Examines a range of factors that influence alcohol consumption and vulnerability to alcohol-related chronic disease in Victoria, including age, gender, residential location and social disadvantage.

Abstract: This study investigates a number of inequality indicators in New Zealand. The research examines the current gaps in the indicators between the European population, and Māori and Pacific people. The study also undertakes a comparison of the changes in the gaps over a period approximating 10 years for each of the indicators. A total...

This paper argues that Australia's current retirement income system is inadequate for meeting the longevity challenge, does not allow people to sufficiently manage longevity risk, and promotes financial inequality.

Australia is one of the healthiest countries in the world. However, despite relatively high standards of health and health care in Australia, not all Australians fare equally well in terms of their health and longevity. Males have a mortality rate that is 1.5 times as high as the rate for females. There would have been...

This linked article here is a summary of the talks given at the 'Inequality: Causes and Consequences' conference organised by the Institute for Governance and Policy Studies on 19 June 2014. Click on each speaker to access a pdf copy of their presentation slides: Associate Professror Susan St John (0) (Child Poverty Action Group/Auckland University)...