Reports on research undertaken using the financial stress questions in the Household Expenditure Survey to develop measures of disadvantage. This is in contrast to traditional social policy research which often simply focuses on income as a measure this research considers outcomes

The Australian Federal Minimum Wage has long historical roots going back to the 1907 Harvester Decision which established a ‘fair and reasonable' wage to meet the needs of a working man and his family. In recent decades there have been significant changes in the role of the wage, many of which...

This project aims to provide a better understanding of the circumstances of young people who receive transfer payments to support them in providing ‘informal’ care to people with disabilities and the frail aged. The main focus is on the 20,363 young people who were aged under 25 years at...

The analysis of home ownership rates from ABS statistics from 1981 to 1996 suggest that the decline in home ownership could reflect a trend towards deferring ownership, but not a reduction in the lifetime achievement of owning a home. More recent data shows that this trend has not continued...