Published in Domain News and The Age, September 29, 2020 Just under 15,000 people have taken up a scheme encouraging over-65s to sell their large family homes and downsize over two years, Treasury figures show. The federal government’s downsizer superannuation scheme, launched in July 2018, encourages allows eligible home owners to contribute a lump sum up…

More than half of all Melburnians do not live within easy walking distance of quality public open space, research shows, highlighting the challenges many would face if a ban on driving to local parks remained in force.

Published on Domain News and on The Age homepage, July 2, 2020 Melbourne’s coronavirus hotspot suburbs are at risk of being further stigmatised by the broader community, experts warn, compounding existing disadvantage. Ten postcode areas were locked down from 11.59pm on Wednesday amid high rates of community transmission of COVID-19, while the rest of the…

Published on Domain News and on The Age homepage, June 17, 2020 The growing number of homeless families across Australia has been laid bare in a new report that calls for more affordable long-term housing and better financial support from the federal government. Some 64 per cent of people who sought support from specialist homelessness services…

Published in Domain News and The Age, May 25, 2020 When the country’s oldest Millennials were in their 20s, Australia saw its first economic downturn since those same young adults were in primary school.  Australia managed to avoid a recession after the Global Financial Crisis in 2008, but the economy took a hit, and young…