- What is poverty?
- How is poverty defined?
- Is there poverty in Australia?
- What is inequality?
- What is income inequality?
- What is wealth inequality?
- How unequal is Australia?
- Why is inequality a problem?
A research and impact partnership
ACOSS (the Australian Council of Social Service) has partnered with UNSW Sydney to undertake a research and impact collaboration to sharpen the national focus on poverty and inequality in Australia. The partnership monitors trends in poverty and inequality over time, explores drivers, and develops solutions to sharpen the focus and stimulate action to tackle these policy challenges. We are now in our second phase of the partnership, backed by NGO partners: 54 reasons (part of Save the Children Australia Group), ARACY, Foodbank Australia, Jesuit Social Services, Life Without Barriers, cohealth (a Victorian community health service), Mission Australia, The Smith Family and Settlement Services International; along with philanthropist John Mitchell and Australian Communities Foundation subfunds Hart Line and the David Morawetz Social Justice Fund.
Latest News
March 22, 2023
New report highlights depth of poverty for people on income support
People who are unemployed, people receiving income support, renters, sole parents, women, children and people with…
December 2, 2022
New research shows ‘pernicious effects’ of removal of Coronavirus Supplement
A new report from the Poverty and Inequality Partnership led by ACOSS and UNSW Sydney has found that while the Coronavirus…
October 14, 2022
One in eight people in Australia are living in poverty
One in eight people in Australia, including one in six children are living in poverty, a new report released on the eve of…
July 22, 2022
The Wealth Paradox – wealth inequality and the housing crisis
A new report being launched today by the ACOSS/UNSW Sydney Poverty and Inequality Partnership, The wealth inequality…
March 22, 2022
Housing affordability takes a hit – regionally and globally
A new report from the ACOSS/UNSW Sydney Poverty and Inequality Partnership shows that regional rents are now 18% higher than…
March 2, 2022
New ACOSS and UNSW Sydney Report shows how poverty and inequality were dramatically reduced in 2020, but have increased ever since
A new report from the ACOSS/UNSW Sydney Poverty and Inequality Partnership shows that during the first ‘Alpha’ wave of the…
November 29, 2021
States’ housing step-up no substitute for federal action
New research by the ACOSS/UNSW Poverty and Inequality Partnership shows renters on low and modest incomes are in the grip of…
October 17, 2021
Sole parents and unemployed face poverty as nation surges ahead
The income gap between people without paid work and sole parents, and the broader community is widening, according to a new…
October 4, 2021
Last year we backed you, this year you’re on your own: COVID’s scorched economic path revealed
New research by the ACOSS/UNSW Sydney Poverty and Inequality Partnership reveals the deepest, most enduring economic damage…