News, media releases, opinions and articles from the Centre for Future Work.
Centre For Future Work to evolve into standalone entity
The Centre for Future Work was established by the Australia Institute in 2016 to conduct and publish progressive economic research on work, employment, and labour markets.
Supported by the Australian Union movement, the centre produced cutting edge research and led the national conversation on ec…
Australia dumps its care crisis on the Pacific – new report
Skilled health workers from Pacific Island countries are being poached to plug Australia’s shortage of care workers, leaving the health systems in their home countries on the brink of collapse, according to new research.
A report by the Centre for Future Work at The Australia Institute and Public…
Go Home On Time Day 2025. As full timers disconnect, part timers are doing more unpaid overtime
New research by the Centre for Future Work at The Australia Institute has revealed a disturbing new twist when it comes to unpaid overtime in Australia.
The research has been released today to mark Go Home On Time Day 2025, an initiative by the Centre for Future Work, now into its 17th year.
It i…
Want to lift workers’ productivity? Let’s start with their bosses
Originally published in The New Daily on August 18, 2025
Business representatives sit down today with government and others to talk about productivity. Who, according to those business representatives, will need to change the way they do things?
The elephant in the room is that it is business tha…
Feeling hopeless? You’re not alone. The untold story behind Australia’s plummeting standard of living
A new report on Australia’s standard of living has found that low real wages, underfunded public services and skyrocketing prices have left many families experiencing hardship and hopelessness.
But the report, Solving the Crisis – Raising Living Standards of Australian Workers, also concludes tha…
A smooth move or a tough transition? Protecting workers who’ll lose their jobs when the Eraring Power Station closes
The Centre for Future Work at The Australia Institute has urged the federal government to take charge of transitioning hundreds of workers into secure employment when the Eraring Power Station shuts down.
The power station is scheduled to close by August 2027. More than 1000 workers will be direc…