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Pain of penalty rate cuts
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  • 23 March 2017

Pain of penalty rate cuts can not be avoided through transition measures

Analysis from The Australia Institute’s Centre for Future Work has shown that proposals for phasing...

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  • 27 February 2017

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...
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  • 23 February 2017

Cutting penalty rates will reinforce wage stagnation

The Fair Work Commission’s decision to reduce penalty rates for Sundays and holidays in retail...
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  • 24 November 2016

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
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  • 23 November 2016

New figures show Australians taking less annual leave

23 November 2016 is National Go Home On Time Day, an initiative which encourages employers and...

  • Articles
  • 12 October 2016

What’s Wrong With Privatization?

You know that the tides of public opinion are starting to turn, when even the...
  • Opinions
  • 11 October 2016

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...
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  • 8 August 2016

The Flawed Economics of Cutting Penalty Rates

It was a “sleeper” issue in the recent election, and led to the defeat of...
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  • 23 June 2016

Looking for “Jobs and Growth”: Six Infographics

We have prepared six shareable infographics based on material in our research paper, “Jobs and...
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  • 14 June 2016

Jobs and Growth… and a Few Hard Numbers

Voters typically rank economic issues among their top concerns. And campaigning politicians regularly make bold...
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  • 11 May 2016

Bracket Creep Is A Phoney Menace

For someone who piously bemoans an “us versus them” mentality in political culture, Treasurer Scott...
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  • 2 May 2016

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...
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