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Dogged manufacturing sector quietly adds 40,000 jobs

Ahead of a National Manufacturing Summit, a new report outlines the industry’s dogged resilience in...

Budget Wrap-Up

Several commentators have highlighted the budget’s highly optimistic assumptions regarding future job-creation and wage growth...

Economists Debunk Job-Creation Claims of Penalty Rate Cut

The Fair Work Commission has ruled that penalty rates for Sunday and public holiday work...

Don’t Pop Champagne Corks Over Longest Growth Streak

On April 1, Australia will surpass the Netherland’s old record to mark the longest unbroken...

Pain of penalty rate cuts can not be avoided through transition measures

Analysis from The Australia Institute’s Centre for Future Work has shown that proposals for phasing...

Employers’ pyrrhic penalty rates win reflects self-defeating economics

The Fair Work Commission unveiled its long-awaited decision on penalty rates for Sunday and holiday...

Cutting penalty rates will reinforce wage stagnation

The Fair Work Commission’s decision to reduce penalty rates for Sundays and holidays in retail...

ABCC will do nothing for housing prices: Report

New research from the Centre for Future Work challenges the government’s claim that construction labour...

New figures show Australians taking less annual leave

The Centre for Future Work published a report revealing a growing number of Australian workers...

Go Home on Time: Wednesday 23 November

This year’s Go Home on Time Day is Wednesday, November 23. Visit our special Go...

What’s Wrong With Privatization?

You know that the tides of public opinion are starting to turn, when even the...

Denying The Downside Of Globalization Won’t Stop Populism

The rise of anti-globalization sentiment, including in Australia, poses a big challenge to mainstream politicians...

The Flawed Economics of Cutting Penalty Rates

It was a “sleeper” issue in the recent election, and led to the defeat of...

Looking for “Jobs and Growth”: Six Infographics

We have prepared six shareable infographics based on material in our research paper, “Jobs and...

Jobs and Growth… and a Few Hard Numbers

Voters typically rank economic issues among their top concerns. And campaigning politicians regularly make bold...

Bracket Creep Is A Phoney Menace

For someone who piously bemoans an “us versus them” mentality in political culture, Treasurer Scott...

6 Reasons to Be Skeptical of Debt-Phobia

In the lead-up to tomorrow’s pre-election Commonwealth budget, much has been written about the need...

State Income Taxes Would Promote Inequality and Debt

The latest “big idea” on tax policy from the Coalition government is to grant independent...

Company Tax Cuts: A Cautionary Tale from Canada

Was it really the Treasury’s economic modeling that convinced Prime Minister Turnbull to abandon his...

Make other plans – Today is national Go Home On Time Day

Go Home On Time Day is a national initiative which encourages employers and employees to...