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September 2024
reports
A Stronger Safety Net: The case for a community financial rights service for Queenslanders
Financial services for disadvantaged Australians are critical to end cycles of poverty and to address economic inequality. In recognising this, Australian governments have in recent decades established dedicated Financial Rights...
September 2024
reports
Breaking the Cycle: Public Sector Austerity and its Consequences in Tasmania
This report analyses long term public sector wage dynamics in Tasmania, and compares them with Australia's mainland jurisdictions. Using long-term price and wage data, it examines the unique decline in...
August 2024
articles
Inside the Democratic National Convention
The McKell Institute had a front row seat for Kamala Harris’ nomination. Here’s what it was like.  

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