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…
Analysis of the impact increasing the rate and extending eligibility of Parenting Payment Single on financial living standards
Author/editor: Gray, M & Phillips, B
Year published: 2023
According to the 2021 Census there were just over half-a-million single parent families with a dependent child under 15 years of age and just over 1.5 million people living in single parent families (Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) 2022). The vast majority of single parents are women. Single…
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…
Australian views towards democracy: Comparisons through time and with the rest of the region
Author/editor: Biddle N & Gray, M
Year published: 2023
There are concerns in many established democracies, including Australia, about an erosion of democratic institutions and falls in support for democracy. Having data over the medium to longer term on Australian’s confidence in key institutions including government and views about democracy is…
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…
Detailed analysis of the 2023 Voice to Parliament Referendum and related social and political attitudes
Author/editor: Biddle,N, Gray, M, McAllister, I & Qvortrup, M
Year published: 2023
On the 14th of October 2023, Australians voted on a proposal ‘To alter the Constitution to recognise the First Peoples of Australia by establishing an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice.’ Only 39.9 per cent of legal votes were in favour of this change, and there was not a majority or close…
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…