This exploratory study investigates the challenges newly arrived African refugees in Australia face and how they perceive local government initiatives and support. The Report is divided into six sections. The first section contextualises the issues. The second section outlines the methodology employed. Sections 3, 4, 5 and 6 present and discuss the findings from the...

The UTS Centre for Local Government in partnership with the International Centre for Muslim and non-Muslim Understanding at the University of South Australia have released a new report that investigates the activities and programs seven councils have put in place to provide support for newly-arrived refugees in settling, employment, education and housing. The report is...

The article reviews 11 primary studies that examine the impact of social mix on public housing estates.

This paper draws on the work carried out for the Australian Housing and research Institute on age-specific housing and care for low to moderate-income older people. It presents a typology of housing options and through a national survey of providers and residents, follow-up interviews with providers from three states (NSW, Victoria and WA), and three...

This study indicates that the binary of choosing to invest in property, rather than some other area of investment is, in practice, misleading: most of the property investors interviewed also invest in other areas, mainly shares. It’s not an either/or decision for many people. However, shares are generally seen as being of a different (ie...