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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...