Despite ongoing uncertainty about global economic conditions, prosperity in Australia remains both very high and relatively widespread. But there is one group in Australia who has not shared in our rising…
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The unemployed are worse off now in real terms than they were 15 years ago and benefits for the short term unemployed are…
A parent’s unemployment can have diverse and significant affects upon their children, but only in males. The gender of the…
Children’s wellbeing can be affected when a parent becomes unemployed, a new study has found. The research, conducted by…
Globally, more than 800 million people are chronically undernourished. And some of these people live in Australia. Of course, these people do not live in desperate refugee camps; and most do not endure…
Not so long ago, when economic commentators thought about unemployment and the Australian labour market, their main question was: How low can it go? The global financial crisis was a setback to this improving…
It is just possible that the Federal Government’s public statements about the need to get back, at all costs, to a budget surplus for the 2012-13 year are based on a grim view of the intelligence of the…
Almost 50 cents of every dollar spent by governments in Australia goes on social spending - either social security or health and community services. This week’s tax forum must reform the system, as the…
Unemployed people who live in houses where there is no breadwinner run a higher risk of remaining without a job, according…
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