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This research draws on Household Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) survey data and 2016 Census of Population and Housing data and employs two methods of Small Area Estimation (SAE): a unit-based and an area-based approach to look ar small statistical areas where homelessness is a high risk.
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The Australian Government Department of Social Services (DSS) contracted researchers at the University of New South Wales to develop guidelines for supported decision-making.
Everyone has the right to make decisions – many people look to others for support to help make decisions.
This may include assistance in understanding the choices available, understanding the impact of those choices, and helping implement those choices.
People with cognitive impairment may need additional support for day-to-day decision-making as
well as more significant decisions. This support may be provided formally through services, and
informally by family and friends. This is different to substitute decision-making where someone else makes a decision for them – this may be done by parents (for someone under 18 years) or by
legally appointed guardians or trustees,
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Economist Saul Eslake said there were issues on both the demand and supply side, claiming the current tax system was favouring investors over owner-occupiers which was driving up price.
“Acknowledging that it has been politically controversial,” he said. “It would be to remove the tax preferences that investors enjoy that inflate the demand.”
The Grattan Institute flagged taxation was distorting prices, particularly on the current discounts provided on assets through capital gains tax.
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The Australian Bureau of Statistics data shows Queensland gained the most people, about 7000, from net interstate migration over the March 2021 quarter, while Victoria lost the most at almost 5000, followed closely by NSW at 4500 people.
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William Marble and Clayton Nall in the Stanford University Department of Political Science wanted to see what it would take to change people’s minds on development. They surveyed people in the 20 largest metro areas and found that people formed attitudes toward new development independently from their overall political ideology.Urban voters aren’t likely to embrace a strategy of getting out of the way and letting the market do its magic. Many are inclined, instead, to stand in the way to keep the market from doing harm. But if we were more honest about the limitations of the market, it would be easier to convince people that local governments can hold private development accountable for delivering benefits to people who are being left out.
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Ending the limitations on new social and affordable housing created by what has been labelled Nimbyism Not In My Back Yard might require a top down legislative approach as well as a bottom up community engagement strategy.
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This research examines the policy and practice issues raised by the increasing demand for public housing among older Australians, and how public housing authorities (PHAs) can support older tenants to age well.It is both important and necessary to have frontline workers in the system (housing/property officers and tenancy practitioners) who are resourced and allowed to provide one-on-one support to address older people’s needs and issues.
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This report by the Centre for Social Impact recommends that government needs to ensure that social security policy and practice is grounded in human rights and does not discriminate (directly or indirectly) against people with mental ill-health or mental health carers.
Enables people to have a voice and influence on systems that affect their lives.
Changing current assessment processes, compliance and exemption rules that systematically disadvantage people with mental ill-health and mental health carers.
