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17 Apr 2024
The latest Indigenous business Snapshot shows Indigenous businesses contribute more than $16 billion to the Australian economy, employ 116,795 people and pay $4.2 billion in wages.
12 Feb 2024
Younger Australians are experiencing higher psychological distress and more loneliness compared to older age groups, according to the latest HILDA data.
15 Jun 2023
Workers and students taking so-called cognitive enhancers, or ‘smart’ drugs, commonly prescribed for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), might actually be inhibiting their performance and productivity, new research shows.
5 Dec 2022
A new report reveals how the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic impacted Australians, as many of us received government income support, worked from home under lockdown, watched more TV and worried over an uncertain future.
5 May 2022
People who migrated to regional Australia during COVID were more likely to retain their metro-based employment rather than working in their new regional hometown – and they’re keen to keep it that way, a new report has found.
27 Apr 2022
Victorian women experienced greater mental health decline compared to the rest of Australia during 2020 COVID-19 lockdowns, new University of Melbourne research has found.
7 Dec 2021
Australia as a society generally is becoming more prosperous, according to the latest Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) Survey.
15 Sep 2021
Almost 70 per cent of Australians surveyed in the Taking the Pulse of the Nation (TTPN) survey agree that fully vaccinated people should be allowed greater freedoms to access public events without restrictions, however between 16 to 23 per cent disagree with the idea of excluding the unvaccinated from certain activities.
12 Aug 2021
The Dilin Duwa Centre for Indigenous Business Leadership – the first of its kind in Australia – was launched today at the University of Melbourne and Melbourne Business School.
30 Apr 2021
The extent of Indigenous businesses’ contribution to the Australian economy has been revealed – at least $4.88 billion – in a first-of-its-kind research snapshot of the sector’s diversity and impact.
15 Mar 2021
Australians are experiencing higher levels of financial stress and mental distress, which has risen to its highest level since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic despite Australia being on the road to economic recovery.
18 Feb 2021
Just over one quarter of Australians are unwilling or uncertain about getting the COVID-19 vaccine, potentially delaying achieving herd immunity, insights from the latest Taking the Pulse of the Nation Research Insight reveal.
16 Feb 2021
Children with same-sex parents outperform other children on multiple indicators of academic achievement, new research shows.
12 Feb 2021
Australians welcome the COVID-19 vaccine but levels of mental distress and financial stress remain high, particularly among the young, according to the latest Taking the Pulse of the Nation survey.
27 Jan 2021
New research shows the prefrontal cortex of the human brain is associated with anticipation of favourable future events and shapes how individuals make a choice, advancing our understanding of self-control in decision making.
9 Dec 2020
As 2020 draws to a close, economists reflect on eight months of data tracking Australians’ economic and social experiences of the pandemic.
7 Dec 2020
People who lose their job are more likely to enter poverty and remain in poverty over time, according to the latest Breaking Down Barriers report.
20 Nov 2020
The latest release of the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) Survey shows that while Australians are more prosperous than they were 18 years ago, some groups – particularly single parents – are experiencing worrying declines in economic security.
10 Nov 2020
Four in 10 communities exceed the national poverty rate, according to the latest report from the Melbourne Institute: Applied Economic & Social Research at the University of Melbourne with support from the Paul Ramsay Foundation.
27 Oct 2020
Children who experience poverty are more likely to experience disadvantage as adults, according to a new report exploring intergenerational poverty.