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A Fairer Tax and Welfare System for Australia
Author/editor: Phillips, B, Webster, R & Joseph C
Year published: 2023
This research paper was commissioned by the St Vincent de Paul Society National Council of Australia Inc. to help address the inadequacy of the Australian welfare system for some groups, in particular working age recipients. The paper proposes three simple policy proposals designed to improve the...
Hangovers and hard landings: Financial wellbeing and the impact of the COVID-19 and inflationary crises, August 2023
Author/editor: Biddle N & Gray, M
Year published: 2023
This paper uses data from the August 2023 ANUpoll as well as previous waves of data collection to analyse financial wellbeing in Australian, and how it has changed since prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. The August 2023 ANUpoll collected data from 4,204 Australians aged 18 years and over. The paper...
Hangovers and hard landings: Financial wellbeing and the impact of the COVID-19 and inflationary crises, August 2023
Author/editor: Biddle N & Gray, M
Year published: 2023
This paper uses data from the August 2023 ANUpoll as well as previous waves of data collection to analyse financial wellbeing in Australian, and how it has changed since prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. The August 2023 ANUpoll collected data from 4,204 Australians aged 18 years and over. The paper...
Public support for Randomised Controlled Trials and nudge interventions in Australian Social Policy
Author/editor: Biddle, N, Gray, M, Hiscox, M
Year published: 2023
An emerging view in public policy is that there should be greater use of evaluations and randomised controlled trials (also known as RCTs). While RCTs have been shown to provide reliable estimates of causal impacts, there is little evidence on support for such trials amongst the general population...
Attitudes towards education in Australia
Author/editor: Biddle, N
Year published: 2023
The aim of this paper is to consider the views and attitudes towards education in Australia, how these attitudes vary across the population, and how they have changed over time. The paper uses data collected as part of the ANUpoll series of surveys, focusing on the April 2023 data collection. We...
Views of Australians towards science and AI
Author/editor: Biddle, N
Year published: 2023
This paper uses data collected as part of the ANUpoll series of surveys, collected in April 2023 with information on almost four-and-a-half thousand Australian adults. The paper describes Australians’ interests in science; their knowledge about science; support for and concerns about science; and...
OECD Estimates of relative affordability of childcare
Author/editor: Bray R. J
Year published: 2023
This note considers OECD estimates of the relative cost of childcare for families in the workforce, with a particular focus on issues relating the estimation of these for Australia.
Gambling participation and risk after COVID-19: analysis of a population representative longitudinal panel of Australians
Author/editor: Suomi, A, Kim, J, Hahn, M & Biddle, N
Year published: 2023
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on gambling participation, and levels of gambling harm across populations during the pandemic is now addressed in a well-established body of empirical literature. This literature highlights reduction in gambling frequency and expenditure overall, but also shows...
Housing Cost Trends and Projections: Research Note
Author/editor: Phillips, B
Year published: 2023
Housing costs are for many households a very significant share of their regular expenditure. Those with a mortgage pay both interest and usually slowly pay off the principal of their house value. Those who rent pay a regular amount to a landlord. Interest rates have increased significantly over the...
Budget 2023 Distributional Analysis: Research Note
Author/editor: Phillips, B, Gray, M & Joseph, C
Year published: 2023
This paper provides a distributional and regional analysis of the tax and welfare measures of the Commonwealth 2023 Budget. In particular, the analysis considers the Budget's changes to the JobSeeker payment, Parenting Payment and Commonwealth Rent Assistance. The paper also considers other...
