News, media releases, opinions and articles from the Centre for Future Work.
New Research: Commonwealth Can Afford $10b for Aged Care Recommendations
Implementing the recommendations of the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety will require additional Commonwealth funding of at least $10 billion per year, and there are several revenue tools which the government could use to raise those funds.
Key Findings:
$10 billion per year (ap…
Australia’s Electricity Infrastructure Undermined by $1 Billion Per Year Under Investment
The resilience of Australia’s electricity infrastructure is being undermined by a chronic pattern of underinvestment in maintenance and upkeep, the result of rent-seeking by private electricity producers and a deeply flawed regulatory system.
Key findings:
Maintenance and operating costs across t…
Rage & Optimism as an Activist Economist
Crikey is reclaiming the “angry woman” trope in a new column about what women achieve through rage, passion and determination. In this inspiring and poetic feature with our Senior Economist Alison Pennington, Alison explains how rage about how the economy works (or doesn’t work) powers her forceful work as an activist economist. We are pleased…
Expansion of Employer Power to Use Casual Work Hurts Women Most
As women lead mobilisations against workplace gendered violence, the federal government passed legislation expanding employer power to use insecure, casual labour in its IR bill – laws that will disproportionately impact the pay and security of women’s jobs. In this commentary, Senior Economist Alison Pennington explains how new casuals measures and the government’s wider economic…
Wrecking superannuation, not protecting women, is the government’s priority
It doesn’t matter what the crisis, when it comes to the Morrison government the message is clear: you’re on your own. It doesn’t matter what the crisis, when it comes to the Morrison government the message is clear: you’re on your own. As women across Australia lead historic mobilisations demanding government action on gendered violence…
Casual Job Surge Widens Gender Pay Gap
New research, released for International Women’s Day, shows Australia’s recovery from the pandemic recession has widened the gender pay gap, as women’s jobs returned on a more part-time and casualised basis than for men.
Key findings:
Employment for women declined almost 8% between February and M…