New research by the University of New South Wales (UNSW) and the Australian Council of Social Services (ACOSS) has revealed the devastating consequences of the Australian government’s decision to ...

More than two and half million people, or nearly 14 percent of Australia’s population, are living in poverty, according to a report released this month by the Australian Council of Social Service ...

SYDNEYSYDNEY — A survey conducted by the Australian Sports Foundation determined that nearly half of the country’s best athletes are earning below the national poverty line threshold with an annual ...

Australia is providing $8 million over three years to implement the Middle East NGO Cooperation Agreements (AMENCA), an initiative that seeks to reduce the vulnerability of Palestinians to poverty and ...

Peter Whiteford receives funding from the Australian Research Council. He was a member of the international advisory board for the preparation of Report Card 12. The United Nations Children’s Fund ...

Despite solar and wind energy advances, fossil fuels will remain necessary to lift people in economically developing nations out of poverty, an Australian government official maintained on Mar. 9.

The degree to which Australian superannuation funds have been hit by the global financial crisis has been laid bare by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). The OECD has ...

Winthrop Professor and Associate Dean Research and Research Training, The University of Western Australia Over two million Australians are currently living in poverty, according to a report released ...

SYDNEY, March 11 (UPI) -- A year-long Australian Senate inquiry has shown that more than 20 percent of Australians live in poverty, the Sydney Morning Herald reports. The report, "A Hand Up Not a Hand ...

One in seven Australians live below the poverty line, even after more than two decades of economic growth, an Australian Council of Social Service report showed. The poverty rate in Australia climbed ...

Energy poverty is an emotive expression increasingly bandied about in Australian debate and especially in the media. The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, for example, ran a story over the Christmas ...

FILE - Australia's Bronte Campbell celebrates after winning gold and also setting a new games record in the women's 100-meter freestyle during the Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast, Australia, ...