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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

By Al Rainnie, Dan Nahum, Jim Stanford, Mark Dean, Mark Dean Laurie Carmichael Distinguished Research Fellow

Investing in Better Mental Health in Australian Workplaces

Australian society is experiencing an epidemic of mental illness that imposes enormous costs on individuals with poor mental health, their

By Jim Stanford, Liam Carter

Budget Analysis 2021-22: Heroic Assumptions and Half Measures

The Commonwealth government has tabled its budget for the 2021-22 financial year. The government is counting on a vigorous and

Funding High-Quality Aged Care Services

New Research: Commonwealth Can Afford $10b for Aged Care Recommendations Implementing the recommendations of the Royal Commission into Aged Care

By David Richardson, Jim Stanford

Missing a Stitch in Time:

Australia’s Electricity Infrastructure Undermined by $1 Billion Per Year Under Investment Australia’s electricity industry constitutes a large and critical component

By Alia Armistead, David Richardson, Jim Stanford

Submission to the Senate Select Committee on Job Security

The Senate Select Committee on Job Security was appointed 10 December 2020, to inquire into and report on the impact

By Dan Nahum

Briefing Paper: Women’s Casual Job Surge Widens Gender Pay Gap

Casual Job Surge Widens Gender Pay Gap This briefing note presents data on the gendered composition of the employment recovery

By Alison Pennington

Submission to Senate Inquiry into the Fair Work Amendment (Supporting Australia’s Jobs and Economic Recovery) Bill 2020

In December 2020, the Senate of Australia launched an important inquiry into the federal government’s proposed Fair Work Amendment Bill.

By Alison Pennington, Jim Stanford

How Non-Union Agreements Suppress Wage Growth – And Why the Omnibus Bill Will Lead to More of Them

Business Council of Australia Research Confirms Centre for Future Work Research Omnibus IR Bill will Further Reduce Wage Growth

By Alison Pennington

2020 Year-End Labour Market Review: Insecure Work and the Covid-19 Pandemic

Pandemic Exacerbated Inequality, Insecurity in Australia’s Labour Market Australia’s labour market experienced unprecedented volatility during 2020 due to the Covid-19

By Dan Nahum, Jim Stanford

Employment Aspects of the Transition from Fossil Fuels in Australia

New research by the Centre for Future Work, commissioned by health care industry super fund HESTA, finds that a planned

By Jim Stanford

Heat Stress and Work in the Era of Climate Change

Australian Workplaces Unprepared for Rising Heat Stress in Light of Climate Change New research has confirmed that climate change is

By Elizabeth Humphrys, Freya Newman, James Goodman