This snapshot shows that children who grow up with a parent receiving welfare payments (especially for longer total durations) are themselves at risk of not being in education, employment or training at age 18–19. This finding presents several implications for Australian policy and practice.

With almost a third of households in Australia now renting, a spotlight has been thrown upon the poor conditions in many parts of the national rental market. This paper seeks to shed some light on a heated debate. It examines the data to establish if there is, indeed, a rental crisis in Australia, and surveys...

The authors of this report assert that a lack of policy reform and action in Australia has resulted in increasing numbers of older people facing their later years living in precarious housing situations.

This research provides a geographic and demographic picture of low-income renters in Australia aged 50+ as the basis to finding acceptable solutions to the challenges of population ageing and housing needs in the 21st Century.

This paper utilises a fixed effects instrumental variables model, and a nationally representative panel dataset from Australia, to present robust evidence on the causal impact of mental distress on cigarette smoking and alcohol drinking behaviours.