Small business owners are facing concerning rates of mental ill-health, prompting calls for greater investment in tailored mental health supports. This policy brief outlines the further work needed to ensure mental health support programs are visible, accessible, and useful to small business, including through their trusted and familiar channels.

This note presents the number of student visa holders present in Australia from 2006 to 2024. Over this period, the international student population grew by 191%, while Australia’s estimated resident population grew by 33%. The paper finds that the number of international students studying in Australia reached a record high in 2024.

This report considers why wages growth in Australia has been so low over recent years, despite a tight labour market and a brief surge in inflation. It documents how workers have lost power in the past two decades, with most changes in the economy and many in government policy taking away workers’ bargaining power, although...

This paper calls for action across four key areas to support children and young people with disability, their families and caregivers. The areas identified are inclusive education; a fair and accessible disability supports ecosystem; addressing cost-of-living and unemployment; and individual advocacy.

The report examines the five key reforms the federal government has used to make a difference to wages growth. It finds that workers would be $8,700 worse off if Peter Dutton had achieved his goal of blocking major reforms to get wages moving. The report provides a summary of the major parties’ policies on wages...