Australia's welfare 2023 is the AIHW's 16th biennial welfare report. It is a mix of short statistical summaries and long-form articles exploring topical welfare issues. Australia’s Welfare also serves as a ‘report card’ on the welfare of Australians by looking at how we are faring as a nation.

Australia’s welfare 2023: in brief presents a summary of welfare and wellbeing data in Australia with key findings on housing, education and skills, employment and income, social support, and justice and safety.

Australia’s welfare 2023: data insights examines a range of important welfare topics in nine original articles including on homelessness and housing affordability, employment and income support following the COVID-19 pandemic and measuring quality in aged care. It describes and assesses the current information environment for long-established welfare topics, including aged care and the welfare workforce. This is important for allowing a clear picture of what is known about these topics, where there are gaps in knowledge, and potential ways to improve understandings via data.

Since its first release in 1993, the Australia’s welfare series has been a reliable source of authoritative and accessible welfare-related information for decision-makers, policy advisers, service providers, researchers and the public.