Past research has often analysed the gendered impacts of government budgets, but not many projects have attempted to change the budget decision-making process. In this paper Rhonda Sharp and Sanjugta Vas Dev examine a project in the Republic of the Marshall Islands that sought to combine gender budget analysis with promoting change in the budget...

Prepared for the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia, this report provides new estimates of the income older Australians need for a comfortable, sustainable standard of living. For a 70 year old woman in September 2003 the standard was $611.50; for a man, $597.50; and for a couple, $795.20.

The Federal Government is providing high income Australians with increasing amounts of 'well-off welfare'. This ACOSS analysis shows that six Government decisions over the past four years have added to a pie now worth $7.2 billion in unnecessary tax breaks and assistance that mainly goes to the top 20-25% of taxpayers.

The Australian Council of Social Service released a set of 12 Budget proposals that would help the Federal Government out of a 'policy quagmire' that is entrenching joblessness in the Australian community and is directly affecting over 390,000 long-term unemployed people. ACOSS estimates there are more than 1.3 million unemployed or underemployed Australians - more...

Strong economic growth has provided significant opportunities for Tasmanians during the past two years. Many people have been able to gain employment and improve their standard of living. However, there continue to be thousands of Tasmanians who experience significant disadvantage, living on very low incomes, and who struggle to make ends meet. This research surveyed...