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The Pandemic is Our Clarion Call to Rebuild Good Jobs

Victorians emerging from lockdowns now confront Australia’s harsh COVID-era work reality marked by more insecure...

Feature Interviews: Worker Voice in a Changing World of Work

Video recordings of the interviews are available here: The videos were recorded for a 5-week...

Budget’s Illusory Hope for Business-Led Recovery

The Commonwealth government tabled its 2020-21 budget on 6 October, six months later than the...

480,000 Jobs Rely on QLD Public Service, Cuts Would Deepen the State’s Recession

New research from the Centre for Future Work shows that cutting public sector jobs and...

New Analysis: 12,000 Community Service Jobs at Risk Due to Funding Uncertainty

New economic research shows up to 12,000 community service jobs are at risk due to...

Webinar: How TAFE Can Drive Australia’s Skills and Jobs Recovery

With millions facing unemployment and crisis-accelerated job transitions, public investment in the skills and earning...

TAFE system supports $92.5 billion in annual economic benefits

New research from the Australia Institute’s Centre for Future Work shows the TAFE system supports...

Failure to Invest in New Tech Damaging Economy, Incomes & Jobs

Startling new research from the Centre for Future Work shows that Australia’s economy is now...

Post-COVID Manufacturing Renewal Represents Potential $50 Billion Boost to Economy

New research from the Australia Institute’s Centre for Future Work reveals that Australia ranks last...

Victorian Inquiry Offers Novel Routes to Regulating Gig Work

Findings from a landmark inquiry commissioned by the Andrews Victorian government into the work conditions...

Austerity Threatens Women’s Access to Paid Work

Women have suffered the worst labour market impacts since the shutdowns. Gender-unequal impacts have been...

Repairing Universities & Skills Key to Meeting COVID-Era Challenges

Training must play a vital role in reorienting the economy after the pandemic, supporting workers...

Unleashing a National Reconstruction Plan Fit for Our Era

Our nation is confronting the most significant economic challenge in nearly a century. Australia’s own...

Australia Needs Universal Paid Sick Leave To Get Through the Pandemic

Chief Medical Officer Brendan Murphy recently issued a directive that going to work with the...

Pandemic Shows Australia Needs Domestic Manufacturing

Disruptions in global supplies of essential medical equipment have served as a wake-up call to...

Public Sector Pay Freezes Could Push Economy From Recession to Depression

New research from the Australia Institute’s Centre for Future Work reveals the consequences of freezing...

93 Economic Experts Back Govt Wages Subsidy in Open Letter

93 Australian economists and policy experts have signed an open letter, coordinated by the Centre...

81% of Australians support JobKeeper for all Casual Workers

New polling shows more than eight in ten Australians support extending the wage subsidy, known...

Webinar: Protecting Jobs and Incomes During the Pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic is producing an unprecedented shutdown of large parts of the national and...

Open Letter From Economists and Policy Experts: Wage Subsidy to Protect Jobs During Pandemic

The letter and the full list of signatories is reprinted below. It has been forwarded...

Responding to the Economic Emergency

The scale and scope of the economic downturn caused by COVID-19 will be unprecedented in...

Where To Now for Union Campaign? Workplace Express

May 31, 2019 by David Peetz, Alison Pennington and Jim Stanford The unexpected results of...

Are States Filling the Democratic Void?

The recent Victorian election results showed Australian voters want governments to play a pro-active role...

Workers’ Share of Economic Pie Shrinks Again

For the third consecutive quarter, the share of Australian GDP paid out in wages, salaries...