Disadvantage

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

The COVID-19 response in Victoria, Australia needs a stronger focus on working with poorer and culturally and linguistically diverse communities

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?

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.

‘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

For young people experiencing homelessness, violence and its threat can become a daily issue of survival and protection

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

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

While the majority of the general public thinks drug addiction is the main reason for homelessness, the reality is quite different

Income inequality in Australia is relatively stable but there are pockets of disadvantage that need serious attention