Public Attitudes to Child Support in Australia: A contemporary snapshot
Author/editor: Smyth, B. Hahn, M., & Gray, M
Year published: 2026
This study seeks to obtain a contemporary snapshot of public attitudes to child support. Samples from the general population of Australian adults (including independent samples of separated mothers and fathers with a child support case) were drawn from two online panels: the Life in AustraliaTM (…
The costs of children in Australia estimated using financial stress
Author/editor: Phillips, B., Jahromi, M., Bradbury, B. Webster, R. & Gray, M.
Year published: 2026
Estimates of the costs of children are used in a wide range of economic and social policies. One important use is in the design of child support schemes and in setting the amount of child support payments that separated parents are required to pay or entitled to receive. This paper provides…
Young people’s interest in a Defence career: Findings from Waves 1-3 of the GENERATION study
Author/editor: Arnup, J, Doery, K & Edwards, B
Year published: 2026
This report investigates the factors shaping young Australians’ plans to join the Australian Defence Force (ADF). There is a current need to increase the numbers of the ADF. Using nationally representative longitudinal data from the GENERATION Study, this report examines the characteristics of…
“Let it not be a fight of the minority” Priorities of young multicultural Victorians to reduce the harms of racism and its impact on their lives
Author/editor: Doery, K.*, Lee, A.*, Ravalji, K., Nguyen, P., Olsen, A., Stonnill, M. & Priest, N.
Year published: 2026
This report amplifies the voices and priorities of multicultural young people with respect to racism and its impacts. Drawing on qualitative focus group data collected in Victoria, Australia in 2021, the report documents both the contemporary manifestations of racism as experienced by young people…
Experiences of home ownership in a remote Indigenous community
Author/editor: Terrill L.
Year published: 2025
In 2007, the Australian government introduced a program to encourage the uptake of home ownership in communities on Indigenous land. At the time the only community to take up the option was Wurrumiyanga on the Tiwi Islands in the Northern Territory. There have as a result been 16 grants of home…
Questions of trust: Are we looking at the problem the right way?
Author/editor: Masters A & Perry R
Year published: 2025
For a number of years now, public administration scholars and practitioners have been concerned with the declining trust in public institutions. Putnam (2000) mapped the decline in trust in America in his seminal work Bowling Alone. This was one of many problems, but this concern about declining…
Applying to University through the Early Offer Scheme: Insights from the GENERATION study
Author/editor: Jessica Arnup, Kate Doery, Pedro Riquelme-Gonzalez & Ben Edwards
Year published: 2025
Many Australian universities offer secondary school students a place in a higher education course before they have completed their senior secondary studies. This Early Offers Scheme enables eligible Year 12 students to receive conditional acceptance into an undergraduate course from September,…