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Most Coalition voters back right to disconnect

Most Coalition voters back right to disconnect

Two-thirds of Coalition voters back newly legislated protections for employees’ right to disconnect from emails...

On International Women’s Day: How the Fair Work Commission Can Really Take On the Gender Pay Gap

On International Women’s Day: How the Fair Work Commission Can Really Take On the Gender Pay Gap

This International Women’s Day, it is time to call on Australia’s workplace umpire, the Fair...
Aged care reforms

Aged care reforms fall short on quality, safety

New report calls for the mandated, sector-wide professional registration and minimum aged care worker qualifications....
The gas industry is laughing at us as they make more money but not more tax

The gas industry is laughing at us as they make more money but not more tax

Despite soaring production and revenues the gas industry is not paying more tax Australia produces...
More loopholes to close on insecure work … and a new right to disconnect from work

More loopholes to close on insecure work … and a new right to disconnect from work

Late yesterday the final part 2 of the government’s Closing Loopholes industrial relations bill was...
“Right to Disconnect” Essential as Devices Intrude Into Workers’ Lives

“Right to Disconnect” Essential as Devices Intrude Into Workers’ Lives

Australia’s Parliament is set to pass a new set of reforms to the Fair Work...
Fels’ Review Confirms Corporate Practices As Key Drivers of Inflation

Fels’ Review Confirms Corporate Practices As Key Drivers of Inflation

The Australia Institute welcomes the report of the Inquiry Into Price Gouging and Unfair Pricing...
We Cannot Truly Value ‘Care’ Until Workers Using Digital Labour Platforms Get Fair Pay and Conditions

We Cannot Truly Value ‘Care’ Until Workers Using Digital Labour Platforms Get Fair Pay and Conditions

Unless minimum employment standards for care and support workers using digital labour platforms are guaranteed,...
New Report Reveals Changing Face and Future of Self-Employment

New report reveals changing face and future of self-employment

The Carmichael Centre's study shows that self-employment is both shrinking and becoming more precarious....
Closing Loopholes: Important repairs to the industrial relations system, no more, no less

Closing Loopholes: Important repairs to the industrial relations system, no more, no less

Labour hire workers can no longer be paid less than employees doing the same job...

Special Issue of Journal Marks Halfway Point of First Albanese Government

The Journal of Australian Political Economy, a peer-reviewed journal based at the University of Sydney,...
The Stage 3 tax cuts will make our bad tax system worse

The Stage 3 tax cuts will make our bad tax system worse

Australia has one of the weakest tax systems for redistribution among industrial nations, and as...