Economic and other wellbeing in Australia – October 2022
Author/editor: Biddle, N, Gray, M
Year published: 2022
The October 2022/23 Budget signals a shift to including a range of non-economic measures of progress and quality of life. During the COVID-19 period and into late 2022, there has been large changes in many wellbeing measures. The ANU Centre for Social Research and Methods (CSRM) has been…
Evaluation of the 2018 changes to the Australian child care system
Author/editor: Bray, R & Gray M
Year published: 2022
In 2018 the Australian Government introduced a new funding model for the support of child care provision in Australia. These changes were promoted as being ‘once in a generation’ reforms. Key objectives were to improve affordability and increase workforce participation. A consortium of researchers…
Explaining the 2022 Australian Federal Election Result
Author/editor: Biddle, N & McAllister, I
Year published: 2022
In this paper we analyse the factors associated with voting behaviour in May 2022, how that relates to voting intentions at the start of the campaign as well as voting behaviour in the 2019 election, and a summary of some other key findings from the 2022 ANUpoll/Comparative Study of Electoral…
Household Financial Stress and Financial Wellbeing in Australia Report for UnitingCare Australia
Author/editor: Phillips, B
Year published: 2022
Literature Review on Yarning Circles in a Criminal Justice Context
Author/editor: Taylor, H, Bartels, L, Crowe, M, Marshall, V
Year published: 2022
The ACT Justice and Community Safety Directorate (JACS) has developed and is implementing the Yarning Circles for Justice (YCJ) program, which operates a post-prison program, as well an in-prison yarning circle program. As set out in the ACT Government’s information paper about yarning circles and…
Mental health and wellbeing during the COVID-19 period in Australia
Author/editor: Biddle, N, Gray, M & Rehill, P
Year published: 2022
In April 2020, the Social Research Centre on behalf of the ANU Centre for Social Research and Methods collected the first wave of data as part of the centre’s COVID-19 Impact Monitoring Series. Since that first wave of data collection, surveys have been undertaken a further 10 times, with the most…
Ongoing disparities in COVID-19 vaccine uptake in Australia using survey data – August 2022
Author/editor: Biddle, N
Year published: 2022
On the 8th of August 2022, data collection began for the 12th wave the COVID-19 Impact Monitoring series, with a total of 3,510 responses collected between the 8th and 22nd of August. The aim of this paper is to try to understand some of the reasons why booster uptake in Australia may have stalled…