Although Sydney is often characterised by a high quality of life, this prosperity is not shared by all. Based on secondary data analysis, this report shows that there are individual and community problems in a number of key areas: housing, income, health, education, crime and accessibility. The Common Cause project aims to help create a...

This report examines the causes of homelessness and the reasons why people remain homeless. It is based on interviews with some of the most marginalised in our community, who were asked about the factors that had driven them to homelessness and what measures would improve their quality of life and help them overcome homelessness.

The 2006 Census provides an opportunity to view a snapshot of Sydney in its current state of flux. This report presents the first detailed suburb-by-suburb analysis of social changes in Sydney between 2001 and 2006. A major innovation for the 2006 Census is the ability to chart changes at the suburb level between the two...

This report considers the relations between ethnicity and the dispositions towards learning necessary for successful participation in the Australian education system. In contrast to common assumptions about the cultural attributes of some ethnic groups, it considers how home and school practices help produce the attributes of learners, how these attributes are embodied as dispositions towards...

This paper provides insight into these emerging planning processes through an investigation of the development of action planning processes within the City of Sydney and Penrith City which enable a broader range of players to participate in determining how objectives within the Council’s strategic plans are realised ‘on the ground’.