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