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Research shows the harmful effects of removing the Coronavirus Supplement

02 Dec 2022

A UNSW Sydney and ACOSS partnership report explores the lived experiences of poverty among the most vulnerable during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Can a universal basic income help address homelessness?

18 Nov 2022

An alternative approach to welfare could replace policies that are failing to address homelessness.

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One in eight people in Australia is living in poverty, as cost of living pressures increase

14 Oct 2022

A UNSW Sydney and ACOSS partnership research report shows people in poverty are falling behind the rest of society.

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‘The wait list is a battle in itself’: what it takes to get social housing

21 Jun 2022

Getting on the priority wait list is so challenging some applicants just give up.

a homeless man walks in the street with a trolley of possessions

Australia is failing marginalised people, and it shows in COVID death rates

21 Feb 2022

People living in poverty or disadvantage are three times more likely to die from COVID than the wealthy.

Living without the essentials: report sheds new light on young Australians and poverty

26 Nov 2018

The report, produced with UNSW Sydney, for the first time allows young people to explain in revealing detail their experiences of poverty.

3m Australians living in poverty, new report from UNSW and ACOSS shows

16 Oct 2018

The report was launched today at the National Press Club in Canberra to coincide with Anti-Poverty Week.

UNSW and ACOSS join forces to tackle poverty and inequality

08 Feb 2018

UNSW and the Australian Council of Social Service have launched a new collaboration to tackle poverty and inequality through high-quality research, policy development and advocacy.

It would cost you 20 cents more per T-shirt to pay an Indian worker a living wage

08 Dec 2017

Adding just 20 cents to the price of a T-shirt in Australia would lift all Indian workers in the garment supply chain out of poverty, write Murray Ross Hall and Thomas Wiedmann.

It's time to bust some of the myths around disadvantage and poverty

07 Dec 2017

For its second series of the reality documentary Struggle Street, broadcaster SBS approached UNSW to help take a closer look at the issues around disadvantage.

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