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New International Research Exposes Australia’s Missed Wage-boosting Opportunities

As collective bargaining erodes in Australia, solutions from other countries could strengthen bargaining and lift wages New research on international

By Alison Pennington, Andrew Dettmer, Andrew Scott, Jim Stanford

Putting a Cap on Community

Victorian Rate Cap Policy Costs Economy Over 7,000 jobs and $890 million to GDP The Victorian Government’s policy of capping

By Dan Nahum

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

By Alison Pennington, Jim Stanford

Working From Home, or Living at Work?

Eight free weeks: Time stolen from employees skyrockets during COVID 2021 marks the thirteenth annual Go Home on Time Day

By Dan Nahum

Ideas Into Motion

Our research at the Centre for Future Work is motivated by a deep commitment to improving the jobs, working conditions,

By Jim Stanford

The Future of Work in Journalism

Active Policy Measures Needed to Stop Decline of Journalism Information industries have lost some 60,000 jobs in Australia in the

By Jim Stanford

Shock Troops of the Pandemic

Insecure Workers Have Been the ‘Shock Troops’ of the COVID-19 Pandemic: New Report New research confirms that workers in casual

By Jim Stanford

Submission to the Senate Economics References Committee Inquiry on the Australian Manufacturing Industry

The COVID-19 pandemic and resulting economic disruptions, both within Australia and globally, have highlighted the strategic importance of a vibrant

By Dan Nahum, Jim Stanford

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

By Al Rainnie, Mark Dean, Mark Dean Laurie Carmichael Distinguished Research Fellow

An Avoidable Catastrophe

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

By Eliza Littleton, Jim Stanford

Family & Domestic Violence Leave Review (AM2021/55)

As one of its first legislative acts, the new Commonwealth government is proposing to provide 10 days of paid leave

By Jim Stanford

Creativity in Crisis: Rebooting Australia’s Arts and Entertainment Sector After COVID

When the Show Cannot Go On: Rebooting Australia’s Arts & Entertainment Sector After COVID-19 Culture is an inescapable part of

By Alison Pennington, Ben Eltham