This is a study about sustainability outcomes of new affordable housing projects. Findings include that affordability for tenants generally lay on a range between that found in public housing and the private market.

The Business/Higher Education Roundtable commissioned the Allen Consulting Group to conduct a scoping study that reviews the effectiveness of current interventions designed to increase the number of people with higher education qualifications in the agricultural workforce. Although employment levels in on-farm agriculture have not been growing, there is a shortage of skilled labour across the...

Emergency relief (ER) is the provision of financial and material aid to people in immediate need, or a referral to link people with specialist community services. ER was originally designed as a stop-gap measure, to help solve short-term financial problems. However, the view now is that many clients experience long-term financial stress due to a...

This report examines whether it is possible to map modern award coverage to the Class/4 digit code level of the Australian and New Zealand Standard Industrial Classification 2006 (ANZSIC), and the limitations of this mapping. It also discusses the extent to which any map produced may assist in identifying matters such as award reliance and...

This report presents interim findings from a longitudinal qualitative research project that examines the factors that lead to and result from award reliance in higher and professional award classification employment. The interim report provides in-depth qualitative analysis from the first phase of the project which included 30 award-reliant employees in higher award classification employment, including...