This examination of the pressures facing Australians and the Labor Government's policy response finds a growing crisis. The report recommends sweeping policy actions to alleviate cost-of-living pressures, including convening National Cabinet to address public expenditure and develop productivity-enhancing reforms. Additionally, the report suggests introducing divestiture powers to manage supermarket behaviour and reinstating the Australian Building...

This report suggests a growing divide between families who can afford to switch to green energy and those who can't, finding a reliance on fossil fuels is compounding the cost of living crisis for families. This national poll of parents looks at the challenges and concerns of Australian households and makes recommendations to reduce the...

Climate change is making insurance more expensive in Australia, with insured catastrophe losses reaching a record $7 billion in 2022. These costs are adding to inflation, increasing up to five times faster than the consumer price index. Costs are not shared equally, with some premiums in the north of the country double those in the...

The aim of this report is to determine whether fine amounts imposed in Victoria have kept up with inflation and the values of penalty units. The report assesses how inflation and penalty unit indexation are accounted for in other Australian jurisdictions.

This paper explores the formation of households’ wage and inflation expectations in order to better understand the role they play in monetary policymaking and the macroeconomy. It finds that households associate high wage growth with good economic outcomes and high inflation with bad ones, suggesting little trade-off between reducing inflation and economic activity.