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Australia

Report

Social enterprise: powered by trade and driven by purpose


This report explores the role of trade revenue in enabling social enterprise impact in Australia. A social enterprise is a business that exists to create public or community benefit. The report presents case studies, distils key insights and delivers strategic recommendations to strengthen the resilience of social enterprises.
Report

The age barrier: older adults’ experiences of ageism in health care


This report looks at how ageism affects older Australians when they access healthcare. Many patients noted they feel dismissed, spoken over or treated as 'just a number'. The report recommends  making health care more respectful and inclusive: through better training for health professionals, co-designing age-friendly models of care and more research on ageism and its impacts.
Survey Report

Too much work and too few paid hours?


A report from an annual survey investigating working time, including overwork and unpaid overtime in Australia. Two of the key findings are widespread dissatisfaction with paid work hours, and employees working excessive unpaid overtime. On average, employees work unpaid overtime of 3.6 hours a week, equivalent to over 4.5 weeks a year.
Working paper

The effect of separation on poverty and employment


Relationship breakdown is a common life event with often severe economic consequences. To combat poverty in Australia, it is crucial to understand what effect separation has on poverty risk and financial wellbeing, and whether employment is a useful tool of protection. This study highlights the protective effect of economic autonomy, particularly for women.
Fact sheet

How does the health of males and females compare?


A fact sheet that brings together data from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare on how the health of males and females compares in Australia. It identifies leading causes of ill health and premature death by age group, how healthy the cohorts are, health behaviours and risk factors, and health care use.
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