2006–16 Aboriginal population change in New South Wales
Author/editor: N Biddle, L Allen and F Markham
Year published: 2018
The New South Wales (NSW) Aboriginal population is one of the fastest growing in the country. Estimates for the total Indigenous population in the state increased from around 189 000 in 2006 to around 267 000 in 2016. This very rapid growth is likely to lead to a significant number of policy…
Building children’s resilience through respectful and gender equitable relationships pilot project
Author/editor: King, T, Meehl, A & Priest, N.
Year published: 2018
The scoping project documented in this report presents the results of a rapid, comprehensive and systematic review of empirical evidence from the past 10 years, conducted with the following aims:to evaluate the effectiveness of interventions to promote gender equity and prevent gender bias among…
Optimal policy modelling: a microsimulation methodology for setting the Australian tax and transfer system
Author/editor: B Phillips, R Webster and M Gray
Year published: 2018
The complexity of the social security system makes it challenging for policy makers to assess what changes should be made to the system to achieve policy objectives, and the implications of changes to the system. This paper describes the results of an initial attempt to develop a new methodology…
Parental leave pay and paid maternity leave: should entitlement be tied?
Author/editor: Taylor, M.
Year published: 2018
This paper provides an insight into the earnings and household income of mothers who would be affected by recently proposed reforms to Parental Leave Pay (PLP) – formerly Paid Parental Leave – that would tie PLP entitlement to access to paid maternity leave (PML) workplace conditions. The Household…
Public attitudes towards data governance in Australia
Author/editor: Biddle, N, Edwards, B, Gray, M, McEachern, S
Year published: 2018
Never before have more data been held about us by government or companies that we interact with, and never before have those data been so used, or so useful for analytical purposes. The development of legislation, and the regulatory and oversight framework governing the use of these personal data…
The short-term effect of a compulsory Work for the Dole trial
Author/editor: Biddle, N, & Gray, M.
Year published: 2018
This paper summarises the results from an evaluation of the impact of an Australian active labour market program – Work for the Dole (WfD) – on employment and income support receipt outcomes of participants. The WfD program is part of the Australian system of ‘mutual obligation’ requirements that…
The social and economic impacts of drought
Author/editor: Edwards, B, Gray, M, & Hunter, B.
Year published: 2018
This paper analyses that survey to measure the extent to which drought affects a range of economic, health and social outcomes. Drought is found to have a substantial negative economic and health impact on farmers and others employed in the agricultural sector. There is some evidence that…