Year 10 Human Wellbeing Inquiry: Poverty

This topic page provides an overview of wealth inequality, the factors that affect wealth inequality and poverty, and ways this can be addressed. It includes a selection of articles and further searches can be made from this page.

This topic page features videos on poverty, its causes and related issues (e.g., homelessness, climate change, gloablisation, natural disasters).

Expanding on the interim report, the final report includes critical chapters on the rates, impacts and drivers of poverty on children and youth, and on First Nations people and communities.

The interim report from this inquiry examines the extent of poverty in Australia, the human impact of poverty and the structural drivers of poverty. It includes excerpts from personal stories of those who made written submissions or attended public hearings.

This is a comprehensive site on information regarding poverty in Australia. Find how poverty is defined, the latest data, statistics and reports on poverty in Australia, how it has changed over time, how Australia compares to other countries, and how Australians experience and are impacted by poverty.

An overview of poverty in Australia, noting the complex and compounding challenges people living with poverty face, and how it can lead to a cycle of disadvantage. The Smith Family supports young people's education as a driver for change.

This campaign calls on the Federal Government to legislate an end to child poverty and make children a priority in the Measuring What Matters national wellbeing framework." This site provides research and insights into child poverty in Australia.

An overview of extreme poverty, its prevalence and complexities and the importance of social protections.

This site provides in depth data, visualisations and key insights into global poverty.

A summary of the present state of global poverty according to the World Bank's 2024 "Poverty, Prosperity, and Planet Report".

This site provides a solid background to the nature of poverty - what it is, a summary of statistics and how it is measured, the causes, and opportunities for breaking the poverty cycle.

This page considers the physical, mental and social dimensions of child development and the adverse effects that poverty has on those developmental areas.

"What you need to know about child poverty".

A site dedicated to ending child poverty. Use the menu for information on why child poverty is an urgent crisis, statistics on child poverty (including links to country data). There are many photos on this site which may be useful for inclusion in a photo essay.