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Three immigrant adults sit at a table studying; two women look at an open book together, while a man works on a laptop in the background.
14 October 2025

English language skills of humanitarian migrants in…

This report explores 10-year trends in English skills among humanitarian migrants in Australia, highlighting key factors and policy insights.

A woman works on a laptop at a desk while holding a baby on her lap. Both are looking at the computer screen.
27 August 2025

New mothers, employment and income

This report explores employment and income patterns of new mothers in Australia using PLIDA data, highlighting impacts of job type, family traits, and government…

Shot of a young boy helping to secure his sister’s helmet before she rides her bicycle in the park
19 June 2025

Young carers

In this report we use data from the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children (LSAC) to examine the early home environment of those who subsequently became young…

A multi-ethnic group of business people are indoors in an office boardroom. They are sitting around a table and making plans.
11 June 2025

Economic participation of humanitarian migrants in Australia

This report provides evidence of economic participation trends among resettled refugees, the potential or ‘latent’ labour force capacity in this group and the timing…

Portrait of Happy indian joint family sitting together at home. Asian senior and young couple with their kids having and laughing.
27 February 2025

Constructing family households with administrative data

This report provides an overview of the steps and outcomes of deriving a classification of family households and applying it to a relationship dataset created in the…

With father again
6 February 2025

When parents live apart

This research report illustrates the complexity of family circumstances faced by children whose parents live apart due to relationship instability or breakdown, using…

Red Today artwork by Michael Minniti
19 July 2024

Evaluation of the National Plan to Respond to the Abuse of…

This report sets out findings of an evaluation of Australia’s first National Plan to Respond to the Abuse of Older Australians (Elder Abuse) 2019–2023. 

Silhouette image of two boys climbing a hill with one reaching out to help the other.
14 June 2024

Improving the safety and wellbeing of vulnerable children

This study aims to provide a national focus for reforms to the child protection and youth justice systems by examining the nature of recommendations from 61 reports…

Happy young family with newborn twin babies lying on the bed together, parents holding hands and kissing their babies
12 June 2024

Take-up of Parental Leave Pay and Dad and Partner Pay among…

This report examines mothers’ take-up of Parental Leave Pay (PLP) and fathers’ take-up of Dad and Partner Pay (DAPP), 2 government payments designed to support…