This report presents a comprehensive quantitative analysis of spatial injustice – the unequal opportunities and resources that exist due to location – and the impacts of the 2022 Victorian floods. It highlights that more needs to be done to support those most impacted by disasters, and to address the risk that future emergencies will further...

One aim of this paper is to test whether people experiencing various forms of disadvantage are more likely to live in an area with a high urban heat island (UHI) effect.

Despite existing financial assistance for almost three million households, many people in Australia still cannot afford to pay for the energy they need. This report looks at what is required to deliver effective energy concessions, summarises the research findings, and makes a series of recommendations.

This issues paper was prepared in response to the lived experience and literature presented at the Disability and Disaster Resilience forum, held in August 2020. It builds a picture of the roadblocks to safety and wellbeing for Australians with disability in emergency management.

This paper is about the social policy response to the coronavirus recession in Australia, during the period from the beginning of March to the end of October 2020.