This report argues that poverty is growing in Australia, with an estimated 2.5 million people or 13.9% of all people living below the internationally accepted poverty line. Summary of key findings Poverty line (50% of median income) - for a single adult was $400 per week, for a couple with 2 children it was $841...

The recently released Forrest Review raises the issue that current public and social housing policies trap Indigenous and other Australians in areas ‘even when there are no jobs there’. Some of the Review's proposals include charging people living in public or social housing who are capable of working between 100 per cent and 80 per...

This paper aims to build a model aimed at analysing the factors that influence transitions from unemployment. Abstract What affects the probability that an individual who has just entered unemployment finds employment within a given timeframe? Does the probability of exiting unemployment depend on the length of the individual’s unemployment spell? This paper reflects on...

Young Australians are more likely to be underemployed - to have some work but want more hours - than at any time in the last 36 years. Analysis of ABS data indicates that more than 580,000 young people are either underemployed or unemployed. Young people in the workforce are more likely to be in non-permanent...

This scorecard provides information on a range of labour market indicators in New Zealand and assesses their contribution to economic growth. Overview: The June 2014 quarter seasonally adjusted results show that compared to the March 2014 quarter: the number employed increased by 10,000 people (0.4 per cent) and the number unemployed decreased by 9,000 (6.3...