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Raising the Bar: How Government Can Use its Economic Leverage to Lift Labour Standards Throughout the Economy

Government Spending Power Could Support Stronger Wage Growth For at least five years now, Australia’s labour market has demonstrated signs

By Jim Stanford

Wages, Taxes, and the Budget

The Coalition government’s 2018 budget features a plan to cut personal income taxes for many Australians over the next several

By Jim Stanford, Troy Henderson

The Consequences of Fiscal Austerity in Western Australia

Don’t blame it on the deficit: WA This report critically responds to the call for fiscal austerity and public sector

By Cameron Murray, Troy Henderson

Rebuilding the NSW Workers Compensation System

Workers compensation benefits in New South Wales were dramatically reduced in 2012 by a newly-elected state government, citing an alleged

By Ian Watson, Jim Stanford

A Portable Training Entitlement System for the Disability Support Services Sector

A new proposal for a portable training system for disability support workers under the NDIS would help to ensure the

By Jim Stanford, Rose Ryan

Inquiry into the BCA Commitment to the Senate

The present submission questions the Business Council of Australia’s (BCA) Commitment to increasing investment, employment and wages in the event

By Bill Browne, David Richardson, Jim Stanford

From Consensus to Action: Report from the First National Manufacturing Summit

The first National Manufacturing Summit was held at Australian Parliament House, Canberra, in June 2017, organised by the Centre for

By Tom Barnes

Subsidising Billionaires: Simulating the Net Incomes of UberX Drivers in Australia

Uber’s rapid growth in point-to-point transportation services has become the most potent symbol of the growth of the so-called “gig

By Jim Stanford

The future of transportation work: Technology, work organization, and the quality of jobs

Workers in all parts of the economy are confronting twin threats from accelerating changes in technology and automation, and the

By Jim Stanford, Matt Grudnoff

The Future of Work Is What We Make It

In October the Senate of Australia launched an important new inquiry into the Future of Work and the Future of

By Jim Stanford

Historical Data on the Decline in Australian Industrial Disputes

The Fair Work Commission’s ruling to pre-emptively block industrial action (including restrictions on overtime and a one-day work stoppage) by

By Jim Stanford

NSW Workers’ Compensation System has Ample Resources to Maintain Benefits

The workers’ compensation system in NSW has been dramatically scaled back and restructured since the current state government came to

By Jim Stanford