Economic assistance
Guide
Employment Assistance Fund guidelines
The Employment Assistance Fund (EAF) provides reimbursements to an applicant for workplace modifications, equipment and services necessary for a person with disability to perform their employment duties. These guidelines outline the assistance that is available and provides information for applicants.
Report
Peak repayment: China’s global lending
This report outlines how soaring debt repayments and a sharp reduction in lending have transformed China’s role in developing country finances from capital provider to debt collector. Mounting pressures from Chinese debts are especially severe for many of the world’s poorest and most vulnerable countries. A retrenchment in Western aid and trade is compounding these...
Report
Senate Select Committee on the Cost of Living: second interim report
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.
Report
How to beat a cost-of-learning crisis: universities’ support for students
This report considers the strategies adopted by higher education institutions to support students affected by the cost-of-living crisis.
Policy report
COVID-19 and Australia's mental health: preventing pandemic distress through economic supports
This policy paper outlines how economic insecurity, unemployment, or concern about becoming unemployed, are key drivers of mental distress for all Australians.