Measuring What Matters: Reflections on Australia's first national wellbeing framework
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Education, Employment, Health, Housing
The Measuring What Matters framework is an important step for Australian wellbeing.
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Mapping the shifting landscape of socio-economic advantage
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Employment, Health, Housing
Unveiling the latest release of the Australian Bureau of Statistics' Socio-Economic Indexes for Areas (SEIFA), we uncover the shifting landscape of advantage and disadvantage in Australia's major urban settlements over time.
More is more: Alternative sources of income for rural councils
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Rural local governments are efficient and innovative in generating alternative sources of income. But these supplementary income sources don’t make up for these Councils' lack of structural government funding.
Analysing the National Housing Policy: Trends, Prospects, and the Future of Affordable Housing
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Housing
The Albanese Labor Government has placed housing affordability at the forefront of their agenda – a noteworthy ambition. However, achieving their objectives would only mark the beginning of the efforts required to tackle Australia's significant shortfall in social and affordable housing. This paper delves into the trends and prospects associated with the National Housing Policy and presents ideas for how to fund the rebuilding of Australia's social and affordable housing infrastructure.
Capturing the full picture: Why we must look beyond GDP to understand wellbeing
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Education, Employment, Environment, Health, Housing
SGS Economics and Planning's ground-breaking new index captures the socio-economic wellbeing of Australia, region by region. SGS Cities & Regions Wellbeing Index moves beyond state-level GDP data to show that where people live matters.
Beyond GDP: Measuring what matters
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Employment, Environment, Health, Housing
Economic policy must move beyond GDP to create an equitable and sustainable world. Wellbeing needs to be at the centre of progressive policy planning.