As part of its upcoming report ahead of the 2024-25 Budget, Members of the Committee are seeking advice on the housing, and related infrastructure, needs of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, and on the data needed to inform targeted government investment decisions. Equity Economics have been engaged to provide advice on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander housing data.

Across Indonesia and Australia, ageing populations and rising incomes are driving growth in aged care, together with the favourable policy environment enabled by the Indonesia-Australia Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (IA-CEPA).

Equity Economics and the ACT Alliance for Evidence-Based Education have submitted a joint submission to the 2024-25 ACT Budget process, proposing a $92 million investment over four years to allow the ACT public education system to become a work leader in implementing evidence-based literacy and numeracy practices.

Equity Economics worked with Katalis to produce this market insight which digs deep into the nuances of Indonesia’s booming fintech industry and how it can forge a connection with its neighbour Australia.

Equity Economics worked with Katalis to produce this market insight which digs deep into the nuances of Indonesia’s booming fintech industry and how it can forge a connection with its neighbour Australia.

This paper outlines the findings from an initial feasibility study for a new, Aboriginal-led, independent statutory accountability entity to strengthen oversight of Victorian Government programs for Aboriginal people – a Victorian Aboriginal Authority (the Authority1 ).

A national study into Australia’s literacy standards by Equity Economics has found that four in ten 15-year-old students are not meeting reading benchmarks. The cost of lost lifetime earnings for those who fall behind is estimated at over $12 billion alone. This doesn’t even begin to account for the emotional costs to individuals or costs to our economy in terms of lost productivity and poorer health and wellbeing outcomes.

Equity Economics is pleased to have supported the Paul Ramsay Foundation with a new report on Place-Based approaches to Tackling Community Challenges in Australia. The report brings together the growing evidence base for place-based approaches and will hopefully support more effective programming to ensure social services and community support reach the most in need and are effective.

A new report by Equity Economics has found that children in ACT classrooms are not being taught to read in a way that aligns with the science and research on literacy instruction.

Equity Economics have produced a submission to the Treasury’s ‘Measuring What Matters’ Framework, proposing that children need to be front of mind when developing and implementing our wellbeing framework.

A Mid-Term Review of the ASEAN-Australia Digital Trade Standards (DTS) Initiative, a AUD 5 million (2018-2024) program to support greater implementation of digital trade standards by ASEAN Member States (AMS) and to increase digital trade for regional prosperity and security, was conducted in early 2022 by an independent consultant.

Equity Economics, in partnership with the Code REaD Dyslexia Network, have produced a joint submission to the Productivity Commission Inquiry into the National School Reform Agreement, which calls for early and continuous screening in schools to support struggling readers and lift literacy outcomes.

Indonesia has one of the fastest growing digital services industries in the world. Home to over ten digital unicorns – digital companies valued at over $1 billion – and with over 100 million internet users, the digital economy is an important driver of Indonesia’s growth and development. The Katalis Market Insight series provide an overview of the digital skills landscape in Indonesia and presents way to close any existing gap by connecting Indonesian businesses with Australian Technical Vocational, Education Training providers.

Equity Economics, in partnership with the National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (NACCHO), undertook an analysis of the gap in health expenditure for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. In order to calculate the gap, we accounted for the burden of disease, which is more than twice the rate for the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population than for the non-Indigenous population.

Australia’s first nationally coordinated effort to address rare diseases—the National Strategic Action Plan for Rare Diseases —called for the development of a national rare disease workforce strategy that responds to current and future demands, including the impact of genomics. This White Paper is an initial step to progress that priority.

The purpose of this evaluation is to examine the impact and effectiveness of the Kokoda College Flexible Open and Distance Learning Education (FODE) program in supporting pathways for people into formal, second-chance education and then onto tertiary training and careers in teaching and health work.

Equity Economics prepared a report with The Parenthood that finds Australian women are falling behind their international peers. Ranked number 1 in the world for levels of educational attainment, Australian women fall to number 70 in the world for levels of economic participation. This poor performance is hurting our economy and hindering efforts to achieve equity between men and women.

Seven years ago, Equity Economics prepared a report for the McKell Institute’s: Funding Rare Disease Therapies in Australia – Ensuring equitable access to health for all Australians. The report placed the issue of inequities in access to new medicines for the one in eight Australians that live with a rare disease on the national policy agenda.

Equity Economics prepared a report Australians Investing in Women, Gender-wise Investing: A Springboard to Australia’s Recovery , in April 2020 to analyse the impact of COVID-19 on women in Australia.

Equity Economics prepared a report for the New South Wales Council of Social Services (NCOSS) as part of its Pink Vis Campaign to outline the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on women in NSW and the economic benefits that could flow from addressing critical shortages in social housing, and specialist homelessness services and family and domestic violence services.