This research looked at how Commonwealth Rent Assistance (CRA) – the most expensive demand-side housing support program in Australia – affects low-income families who rent privately. This research helps to understand how effective CRA is at reducing disadvantage and improving wellbeing. It also shows how these effects pass to children of households that receive CRA.

This report reveals that child poverty costs the NSW economy approximately $60 billion annually – 7.6 per cent of the state’s Gross State Product. The report highlights the far-reaching consequences of child poverty, including reduced educational attainment, poor health outcomes, and diminished workforce participation, which perpetuate cycles of disadvantage and lead to significant social and...

This report looks at trends in wealth inequality over the past twenty years and finds that: the wealthiest Australians hold 90 times the wealth of those with the least; this has been fuelled by tax breaks for superannuation and housing investments, and high house prices have fuelled inequality and locked many people out of housing...

The Child Social Exclusion (CSE) is a multi-dimensional measure of child disadvantage. It extends the concept of child poverty by reflecting the extent to which children lack the opportunities and resources to participate fully in their communities and feel connected. This report updates the index of social exclusion risk for Australian children under 15 years...

The gap between those with the most and those with the least has blown out over the past two decades in Australia, with the average wealth of the highest 20% growing at four times the rate of the lowest, this research by ACOSS and UNSW Sydney shows.