This report details an evaluation of the Payment By Outcomes (PBO) trial – an initiative that trials outcomes-based funding for employment services that support people experiencing complex barriers to work. It highlights the significant impact of social enterprise employment on individuals facing complex barriers to work, the positive flow-on effects, and several transition to work...

This interim report details an evaluation of a Payment By Outcomes (PBO) trial – an initiative that trials outcomes-based funding for employment services that support people experiencing complex barriers to work. This first report spans the trial initiation, design, development and implementation in the first year of service delivery.

Australia’s social enterprises can make a significant contribution toward a more equitable society, but are constrained by limited financial, public policy and other ‘ecosystem’ supports, according to the authors of this paper.

This research report focuses on Australia’s social venture ecosystem – the entrepreneurial ecosystem that grows and sustains social ventures across Australia.

This study gathered data on the scale and scope of policy interventions in the housing system during the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia—a critical first step for on-going assessment of the outcomes and impacts of the broad suite of initiatives deployed by governments in response to the pandemic. It will help build a preliminary evidence base...