The Family Matters Report 2021
The Family Matters Report 2021, launched on 9 December at the 9th SNAICC–National Voice for our Children National Conference, shows that our children continue to be removed from family and kin at...
Publication Categoriy: Families
Keeping Families Together Supportive Housing for Families Evaluation Report
The Keeping Families Together (KFT) Supportive Housing pilot project was launched in Brisbane to provide supportive housing for families experiencing multiple vulnerabilities (i.e., extremely low income, at...
Rental Affordability Snapshot 2019
The Rental Affordability Snapshot highlights the lived experience of looking for housing on a low income. It focuses on those who earn the least– people on government income payments and people earning the...
Innovative models in addressing violence against Indigenous women: Final report
Foregrounding the perspective of Aboriginal people who work within the family violence space or have had experience of family violence, this report is based on qualitative research in three sites in Australia:...
“Whatever it takes”: Access for women with disabilities to domestic and family violence services: Final report
“Whatever it takes”: Access for women with disabilities to domestic and family violence services aims to help tertiary response services to respond effectively to the needs of women with disabilities. It...
The drivers of energy-related financial hardship in Australia – understanding the role of income, consumption and housing
Saunders and Bedford (2017) demonstrated that income levels are inadequate for some Australian households to maintain a basic standard of living. Analysing utility bills can extend this consideration of income...
An Australian geography of unhealthy housing
This paper has focused on one of those long‐term determinants of health—housing—and it has found that the widely accepted assumption that housing in Australia is of high quality and health enabling...
Poverty in Australia 2018
Australia currently lacks a poverty reduction plan. As yet, we do not even have an agreed national definition of poverty, or regular monitoring and reporting by governments on progress to address it. This...