This background paper reviews key published evidence regarding the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on older people, people with disability, and carers in New South Wales, in light of their increased risks of adverse outcomes.

This report draws on the previous seven reports in the COVID-19 series, and wider research, to highlight the wellbeing impacts of the pandemic, and to learn from them.

This study investigates the impact of COVID-19 on gambling participation and risky gambling before, during and after the pandemic-related social restrictions. The main findings show a reduction in overall gambling levels during the pandemic, with a slight increase of gambling levels by January 2023.

Australia’s young people deserve to have their interests considered in Australian policy-making. In the Covid era, many policies were defended on the basis that they would help those vulnerable to Covid, mainly the elderly. In this report, the author attempts to put a price tag on Covid-era policies, from the perspective of Australia’s youth.

This report looks at the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the wellbeing of Pacific peoples in Aotearoa and shows how Pacific peoples’ connection – to family, community, culture and faith – has been a key source of strength and resilience in the pandemic.