The Labour Government has established a new remit to guide the National Minimum Wage - are we heading in the right direction for workers on low income to be paid fairly?
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Opinion and evidence differ on minimum wage policies, but one thing seems clear – they need to be better integrated within a wider economic support strategy.
A first glimpse of the low-income housing scheme, designed in collaboration with West, raises red flags.
People on low incomes put insurance cover first – even if it means doing without basic goods.
Not only has income inequality in Australia grown over the past two decades, rich and poor are also more segregated in terms of where they live in the big cities.
New research shows the harsh realities of getting by on a low income and highlights how help for those doing it tough needs to change.
Super is the wrong tool to provide an adequate support in retirement for low-income earners. Our research shows top-up measures to help this group are poorly targeted and too expensive.
Both Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump have called for improved child care. There is already a long history of child care policy initiatives in the U.S.; most of them have been unsuccessful.
New analysis shows low-income earners, particularly in Tasmania and South Australia, face the most mortgage stress.
Reducing the minimum wage - and eliminating income tax for those workers - is a far better strategy to tackle poverty.
Budget superannuation changes redirect concessions to lower income earners where they are most needed.
The low income superannuation contribution is rapidly becoming a case study in the perils of linking unrelated policy initiatives. The scheme, a federal government contribution of up to $500 to people…
Opposition leader Tony Abbott’s budget reply pledge to discontinue the Low Income Earners Superannuation Contribution (LISC) will hit the retirement savings of thousands of low-paid Australian workers…
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