This review aims to support all Australian council and community stakeholders to better understand local government climate change targets, actions, strategies and policies. It provides a comprehensive assessment of actions councils are undertaking and the barriers and opportunities facing councils and their communities.

More than 1.4 million people receive JobSeeker, Youth Allowance, Austudy, Parenting Payment and related income support payments. This report finds these payments are inadequate to cover the cost of food, housing, transport, and healthcare; which forces recipients into a life of poverty and deprivation.

By exploring representation through demographic lenses this analysis seeks to understand the pathways to political power. l finds the 47th Federal Parliament to be the most gender-equal and culturally diverse yet, although still not as culturally, linguistically or economically diverse as the people it represents.

This report examines the effect of money laundering on the harm associated with organised crime by linking data on organised crime groups known to law enforcement, and data on suspicious transactions reported to the Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre. This study is the first step in assessing the social and economic harms associated with...

This report investigates the impact of rising cost of living on people living in poverty and in low-income households across NSW. This year, the research shone a spotlight on the impact of these pressures on households with children. The findings show little improvement in the capacity of low-income households to meet their basic needs, as...