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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...
The big error at heart of ‘right to disconnect’ opposition

The big error at heart of ‘right to disconnect’ opposition

This week, Parliament is set to approve a new set of industrial relations reforms, bundled...

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...
Higher exports prices improve the budget, but the Stage 3 tax cuts remain the wrong tax at the wrong time

Higher exports prices improve the budget, but the Stage 3 tax cuts remain the wrong tax at the wrong time

As the Budget outlook improves, with most of the benefits of Stage 3 tax cuts...