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Working with COVID: Insecure jobs, sick pay, and public health

Almost one in five Australians (and a higher proportion of young workers) acknowledge working with potential COVID symptoms over the

International COVID-19 income supports: an update

The COVID-19 pandemic severely disrupted global labour markets, and exposed long-standing gaps in social protection systems. Governments around the industrialised

Shock troops of the pandemic

New research confirms that workers in casual and insecure jobs have borne the lion’s share of job losses during the COVID-19

Post-COVID-19 policy responses to climate change: beyond capitalism?

A sustainable social, political and environmental response to the ‘twin crises’ of the COVID-19 pandemic and climate change will require

An avoidable catastrophe

Australia’s universities were uniquely impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic and recession – including the closure of borders to most international

Creativity in crisis: rebooting Australia’s arts & entertainment sector after COVID

Culture is an inescapable part of what it means to be human. We can no more imagine a life without

Industrial policy-making after COVID-19: manufacturing, innovation and sustainability

As Treasurer during the 1980s, Paul Keating lamented that Australian governments had for decades been allowing the country’s sophisticated industrial

2020 year-end labour market review: insecure work and the COVID-19 pandemic

Australia’s labour market experienced unprecedented volatility during 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic and resulting recession. In the first part

Work and life in a pandemic

2020 marks the 12th annual Go Home on Time Day, an initiative of the Centre for Future Work at the

The choices we make: the economic future of Tasmania

New research by the Australia Institute’s Centre for Future Work analyses the economic effects of COVID-19 on Tasmania, and suggests

A fair share for Australian manufacturing

New research from the Centre for Future Work reveals that Australia ranks last among all OECD countries for manufacturing self-sufficiency.

Log of extraordinary IR measures during COVID-19 shutdowns

COVID-19 containment measures have suspended large sections of the economy. Governments have committed over $220 billion in income supports to