The Audi Women in Automotive project was jointly developed by Mission Australia and Audi in order to encourage mothers/long term unemployed women to enter a non-traditional field of employment, the automotive industry
Research Report On The Development Of Social Enterprise
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Lotterywest
Summary
The intent of the WA Social Enterprise Mapping Project 2023 is to further our understanding of the state of the social enterprise sector in WA, and contribute to understanding the strengths and the challenges faced by social enterprises, and the environments within which they operate.
A report to review the landscape of evidence institutes, and explore if a new evidence institute in Australia focused specifically on disadvantage would help break cycles of disadvantage.
Valuing Every Contribution: What A Basic Income Would Mean For Australians
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IPSOS
Summary
It surveys Australians to explore how a basic income would affect their lives, how they use their time, and how they engage with the workforce. The survey also sheds light on the growing problem of income and work insecurity, which is alarmingly high.
Poverty And Australian Housing: Findings From An AHURI Investigative Panel
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AHURI
Summary
This Investigative Panel was guided by three principal research questions:
1. What housing, planning, taxation and social security policies significantly affect housing-related poverty?
a. What are the risks and potential benefits of changing policy settings?
b. What lessons can be learnt from international policy and practice?
2. How do Australian housing markets and institutions (e.g. tenure regulations, costs, location, built form, capacity of affordable housing sector) intersect with ind ....This Investigative Panel was guided by three principal research questions:
1. What housing, planning, taxation and social security policies significantly affect housing-related poverty?
a. What are the risks and potential benefits of changing policy settings?
b. What lessons can be learnt from international policy and practice?
2. How do Australian housing markets and institutions (e.g. tenure regulations, costs, location, built form, capacity of affordable housing sector) intersect with individual capabilities (e.g. income support, labour market status, household type, race, gender) to produce and reproduce particular experiences of poverty?
3. What programs and policies are already operating which address the intersections of housing and poverty? What are the opportunities to extend and add to these?
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The Global Hope Report presents the key findings of a national survey of over 1200 Australians’ perceptions of and hopes for the future, conducted by leading research agency NCLS Research. The survey found that war and conflict, the economy, poverty, and climate change are the most pressing global issues for Australians.
Key findings from the most comprehensive study to date of Australian Christians’ attitudes towards climate change in its landmark report They Shall Inherit the Earth.
This project seeks to understand public discourse around cycles of disadvantage in Australia by analysing public texts across media and parliamentary speeches. This will enable us to better understand what the public thinks about disadvantage and the factors that shape it. It will also help us understand what forces in turn shape the discourse.
A transformative, long-term, research project with the aim of reducing child poverty and scaffolding well-being for all children in Australia.
The first phase of More for Children is being undertaken in partnership with the Paul Ramsay Foundation and focuses on rights-based research with children to understand their experiences of poverty.
The research will develop a suite of indicators designed to identify the underlying causes of poverty and to inform responses at local, state/territory, and n ....A transformative, long-term, research project with the aim of reducing child poverty and scaffolding well-being for all children in Australia.
The first phase of More for Children is being undertaken in partnership with the Paul Ramsay Foundation and focuses on rights-based research with children to understand their experiences of poverty.
The research will develop a suite of indicators designed to identify the underlying causes of poverty and to inform responses at local, state/territory, and national levels.
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