Swinburne Centre for Social Impact Director, Professor Jo Barraket, and Research Fellow, Dr Chris Wilson, reflect on their research into digital inequality to show how the COVID-19 crisis is affecting the millions of Australians who are not online and how smart policy could help them. Read more…
20/04/2020
https://events.ceda.com.au/Digital-hub/Blogs/CEDA-Blog/April-2020/How-COVID-19-is-worsening-digital-inequality
Following the release of Disrupting disadvantage: setting the scene, CEDA is releasing a series of articles from leading thinkers in the field that explore different aspects of disadvantage in Australia. Anglicare WA Chief Executive Officer, Mark Glasson, explores ways we can improve employment outcomes to limit disadvantage. Read more…
18/11/2019
https://events.ceda.com.au/Digital-hub/Blogs/CEDA-Blog/November-2019/If-the-best-form-of-welfare-is-a-job-disrupting-disadvantage-through-employment
When some members of society face financial hardship brought about by low income, there are flow-on effects across the whole community, writes WCOSS Chief Executive Officer, Louise Giolitto. Read more…
20/04/2018
https://events.ceda.com.au/Digital-hub/Blogs/CEDA-Blog/April-2018/Income-inequality-costs-us-all
Rosemary Calder examines how geographical location aligns with risk factors for preventable chronic disease. Read more…
20/04/2018
https://events.ceda.com.au/Digital-hub/Blogs/CEDA-Blog/April-2018/Low-socioeconomic-status-increases-levels-of-chronic-disease
There is a clear link between low-socioeconomic status and poor education and employment outcomes. But it doesn't need to be this way according to research from the Smith Family. Head of Research and Advocacy, Anne Hampshire explains. Read more…
20/04/2018
https://events.ceda.com.au/Digital-hub/Blogs/CEDA-Blog/April-2018/New-evidence-to-break-the-cycle-of-educational-disadvantage
On the release of their Deloitte Access Economics report for ACOSS modelling the impact of a $75 per week increase in Newstart payments on the nation's economy, Ben Guttmann and Chris Richardson write such an increase would benefit the least well off in Australia and provide a boost to the economy. Read more…
17/09/2018
https://events.ceda.com.au/Digital-hub/Blogs/CEDA-Blog/September-2018/Raising-the-Rate-would-boost-economy
Director of the Unison Housing Research Lab at RMIT, Professor Guy Johnson, Deputy Director, Dr Juliet Watson, and Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Dr Sarah Taylor, discuss the findings of their recent evaluation of the Victorian Government's Private Rental Assistance Program, which shows the private rental market has a role to play in reducing homelessness. Read more…
17/08/2020
https://events.ceda.com.au/Digital-hub/Blogs/CEDA-Blog/August-2020/Reducing-homelessness-and-housing-instability-can-the-private-rental-market-play-a-role
This CEDA paper by social policy experts from the Life Course Centre, led by Janeen Baxter, looks at how the COVID-19 pandemic has brought opportunities to address long-standing problems in health, labour markets, the tax and transfer system, gender, education, housing and criminal justice. Read more…
08/12/2020
https://events.ceda.com.au/Research-and-policy/All-CEDA-research/Research-catalogue/Information-paper-Never-let-a-crisis-go-to-waste-social-policy-opportunities-from-COVID-19
Contributing author to How unequal? Insights on inequality, Laura Perry writes educational inequality in Australia takes many forms and can stunt the potential of young people. She suggests early, targeted and intensive support to students as soon as they start to fall behind and making our schools more socially integrated are the keys to tackling underachievement. Read more…
20/04/2018
https://events.ceda.com.au/Digital-hub/Blogs/CEDA-Blog/April-2018/To-reduce-inequality-in-Australian-schools,-make-them-less-socially-segregated
Supporting disadvantaged students is central to the future of Vocational Education and Training in Australia, writes Kristen Osborne. Read more…
20/04/2018
https://events.ceda.com.au/Digital-hub/Blogs/CEDA-Blog/April-2018/VET-s-role-in-mitigating-disadvantage