Harm from someone else’s gambling: Affected others in the Australian population, 2024
Author/editor: Suomi, A, Hahn, Markus, Biddle, N
Year published: 2024
Gambling harm entails any negative consequences of a person’s own or someone else’s gambling to the wellbeing of an individual, family unit, community or population (Langham et al., 2016). Gambling harms can be experienced by all individuals who gamble but also by non-gambling family members and…
Income inequality and democratic resilience – Impacts and policy choices
Author/editor: Biddle, N & Gray, M
Year published: 2024
In early 2024, the Resilience Democracy Data and Research Network was established as a collaboration between Australian researchers, civil society leaders and government agencies. The network is designed to encourage interdisciplinary, collaborative and actionable research seeking policy-relevant…
It’s the economy (and housing), stupid: Views of Australians on the economy and the housing market in January 2024
Author/editor: Biddle, N, Gray, M, Phillips, B
Year published: 2024
This paper summarises recent public opinion data on views on the economy, as well as experience and views on the housing market. It is based on data from the January 2024 ANUpoll as well as historic ANUpoll data to show that compared to almost any time during the pandemic or immediately beforehand…
Modelling Australian Superannuation with SuperMod: A Dynamic Distributional Model of Retirement Incomes in Australia
Author/editor: Webster, R & Phillips, B
Year published: 2024
In this paper we investigate the impact on retirement balances and retirement adequacy from various policy changes, such as the effects of changes to the Superannuation Guarantee and superannuation taxation policies. To investigate the impact of changes to superannuation policies we create a…
PolicyMod: Microsimulation Model for the Australian Tax and Transfer System December 2023
Author/editor: Phillips, B, Webster, R & Joseph C
Year published: 2024
PolicyMod is a microsimulation model of the Australian Tax and Transfer system developed by the Centre for Social Research and Methods at the Australian National University. PolicyMod can model most components of the Australian personal income taxation and transfer system including existing and…
Submission to Australian Public Service Commission: APS Reform agenda, Stage 2 integrity reforms
Author/editor: Podger, A
Year published: 2024
This submission responds firstly to each of the proposed initiatives discussed in the APS Commission’s Issues Paper. It also addresses one of the Government’s Stage 1 integrity reforms which has not yet been fully implemented and one of the integrity-related recommendations of the Robodebt Royal…
Survey evidence on Australia’s democratic resilience
Author/editor: Biddle, N, Gray, M
Year published: 2024
There is a growing concern that democracies and democratic norms are under severe strain and threat. This paper uses Australian survey data to explore the concepts of 'democratic recession' and 'democratic resilience', framing the discussion around the quality and applicability of survey data in…