report
The cost of inaction: the impact of wholesale gas prices on household power bills in Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria
Few issues have resonated in Australian public discourse over the past few years like energy prices. Both household and business consumers have suffered the consequences of years of policy inertia, inconsistency and a lack of forward thinking by energy policy makers that have created a scenario in which Australians are significantly paying more to power...
Briefing paper
Reward work, not wealth
This paper looks at growing extreme wealth, and those who work but live in poverty. It explores why this is happening, and gives recommendations on how it can be fixed.