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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, and develop timely and practical policy proposals.

Our research concerns the issues facing working people such as the future of jobs, wages and income distribution, skills and training, workers’ rights and working conditions, sector and industry directions, and the role of government and public services.

 

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The GDP figures show the ongoing shift of the national income to profits

The June quarter GDP figures released by the Bureau of Statistics showed that over the...

The PBO reveals just how much the Stage 3 tax cuts favour the wealthy

The Stage 3 tax cuts, which will essentially create a flat income tax system, have...

Market power costs consumers, workers and the whole economy

For most of the past 40 years whenever the discussion turns to the need to...

The biggest real wages fall on record

Originally published in The Guardian on August 18, 2022 The latest wages price index figures...

The latest taxation statistics reveal the massive gender pay gap across the whole economy

The 2019-20 taxation statistics released this week by the ATO provide a plethora of data...

Interest Rate Hikes Will Hurt Workers to Protect Profits

The Reserve Bank of Australia has hiked its interest rate 4 times so far this...

Rate rises look set to dramatically slow the economy

The latest raise in the cash rate has meant interest rates have increased by more...

A decade of real wages growth lost as prices soar ahead of wages growth

The latest inflation figures from the Bureau of Statistics reveal just how much workers have...

The Job Summit needs to produce a fairer labour market

Despite unemployment at nearly 50 years lows, it will be little surprise to workers that...

Will “curing” inflation cause a recession?

Right now, the big numbers of the economy look pretty good. Unemployment in June was...

Profits push up prices too, so why is the RBA governor only talking about wages?

Reserve Bank of Australia governor Phillip Lowe has invoked memories of the 1970s, warning wage...

Employer arguments against minimum wage boost don’t hold water

Originally published in The Guardian on June 16, 2022 The Fair Work Commission has announced...