Disadvantage
Business & Economics
Poverty in childhood leads to poverty in adulthood
New research finds Australian children from poor households are over three times more likely to suffer adult poverty – which tells us that government policies should focus more on prevention
Health & Medicine
Better engaging culturally diverse communities during COVID-19
The COVID-19 response in Victoria, Australia needs a stronger focus on working with poorer and culturally and linguistically diverse communities
Politics & Society
How can we open up Melbourne while tackling disadvantage?
Melbourne’s COVID-19 case numbers are heavily concentrated in the north and west. What factors contribute to this pattern and how can Melbourne ‘re-open’ in a way that tackles associated disadvantage?
Education
The challenge to retain second-career teachers
The COVID-19 downturn means more people will be considering career changes into teaching, but we need to be doing more to ensure that once they start teaching, they will want to stay.
Health & Medicine
Using intersectionality to understand who is most at risk of COVID-19
‘One-size-fits-all’ won’t work for COVID-19; research and policy must include intersecting factors like gender, age, indigeneity, disability, geography, socio-economic and refugee status
Health & Medicine
Homelessness and violence
For young people experiencing homelessness, violence and its threat can become a daily issue of survival and protection
Education
A chance to even the odds
A child’s destiny is heavily influenced by the lottery of socio-economic status and where they happen to grow up, but access to quality early learning can help even the odds for all Australian children
Health & Medicine
Is life getting better for people with disabilities?
New study suggests we’ve made only mixed progress in improving the lives of people with disabilities, underscoring the need for better data and monitoring
Business & Economics
Why do people really become homeless?
While the majority of the general public thinks drug addiction is the main reason for homelessness, the reality is quite different
Business & Economics
Taking a clear look at inequality
Income inequality in Australia is relatively stable but there are pockets of disadvantage that need serious attention