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Victoria's big investment in social and affordable housing is an opportunity for design innovation to create social value, say University of Melbourne experts
Recent discoveries of unmarked graves have shed new light on the country’s troubled colonial legacy
A study in Burkina Faso and Mali suggests combining anti-malarial drugs and vaccination could reduce deaths and hospitalisations
While the US has been the hardest hit country in the world by the COVID-19 pandemic, the healthiest cities in the world have been revealed.
More money is needed but it will only happen if Labor and Liberal parties take politics out of the decision.
A Canadian NGO, pairing up with the University of British Columbia, carried out a bold social experiment: it handed C$7,500 (US$5,900) with no strings attached to a number of recently homeless people, then monitored them for several months. The experiment's preliminary results show that recipients had a higher financial stability than those in the control group. Some had found long-term housing, freeing up space in shelters.
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New ways of seeing the world can help provide a new perspective to age-old problems
The richest 20 per cent of Australians have 90 times the wealth of the poorest 20 per cent, according to new research into growing economic inequality from ACOSS and the University of New South Wales.
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Monday’s meeting, which will be held over video conference due to Covid-19, is ‘significant’ for Australia, leaders say
Exclusive: Truth and justice process will recognise ongoing injustices against Aboriginal people
A new index reveals Elwood as the greater Melbourne postcode worst affected by the financial impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Survey of people living in Hunter and New England in December found 65% had at least one symptom of exposure, including eye and throat irritation
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Global wealth at the end of 2020 was about $418 trillion. Here's a breakdown of the global wealth distribution among the adult population.
Western Australian regions have lowest rates by far while several areas of Queensland are also low. Victoria leads the nation
GDP per capita is one of the best measures of a country's standard of living. This map showcases the GDP per capita in every country globally.
A program, financed by private donations, gave $500 per month for two years to Stockton residents who earned less than the median income
Exclusive: government urged to address ‘intractable problems’ as tightened rules on disability pensions blamed for fueling increase
Pollution from power plants, vehicles and other sources accounted for one in five of all deaths that year, more detailed analysis reveals
Progress on global health and the worldwide economy has regressed, Gates Foundation report finds.
Exclusive: Areas with greater disadvantage have higher rates of infection, and cases plateau much earlier in better-off areas
Politicians say we're all in this together and impose fines on those who transgress, but coronavirus has found out the places where we're divided.
Median and average incomes in Melbourne's best-off suburbs has grown much faster over recent years than those in poorer and middle suburbs.
Goal to eradicate poverty by 2030 ‘completely off track’, says outgoing special rapporteur, with Covid-19 likely to impoverish millions more
Scott Morrison says protesters should be ‘honest about our history’ but the truth about slavery in Australia is commonly misunderstood
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GTAV AC:G Y10 - Geographies of human wellbeing
CD - The role of international and national government and non-government organisations’ initiatives in improving human wellbeing in Australia and other countries.