Useful videos/podcasts
- Life Below the Poverty Line
On Overnights with Trevor Chappell, ABC News (2019) - Examining Poverty in Australia
On Nightlife with Suzanne Hill, ABC News (2018) - Together Creating Pathways Out of Poverty
ACT Council of Social Services (ACTCOSS) (2018) - Average Matt and Average Amanda
The Salvation Army (2015) - Inequality in Australia: A Nation Divided
Australian Council of Social Service (ACOSS) (2015)
Useful articles
- Is Newstart really the pacesetter Scott Morrison says it is?
Inside Story (2019) - It’s not just Newstart
The Conversation (2018)
Recent fact sheets
- Foodbank Hunger Report Infographic
Foodbank (2018) - Poverty in Australia & Inequality in Australia Infographic
ACOSS (2018) - A Summary of Selected Findings on Children and Families in Australia
The Australian Research Alliance for Children and Youth (ARACY) (2018) - Child Social Exclusion, Poverty and Disadvantage in Australia
Uniting Care (2018) - Poverty in Rural and Remote Australia
National Rural Health Alliance Inc (2017) - ACOSS Briefing Note on Child Poverty
ACOSS (2017) - Young Mental Health and Homelessness Infographic
Mission Australia (2017) - Australia’s Youth Unemployment Hotspots: Snapshot
Brotherhood of St Laurence (2016) - Are the Kids Alright: Young Australians in their Middle Years
The Australian Child Wellbeing Project (ACWP) (2016) - Measuring Social Exclusion
Brotherhood of St Laurence (2016)
Major Reports
- Rental Affordability Snapshot
Anglicare Australia (2019) - To Have and to Have Not: Measuring child deprivation and opportunity in Australia
The Australian Research Alliance for Children and Youth (ARACY) (2019) - Living on the Edge: Inquiry into Intergenerational Welfare Dependence
Parliament of Australia (2019) - Submissions to the Inquiry (Living on the Edge Report)
Parliament of Australia (2019) - Household Income and Wealth in Australia 2017-2018
Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) (2019) - Financial Counselling in a Nutshell
Financial Counselling Australia (2019) - Poverty in Australia
Australian Council of Social Service (ACOSS) & UNSW (2018) - Inequality in Australia
Australian Council of Social Service (ACOSS) & UNSW (2018) - Inequality in Australia: A young person’s perspective
Youth Action and WESTIR (2018) - Material Deprivation and Social Exclusion: A child focused approach
UNSW Social Policy Research Centre (2018) - Australian Homelessness Monitor
Launch Housing (2018) - Rising Inequality? A Stocktake of the Evidence
Australian Government Productivity Commission (2018) - Money Care: 10 Years On
The Salvation Army (2018) - Foodbank Hunger Report
Foodbank (2018) - Jobs Availbility Snapsnot
Anglicare Australia (2018) - State of the Family: What Australians Really Think About Poverty
Anglicare Australia (2018) - How Unequal? Insights on Inequality
Committee for Economic Development of Australia (2018) - Mapping Opportunity: A National Index on Wages and Income
The McKell Institute (2018) - Social Policy Research Paper Number 47: Low Income and Poverty Dynamics
Australian Government Department of Social Services (2017) - Australia’s Welfare
AIHW (2017) - Australians falling short on Indigenous disadvantage and work life balance
Croakey (2017) - Household Expenditure Survey 2015-2016
Australian Bureau of Statistics (2017) - New Minimum Income for Healthy Living Budget Standards for Low-Paid and Unemployed Australians
UNSW Social Policy Research Centre (2017) - The household, income and labour dyamics in Australia Survey
Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research (2017) - Youth Mental Health and Homelessness Report
Mission Australia (2017) - Student Debt and Financial Distress Soar: Survey
Universities Australia (2017) - Does Money Affect Children’s Outcomes? An update
London School of Economics (2017) - What income inequality looks like across Australia
The Conversation (2017) - Economic and Social Impact Survey
The Salvation Army (2017) - Australian Institute of Family Studies Articles and Related Resources on Poverty and Families
Australian Institute of Family Studies (2016) - The Cost of Youth Homelessness in Australia
The Salvation Army (2016) - Dropping off the Edge 2015: Persistent communal disadvantage in Australia
Jesuit Social Services and Catholic Social Services Australia (2015)
Local Area Data
- Every Suburb, Every Town: Mapping Poverty in Victoria
Victoria Council of Social Service (VCOSS) (2018) - Battling On, Persistent Energy Hardship
Victoria Council of Social Service (VCOSS) (2018) - Power Struggles, Everyday Battles to Stay Connected
Victoria Council of Social Service (VCOSS) (2017) - Poverty, Social Exclusion & Disadvantage in Australia
NATSEM (2013) & Uniting Care Children Young People & Families
See in particular Appendix 1 State Poverty Rates 2000-01 to 2011-12 and Appendix 2 Disadvantage Indicators by LGA 2011 - Social Health Atlas of Australia
Torrens University (2016) - Quickstats
A fast, simple way to understand an area at a glance and is intended for anyone wanting quick summary information about an area using 2016 Census data.