Income support

Subject Hierarchy
Broader terms
Benefit system
Current term
Income support
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APO URI
https://linked.data.gov.au/def/policy/586e99de-453a-4d8b-8606-ccefb41b02fb


Report

"It’s not enough": why more is needed to lift people out of poverty

The research behind this report finds that the upcoming increase to welfare payment rates in Australia will not be enough to prevent economic distress for a large number of welfare recipients.
Report

The long shadow of the cost of living emergency

People are eating less healthily and cutting down on exercise and socialising due to the cost of living, according to a YouGov poll of 2366 people from across the United Kingdom. This report calls for new government support for struggling households, warning that the long-term...
Report

The Treasury during Covid: what lessons can be learned from the pandemic?

This report examines the UK Treasury’s role in designing and delivering economic support schemes – as well as the problems that undermined government decision making. It draws on over a year of research and conversations with former Treasury officials and others who worked with the...
Working paper

Living wages in context: a comparative analysis for OECD countries

This working paper advises using the living wage as one of the pieces of information that – when properly contextualised – could inform wage negotiations and wage policies set in consultation with social partners.
Report

Interim Economic Inclusion Advisory Committee 2023–24 report to the Australian government

The Albanese Government has released this first report of the Interim Economic Inclusion Advisory Committee. The report will help inform the government’s considerations ahead of the federal budget to be delivered on 9 May.