Useful Resources
APW Guides and Briefing
- APW Briefing Poverty, Unemployment & COVID-19, 3 July
Anti-Poverty Week (2020) - APW Briefing Poverty, Health and COVID-19
Anti-Poverty Week (2020) - Talking about COVID-19
Anti-Poverty Week (2020) - How We Talk About Poverty
Anti-Poverty Week (2019)
Videos & Podcasts
Committee for Economic Development of Australia (2020)
Financial Counselling Australia (2019)
St Vincent de Paul Society (2019)
On Overnights with Trevor Chappell, ABC News (2019)
ACT Council of Social Services (ACTCOSS) (2018)
The Salvation Army (2015)
Australian Council of Social Service (ACOSS) (2015)
Articles
- Is Newstart really the pacesetter Scott Morrison says it is?
Inside Story (2019) - It’s not just Newstart
The Conversation (2018)
Recent Factsheets
- Hunger Report Infographic
Foodbank (2019) - 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
- Poverty in Australia 2020, Part 1, Overview
Australian Council of Social Service (ACOSS) & UNSW (2020) - Jobs Availability Snapshot
Anglicare Australia (2019) - Foodbank Hunger Report
Foodbank (2019) - 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) - 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)
Poverty Data by State or Local Area
- Mapping Disadvantage in NSW (NCOSS) (2019)
- 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.