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Work and Life in a Pandemic

Unpaid Overtime Rife, Despite Shift to “Work from Home” 2020 marks the twelfth annual Go Home on Time Day, an

By Dan Nahum

Rebooting Australian Aluminium

A new report from the Centre for Future Work highlights the continuing economic importance of Alcan’s aluminium smelter in Portland,

By Jim Stanford

The Choices We Make

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

By Dan Nahum

Public Service in Challenging Times

480,000 Jobs Rely on QLD Public Service, Cuts Would Deepen the State’s Recession In times of crisis, governments have a

By Dan Nahum

Pay Equity in Community Services

New Analysis: 12,000 Community Service Jobs at Risk Due to Funding Uncertainty The failure of the Commonwealth to confirm that

By Jim Stanford

Technology, Standards and Democracy

Workers in most industries and occupations worry about the effects of accelerating technological change on their employment security and prospects.

By Dan Nahum, Jim Stanford

The Robots are NOT Coming

Failure to Invest in New Tech Damaging Economy, Incomes & Jobs Startling new research from the Centre for Future Work

By Jim Stanford

An Investment in Productivity and Inclusion

TAFE system supports $92.5 billion in annual economic benefits The COVID-19 pandemic has ushered in an era of unprecedented disruption

By Alison Pennington

A Fair Share for Australian Manufacturing

Post-COVID Manufacturing Renewal Represents Potential $50 Billion Boost to Economy New research from the Centre for Future Work reveals that

By Jim Stanford

Participating in growth: Free childcare and increased participation

The provision of free childcare provides the rarest of economic policy opportunities – it’s both an effective form of fiscal

By Matt Grudnoff, Richard Denniss

Powering Onwards

With disruptions in international supply chains for essential products (like medical equipment and supplies) disrupted in the current COVID pandemic,

By Dan Nahum

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

By Alison Pennington