Publications

Paper by Matt Grudoff, for the Australia Institute, 5.5.15, suggests: ‘The government has claimed there are no alternatives to its budget vision and called on the

In The Conversation (16.4.15) Raja Junankar argues that business lobbies, and some politicians argue youth unemployment is high and rising because of high wages. ‘But as

It can’t be said enough, amid a steady rise in the overall unemployment rate, Australia’s youth continue to bear the brunt – and teenagers are faring worst

The Brisbane Times (9.3.15) reports that ‘plans for Gladstone’s $6 billion steel plant have progressed, with a group of Malaysian investors actively seeking foreign investment approval

In The Conversation (6.3.15), John Buchanan (Workplace Research Centre, Sydney University); Alan Pears AM (Sustainable Energy & Climate Researcher, RMIT); Hal Kendig (Professor of Ageing and Public

Michael William Blissenden writes in The Conversation (6.3.15): ‘The 2015 Report notes that around 70% of people of Age Pension age were receiving the Age Pension.

John Quiggin writes in The Guardian (6.2.15) that the idea that budget deficits constitute ‘robbing our children’ remains a staple in calls for reform. In fact, intergenerational

In The Conversation (17.2.15) Professor Fabrizio Carmignani writes an open letter to the new Premier: ‘Dear Premier Palaszczuk, As you meet with Queensland business leaders on

Michael Gill argues in Inside Story (13.2.15) that there are better ways of dealing with the federal budget deficit that would also boost growth. Time to

Professor Stephen King writes in The Conversation (10.2.15) that Australia can adjust to the end of the resources boom: ‘Our governments need to remember the compact that

Professor Flavio Menezes writes in The Conversation (9.2.15) that ‘ … it is now well understood that there is no budget emergency. Moreover, the urgent need for

‘The signs of increasing political discontent are widespread as voters reject the increasingly problematic neo-liberal policies. Therefore, there is a manifest need to devise and promote