A new report on poverty in Australia has prompted calls for the Newstart allowance to be increased, and for more affordable housing to be created. How many children under the age of 15 in ...

This report presents facts and figures about wealth inequality and poverty in Australia. It provides an overview of Australia's various income groups, including weekly earnings, in both the public ...

According to the Australia Institute, one in five Aussies are retiring into poverty, with this number only likely to rise in the coming years ... has varied markedly over this time.

The barriers stopping women from fully participating in the workforce are costing the Australian economy $128 billion dollars. That's the finding of a report by the Women's Economic Equality ...

Sky News host Peta Credlin says Australia’s “energy poverty” defies common sense given the country was once so “rich” in power. “One of the causes of today’s thread of power ...

“One of the causes of today’s thread of power blackouts in New South Wales and a predicted horror summer ahead, says the energy regulator, is Australia’s energy poverty,” Ms Credlin said.