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Needle in a haystack: searching for the impact of tax cuts on consumer spending and economic growth

The latest economic statistics have confirmed that Australia’s economy is barely limping along – with quarterly GDP growth of just

Precarity and job instability on the frontlines of NDIS support work

The national roll-out of the NDIS holds the prospect of a significant enhancement in both the resources allocated to disability

Excessive hours and unpaid overtime: 2019 update

New research from The Australia Institute’s Centre for Future Work estimates that Australian workers are currently working an average of

The relationship between superannuation contributions and wages in Australia

New research from the Centre for Future Work shows that scheduled increases in employers’ minimum statutory superannuation contributions would have

Tolerate unemployment, but blame the unemployed

For the last generation macroeconomic policy in Australia has been based on the assumption that unemployment must be maintained at

Vital Signs

The Centre for Future Work has partnered with HESTA, the industry super fund for workers in health care and community

Collective bargaining ‘reform’

Coalition leaders hardly mentioned industrial relations topics during the recent federal election campaign, but now that the party is back

The future of work for Australian graduates

The Centre for Future Work has released a major new report documenting the new challenges faced by Australian university graduates

Messing with success: Victoria’s puzzling turn to austerity

The Centre for Future Work has released new research estimating the negative impacts on wages and spending power of the

Submission to the Senate Standing Committee on Education and Employment

Despite its deafening silence on industrial relations issues during the recent election, the re-elected Coalition government is charging ahead with

Unemployment and the Newstart Allowance

Australia’s Newstart benefit hasn’t been increased in real terms in a generation, and pressure is growing on the Commonwealth government

Update on penalty rates and job-creation: 2 years later

July 1 marked the implementation of the next stage of reduced penalty rates in the retail and hospitality industries in