Although this section focusses on employment and industrial relations, there has been a strong emphasis on young unemployment and government responses, because these have been the key current issues.
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One million new adults, just 385,000 new jobs Tim Colebatch, Inside Story (22.1.15) writes that Australia's job market has failed badly since the global financial crisis. 'In a li... More » |
How the unemployed 'disappear' and why it matters In The Conversation (12.1.15), Rose-Marie Stabe and David Fryer explain why unemployment statistics mask the 'discouraged' job-seeker... More » |
The enduring myth of the industrial relations club Professor Anthony Forsyth discusses in The Conversation (27.11.14) Sydney Institute director Gerard Henderson's suggestion that ... More » |
Regional impact of cuts to QBuild MySunshinecoast carries a report that the Member for Gregory, Vaughan Johnson, has admitted that local tradespeople in his electorate... More » |
Leadership for innovation - Why manufacturing has a future in Australia Richard Simpson of Furnace Engineering and Robert Wilson of the Wilson Transformer Company discuss the leadership styles and approaches they used t... More » |
Labour underutilisation: behind the unemployment figures The increase in the labour 'underutilisation rate' over the past eighteen months has outpaced that in the unemployment rate. 'While typically labou... More » |
CSIRO scientists sorting mail and cleaning labs Nicky Phillips writes in The Brisbane Times (16.9.14) that some 'highly skilled scientists and project leaders at the CSIRO are being kept from the... More » |
Queensland government accused of doctoring job loss figures Tony Moore in the Brisbane Times (11.9.14) reports that 'Close to 5000 health workers have lost their jobs since the LNP won office in 2012, almost... More » |
Suspended prison officer case to go to Fair Work Australia Cameron Atfield (Brisbane Times 21.8.14) reports that 'lawyers for a Queensland prison officer, who was suspended after she spoke out abou... More » |
Interpreting unemployment statistics In The Conversation (21.8.14) Professor Phil Lewis writes that 'differences in meaning between words in general use and in economics can often prov... More » |
Queensland power companies seeking to end cultural diversity leave Amy Remeikis reports in the Brisbane Times (20.8.14) that three Queensland power companies want to end the cultural diversity leave provision in em... More » |
Queensland youth unemployment soars Article by Tony Moore (Brisbane Times 19.8.14) provides a table showing regional figures on youth unemployment in Queensland: 'Queensland now... More » |
Tough new interview rules for unemployed job-seekers Patricia Karvelas reports in The Australian (16.8.14) that 'In an unprecedented move that is alarming job agencies, the new rules strip Centrelink ... More » |
Employment policy and job creation: some practical solutions The Conversation (4.8.14) carried a series of short articles on job creation by contributors Jenny Green, Eva Cox, Jeff Borland and Richard Holden,... More » |
The punitive approach to unemployment Professor Eva Cox writes in The Conversation (9.7.14) that: "policy makers should be aware that there are, at least, five unemployed job s... More » |
Ensuring young people in all walks of life 'earn or learn' costs money Grace MQuilten provides estimates on the costs of young people not entering the workforce, in her article in The Con... More » |
Unemployment is hitting youth hard: this is what we should do Jeff Borland, Professor of Economics at the University of Melbourne explains (The Conversation, 20.6.2014) why youth employment rates rise dispropo... More » |
'I appreciate there are a range of interested [parties] such as state and territory governments, pre-schools and parents who are keen to secure cer... More » |
Australian Coal and Energy Survey: First Phase Report. This report from Griffith University, published in November 2012, examines the effect ... More » |
The Brisbane Times overview of Public Service cuts in Queensland 2012-13 This link provides a compilation of the Brisbane Times reports on the public service cuts introduced by the Newman Government in 2012-13. More »1 Dec 2013 |