This report analyses the benefits and drawbacks of the policy changes that were put in place to address COVID-19 impacts. The report draws on the perspectives of those services supporting people experiencing poverty to examine the escalation of needs and compounded difficulties for people in poverty during these first years of the pandemic.

This McKinnon Poll tested public attitudes towards high government expenditure on social policy programs, particularly those which are forecasted to grow, such as the NDIS and aged care. The research sought information on public attitudes towards how these services and increases in services should be funded.

This report outlines the findings of a project which aimed to provide a baseline dataset for researchers on the types of automated decision-making systems being utilised in Australian social services.

Care workers have undoubtedly been first on the front line, delivering care in perilous conditions, but last to see any meaningful acknowledgement and reward for their continuing perseverance. This report argues that there is now an opportunity for policy-makers to reverse the deepening workforce recruitment and retention crisis in England by learning from what has...

This paper is designed to be both a snapshot and thought starter, a strategic compendium that helps philanthropists, not-for-profit leaders and board members ask and answer the big questions about how to make Australian society better for all.