In conducting this inquiry, the Senate Community Affairs References Committee was determined to investigate the structural drivers of poverty, the most significant impacts, which cohorts are most at risk, and what could be done to reduce poverty across Australia.

This report presents a series of models for rolling out ‘navigators’ to help people with a disability to plan services and connect with local providers. The report finds that navigators have the potential to improve access to services and ensure higher-quality services are delivered. An effective navigator model could also save up to $5.2 billion...

This guide shares evidence-based approaches managers can use to help build mentally healthy workplaces. It outlines ways managers can support healthy workplaces at the organisational as well as team level and offers guidance on how to protect their own mental health and wellbeing.

The Child Social Exclusion (CSE) is a multi-dimensional measure of child disadvantage. It extends the concept of child poverty by reflecting the extent to which children lack the opportunities and resources to participate fully in their communities and feel connected. This report updates the index of social exclusion risk for Australian children under 15 years...

Australia's supermarket sector is one of the most concentrated in the world. A key recommendation from this inquiry is for the Australian government to amend the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 to create divestiture powers specific to the supermarket sector, where a supermarket has been found to have misused their market power.

This paper provides an update on the state of economic inequality in Australia, reviewing the period of the COVID-19 induced recession and recovery. It also deep dives into economic inequality for three cohorts - women, older people and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

This report summarises key policy issues, and draws on inquiry submissions, to develop a set of recommendations on price and competition policy which, if adopted, would substantially improve competition and decrease the price pressure faced by Australian consumers.

This publication contains a collection of mini briefing papers that look at the idea of a wellbeing economy, how it relates to other ideas for economic change, and what some of the core elements of a wellbeing economy are.

This report examines the latest available data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (for 2019-20, adjusting forward to 2022-23 for wealth) to identify who stands where on the income and wealth ladders and the main causes of income and wealth inequality.

This report follows up on PwC Australia's progress in responding to two recommendations from the Committee's June 2023 report, and examines other documents and events related to the PwC matter that have come to light since that time.