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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...