The rise of contractor work, coordinated through digital platforms, has become one of the defining trends in the world of work over the past decade. This report examines some of the potential consequences of these emerging trends in employment arrangements in the disability care labour market.

Representation matters. Within our society a lot of attention is paid to how power is used, and in whose interests, but the issue of who has power is of equal importance. This report explores the path to parliament taken by our current representative members of federal parliament, and considers a wide variety of identity, vocational...

Secure housing in Australia is increasingly out of reach for a growing proportion of the population – arguably more so than in any comparable country. So how did we get here? How do we begin to understand the social and economic consequences of such enormous changes to the role and function of housing over the...

This report considers the economic benefits of Auslan accounting for the critical benefits to wellbeing, health literacy, services access, and the productivity of the economy. The research seeks to account for the benefits associated with Auslan as a community-enabling and culturally supportive language. The report finds the impacts of deafness and hearing loss may be...

The political, ecological and economic challenge of decarbonising Australia’s energy and industrial base is crying out for leadership. This report aims to provide insights and options to policy-makers, so that Australia can confront the challenges and seize the opportunities of action on climate change.