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The Monthly Inflation Gauge and Cost of Living report recorded higher consumer prices in November, although annual inflation fell significantly

The Monthly Inflation Gauge and Cost of Living report recorded higher consumer prices in November, although annual inflation fell significantly

Published 04 Dec 2023

Breaking Down Barriers Community Profiles

This analysis introduces Breaking Down Barriers Community Profiles – an interactive web-based data visualisation tool to track factors associated with economic poverty among Australian communities.

Published 23 Oct 2023

Avoiding the cliff and the freefall into poverty

Read the latest Pursuit article from Professor A. Abigail Payne, Director, Melbourne Institute: Applied Economic & Social Research.

Published 20 Oct 2023

Ongoing work-from-home negotiation converges (somewhat)

Our latest TTPN Survey examines Australians' workers and employers continue to navigate the balance of working from home and in the office.

Published 27 Jul 2023

Higher education in Australia—a desired but costly investment

Our latest TTPN Survey examines Australians' intentions for further education, finding that while most aspire to attain higher education degrees, the significant costs have substantial impacts on their lives.

Published 29 Jun 2023

Who takes advantage of My School data?

Our latest Research Insight examines the impact of NAPLAN data released via the My School website on school socioeconomic composition.

Published 25 May 2023

Australians continue to face budgetary constraints in housing, food, energy and healthcare

Our latest TTPN Survey explores Australians' ability to make ends meet and the support services accessed when financially challenged.

Published 18 May 2023

Critical gaps in household attitudes and support for superannuation

Our latest Research Insight explores household attitudes towards super in the policy debate, suggesting that discontent with superannuation has long been underestimated in policy circles.

Published 12 May 2023

The Melbourne Institute Annual Report 2022 has been released

The Melbourne Institute Annual Report 2022 highlights the stories, impact and achievements from the Institute's 60th year.

Published 02 May 2023

Women continue to do more unpaid domestic work than men. Better provision of external support services and greater flexibility to work from home needed to reduce burden.

Our latest TTPN Survey explores the gender gap in unpaid domestic work, finding that cost or availability of external support services as well as lack of support from friends and families are key contributing factors.

Published 28 Apr 2023

Australia’s system of taxing alcohol is ‘incoherent’, but research suggests a single tax rate isn’t the answer

Read this article by Dr Ou Yang (Melbourne Institute) and Dr Preety Pratima Srivastava (RMIT) The Conversation.

Published 13 Apr 2023

What can we expect from the 2023 economic 'misery index'?

Read this article by Professor Guay Lim and Associate Professor Sam Tsiaplias from Melbourne Institute in Pursuit.

Published 10 Mar 2023

Changing gender norms around women’s work: Evidence from an online intervention in Indonesia

Authored by Professor Lisa Cameron, Dr Diana Contreras Suárez and Diahhadi Setyonaluri, our latest Research Insight uses data from an online survey to explore whether providing information on the extent of community support for working women in Indonesia can positively change husbands' and wives' attitudes.

Published 08 Mar 2023

Is inflation starting to bite financially precarious Australians?

New research explores how Australians have changed spending in times of high inflation, particularly focusing on those under financial pressure.

Published 23 Feb 2023

Australians want long-term solutions from the government rather than temporary reliefs to address energy poverty

Our latest TTPN survey examines how Australians are dealing with rising energy prices and the interventions they want from the government to address energy poverty.

Published 02 Feb 2023

Research: Regional interventions needed to help young people transition from high school to employment

New research from the Melbourne Institute, University of Melbourne, shows youth in Australia find it harder to transition from high school to employment when compared to youth in many other countries.

Published 20 Jan 2023

Charitable giving in Australia is bouncing back, but not quite to pre-pandemic levels

Our latest TTPN survey examines how rates of giving, volunteering and lending a helping hand have changed in Australia as we’ve moved back to pre-pandemic levels of activities and socialising.

Published 12 Dec 2022

HILDA 2022: working from home boosts women’s job satisfaction more than men’s, and that has a downside

Read this article in The Conversation featuring Prof Mark Wooden, Dr Esperanza Vera-Toscano and Dr Inga Lass.

Published 05 Dec 2022

HILDA 2022: Australian private high school enrolments have jumped 70% since 2012

Read this article by Dr Esperanza Vera-Toscano in The Conversation.

Published 05 Dec 2022

Our first pandemic year: HILDA 2022 reveals how Australians were affected by the start of COVID-19

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.

Published 05 Dec 2022

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