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The Centre for Future Work is an independent research centre focused on making the world of work better for working people and their families.

We conduct and publish progressive economic and social research on work, employment, and labour markets. Our research concerns the issues facing working people including the future of jobs, wages and income distribution, skills and training, workers’ rights and working conditions, sector and industry directions, the role of government and public services and more. The Centre develops timely and practical policy proposals.

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Restoring Collective Bargaining Coverage Would Boost Wage Growth: Research Report

Proposed reforms to Australia’s industrial relations laws are likely to support higher coverage for collective...

Multi-Employer Bargaining Necessary for Fixing Wages Crisis

Proposed reforms to Commonwealth industrial relations laws would create more opportunities for collective bargaining to...

Gas companies are profiting off of human misery – we need a windfall profits tax

Russia’s illegal invasion of Ukraine caused a massive surge in gas and LNG prices that...

IR Reforms To Close Off The ‘Nuclear Option’ Will Protect Wages and Entitlements

New research from the Centre for Future Work quantifies the dramatic risks faced by workers...

With household incomes set to fall, we need to think about what matters in the economy

The current tightening of monetary policy is undoubtedly having an impact. While it may take...

Would further interest rate rises do more harm than good?

In the past 7 months, the Reserve Bank has increased the cash rate by 275...

Inflation is soaring and real wages are plummeting

On Wednesday the latest inflation figures showed that in the 12 months to September prices...

Job Opening: Carmichael Distinguished Research Fellow

Applications are due at 11:59 pm 21 November 2022. The Melbourne-based position will start in...

The Reserve Bank needs to acknowledge the failures of the inflation target

Inflation has accelerated both in Australia and in most advanced economies to rates much faster...

Families change but the same problems remain

The latest data from the Bureau of Statistics on families shows that more than ever...

Webinar on Wages, Prices, and Power

The Australian Council of Trade Unions is sponsoring a series of webinars for union members,...

With a global recession looming the cure of inflation looks to be worse than the disease

This week the IMF released its latest World Economic Outlook. And the outlook is dire....