poverty

The ABS is wrong: inequality is getting worse in Australia

18 Sep 2017

The ABS has it wrong: inequality isn't stable in Australia. It's getting worse and worse, write Christopher Sheil and Frank Stilwell.

This is why apartment living is different for the poor

21 Aug 2017

When disputes and other problems of apartment living arise, low-income households’ options are often limited, write Hazel Easthope, Laura Crommelin and Laurence Troy.

UN expert highlights connections between poverty, inequality and human rights

15 Aug 2017

Philip Alston has urged policy makers to recognise the connections between poverty, inequality and human rights as he delivered the Australian Human Rights Centre's Annual Public Lecture.

One+One

15 Dec 2016

Dr Cassandra Goldie, head of the Australian Council of Social Service, has a PhD in Law from UNSW. At the university she met Professor Peter Saunders, from the Social Policy Research Centre, with whom ACOSS has now partnered to produce landmark reports into poverty.

Report uncovers a grim picture of child poverty in Australia

17 Oct 2016

Research conducted by UNSW’s Social Policy Research Centre has revealed an increase in the number of children living in poverty.

UNSW professor appointed to World Bank's poverty review

25 Jun 2015

UNSW’s Peter Saunders has been appointed to the World Bank Commission on Global Poverty.

UNSW signs agreement with Nobel Peace laureate

13 Oct 2014

Transforming poor communities through research into social business and health is the aim of a new agreement between UNSW and Nobel peace laureate Muhammad Yunus.

Rethinking poverty

06 Dec 2007

Many Australians are missing out on essentials in life, yet they do not register on statistics measuring poverty, according to research from UNSW.

A new class warfare

02 Jul 2007

The so-called 'generation gap' is disappearing, making way instead for an economic gap between the generations and class divisions within society, according to a UNSW sociologist.

Are all Australians equal?

09 Feb 2007

The eminent British economist Professor Sir Tony Atkinson - a leading world authority on inequality and poverty - will give a public lecture at UNSW this week.

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