This report analyses the disproportionate use of school disciplinary absences on First Nations students, students with disability and students living in out-of-home care and the intersection with poverty. It positions the issue as not only a matter for education policy and practice, but one requiring systemic reform, emphasising inequitable system design over individual behaviour.

Nearly one in six Australian children are growing up in poverty. This report outlines the current and future impacts of rising rates of financial deprivation on child wellbeing. Key drivers are identified as rising housing and rental costs, slow wage growth compared to living costs, and families on low or fixed incomes falling behind.

This report outlines poverty lines and people in poverty in Australia from 2022–23 data. It examines trends in poverty from 1999 to 2022, and social security payments and poverty lines in 2023. It finds that more than one in seven people in Australia live below the poverty line.

This report highlights the challenges and poorer outcomes for South Australian children experiencing systemic disadvantage. It makes recommendations for change, including creating a Minister for Children and Young People and introducing new legislation covering human rights, the impact of decisions on future generations and child poverty.

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...