Cost of Living

Insights on welfare conditionality from an international perspective.

VCOSS highlights four key takeaways from the 2018 HILDA report—along with suggested solutions.

One of Victoria's most impoverished and marginalised groups is currently denied utility concessions.

Most of us in Australia don’t read privacy policies. We should.

For many Victorians, rental homes will be homes for life – places where we grow up, raise a family, work,

Getting a car dealer to fix a dodgy vehicle they should never have sold is currently too hard in Victoria.

The Victorian Government has assured VCOSS that vulnerable households will not pay any extra on their energy bills to achieve

Shopping around can reduce your power bill, but Victorians shouldn’t be left to navigate this jungle alone. The government should

Subsidised energy efficiency upgrades, support for choosing energy retailers and investment in financial counselling are good measures for low-income households

Tens of thousands of Australians have been issued with trumped up debt notices. Then they're guilted and cajoled into paying

Education in a state school isn't really free, with parents increasingly asked to pay extra fees and charges. Do you

Take a walk down Bourke Street, under the gaze of Parliament House, and try telling a man sleeping rough on

A decade of policy failure must end. It’s time Australia’s political leaders provided certainty to our youngest learners, argues Early Learning Association Australia’s Shane

While progress is being made, more should be done to protect vulnerable people from onerous fines and infringements, writes Justice

Despite increasing average living standards in Australia, these benefits are not equally shared. People earning low incomes, especially those renting,