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False Economies: the unintended consequences of NSW public sector wage restraint

Budget-cutting political leaders regularly target the jobs and incomes of public sector workers as the first and most politically convenient

Wage suppression a time bomb in superannuation system

The record-slow pace of wage growth in Australia’s economy is not just making it difficult for families to balance their

June GDP numbers confirm lopsided economy

This week the ABS released new GDP data, covering the June quarter, which confirm the continuing structural shift away labour

Economic impacts of reductions in penalty rates for Sunday & holiday work

Our Centre has conducted considerable research into the impacts of the Fair Work Commission’s decision to substantially reduce penalty rates

New research symposium on work in the ‘gig economy’

The informal work practices of the so-called ‘gig’ economy are widening existing cracks in Australia’s system of labour regulations, and

Manufacturing: a moment of opportunity

In conjunction with the National Manufacturing Summit, titled ‘From Opportunity to Action’, at Parliament House in Canberra on June 21