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Disadvantage, family breakdown and homelessness

As disadvantaged Australians face rising housing costs, University of Melbourne research looks at the statistics that make the link between family breakdown and homelessness

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Inside Business

Expert analysis on the research and practice changing the business landscape in the 21st Century

  1. 24 July 2017 – Australian Politics, Business & Economics, Economics, Policy, Public Policy

    Outlook 2017: What we learned

    Participants in the University of Melbourne's Economic and Social Outlook Conference 2017 discussed pressing issues including energy policy and welfare reform.

  2. 19 July 2017 – Bankruptcy, Branding, Business & Economics, Marketing, Television

    Why the Channel Ten brand will live on

    Despite going into voluntary administration the Channel Ten brand is likely to survive the company's current woes, argues a University of Melbourne expert.

  3. 12 July 2017 – Business & Economics, Diversity, Economics, Feminism, Women

    Lack of women in economics ‘bad for business’

    There are too few women in senior roles in Australian economics and it's bad for business, argues senior University of Melbourne economist Abigail Payne.

  4. 3 July 2017 – Australian Politics, Climate Change, Energy, Greenhouse Gases, Solar Power

    Australia’s energy trilemma explained

    A University of Melbourne expert explains Australia's energy trilemma: how to deliver energy that is affordable, environmentally sustainable and reliable.

  5. Podcast2 June 2017 – Africa, China, Development, Economics, Trade

    China in Africa: Who benefits?

    Economist Dr Lauren Johnston examines the evolving political and economic relationships between China and developing nations of Africa.

  6. 31 May 2017 – Child care, Children, Early Childhood, Economics, Matching Theory

    The algorithm for accessing child care

    University of Melbourne research looks at how an economic theory could form an algorithm to help parents secure a much sought-after spot in child care.

  7. 23 May 2017 – 2017 Federal Budget, Australian Economy, Australian Politics, Economics, Politics

    The 2017 Budget in history

    Professor Ross Garnaut from the University of Melbourne says the 2017 Federal Budget has an important place in history, but how will it be remembered?

  8. 22 May 2017 – Doctors, Health, Rural, Work, Workplace Culture

    Putting doctors under a data microscope

    The University of Melbourne's MABEL survey provides data on the medical workforce, including doctor's gender pay gap and attracting doctors to rural areas.

  9. 18 May 2017 – Economics, Financial Markets, Financial decision-making, GFC, Globalisation

    Picturing the Credit Crunch

    Economists at the University of Melbourne have created a ground-breaking model of the global financial crisis in the hope of preventing it from happening again.