Income insecurity
Alternative labels
Income volatility
Report
Australia's welfare 2023
Australia’s welfare 2023 presents a summary of welfare and wellbeing data in Australia with key findings on housing, education and skills, employment and income, social support, and justice and safety.
Discussion paper
A remuneration policy for artists and arts practitioners
Creative New Zealand is seeking feedback on a remuneration policy to support the development of more sustainable careers for artists and arts practitioners. This draft policy proposes a set of principles aimed at ensuring fair remuneration for artists and arts practitioners for the work they do.
Report
Everyone counts: uncovering patterns of Newstart Allowance
This analysis of administrative social security data aimed to gain a clearer understanding of income volatility in Australia. The focus is on unemployed and underemployed Australians who received Newstart Allowance — a group of individuals highly exposed to the risks of financial insecurity.
Report
Inequalities in standards of living: evidence for improved income support for people with disability
It is now thirteen years since the welfare-to-work change to the Disability Support Pension (DSP) was first introduced in 2006. While the DSP remains the main social security payment for working-aged individuals with disability, the evidence base on the impact of policy changes to the DSP since 2006 is lacking. This report attempts to answer...
Briefing paper
Entrenched disadvantage in Western Australia: health, economic and social impacts
100 Families WA is a collaborative research project aimed at understanding the lived experience of poverty, entrenched disadvantage and social exclusion. The first bulletin focuses on the health, economic and social impacts of hardship experienced by families in Perth, Western Australia.