This report explores one aspect of the consumer credit sector: payday loans. Payday loans are a ‘fringe’ credit product, operating outside the mainstream credit sector. In this report they are defined as loans that are small (no more than $1,000 but typically less than $250) and short-term (usually with repayment periods of 30 days or...

This research explores the achievements and struggles of the mental health consumer movement across Australia in order to inform the development of consumer activities in one state, Tasmania. Using information collated from a literature review and one-to-one interviews with over 70 consumers and other stakeholders it maps consumer initiatives and activities nationally, describes the key...

Tasmania’s economic performance has experienced changing fortunes over the past two decades. This development provided a unique opportunity to investigate the drivers of this change and to find out if there are lessons for regional policy.

Despite the growth of domestic and international markets in second homes to be used for holidays (rather than as private let investments) there has been little research on this issue in the Australian context. Similarly, there has been little work outside what have been termed ‘geographies of temporary mobility’, despite there being reason to believe...

This is a policy position endorsed by the Tasmanian community sector, and developed with sector input through a consultation process facilitated by Shelter Tasmania, TasCOSS and Anglicare Tasmania. The three documents were officially released on 16 October 2007 at Parliament House in Hobart as part of an Affordable Housing Advocacy Day attended by people from...