Welfare reform
Alternative labels
Review of Australia's welfare system
Report
Action for healthier working lives
This report aims to build consensus for action by government and employers to meet the UK's working age health challenge of record numbers of people experiencing ill health that limits the type or amount of work they can do. The report sets out the need for a new approach to work and health, outlining key...
Strategy
Working together to improve the NDIS
The Australian Government has outlined reforms to the NDIS that will ensure a better experience for participants and make sure the Scheme is there for the future. This strategy outlines the government's approach for co-designing the reform process.
Report
Universal credit: incomes, incentives and the remaining roll-out
Universal credit (UC) is an integrated, means-tested benefit, that is replacing six ‘legacy’ benefits in the United Kingdom, combining out-of-work support with support for housing costs, incapacity and children. This report assesses the impact of the UC reform on households’ incomes and their financial incentives to work, as well as the practical experience of applying...
Report
Improving access to food and essential needs: options for a more generous cash-transfer benefit
Around the world, there is an urgent need to increase income supports to low-income households. This report outlines the various cash-transfer mechanisms that the Canadian government could use.
Briefing paper
National Disability Insurance Scheme Amendment (getting the NDIS back on track no. 1) Bill 2024
The proposed legislation aims to amend the National Disability Insurance Scheme to create a stronger program that supports people with disability in a fair and dignified way. It also works to ensure the Scheme is there for Australians to rely on in the future.