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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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Australia is an energy super power, we need to use that power for good

Australia is an energy super power, we need to use that power for good

Australia is already an energy superpower, but our governments have lacked the courage to use...

The latest report from the IMF highlights the need for full-employment to be the aim of the government and the Reserve Bank

If the economy grows as slowly as the IMF predicts it will for the next...

Insecure work is a feature of our labour market. New laws can change that.

* * * * * The Senate has started reviewing the Australian Government’s Closing Loopholes...

Inflation remains headed in the right direction despite higher oil prices

Increases in the prices of commodities like oil and gas are not a reason for...
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Deteriorating disability worker pay, conditions undermining NDIS

The Centre for Future Work’s report calls for comprehensive reforms to protect NDIS workers, 40%...
Opening statement to the ACTU Price Gouging Inquiry

Opening statement to the ACTU Price Gouging Inquiry

This week Professor Allan Fels, the former head of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission...

Corporate Profits Must Take Hit to Save Workers

Historically high corporate profits must take a hit if workers are to claw back real...

Millionaire Tim Gurner’s Refreshing Honesty Reveals the Soul of Business

Every now and then a window opens into the soul of the business community, and...

New laws for ‘employee-like’ gig workers are good but far from perfect

The Workplace Relations Minister Tony Burke has described proposed new laws to regulate digital platform...

‘Wages, employment and power’: Call for conference papers

The AIRAANZ (Association of Industrial Relations Academics of Australia and New Zealand) 2024 Conference will...

The weak economy shows the Reserve Bank is not threading the needle

We have now had two consecutive quarters of GDP per capita falling – hardly the...

Australia’s emissions are rising at a time they need to fall quickly

The latest quarterly greenhouse gas emissions survey shows that Australia is heading in the wrong...