Publications

TJ Ryan Foundation Board member, John Quiggin, writes in The Conversation (10.10.17) about a Senate committee decision to reject the Fair Work Commission’s recommendations to slash weekend

Policy Online carries a link (2.5.17) to a report from The Australia Institute’s Centre for Future Work which details previously unpublished data regarding the prevalence of employment

Michelle Grattan writes in The Conversation (20.3.17) about new federal government proposals to impose harsh penalties upon companies making ‘secret’ payments and employment deals with unions.

Peter Mares writes in Inside Story (17.3.17) about the fervent reaction to comments by new ACTU Secretary, Sally McManus, suggesting that injustices in industrial sites and

Sarah Kaine and Emmanuel Josserand write in The Conversation (4.4.17) that a decline in union membership has left a void in the industrial relations landscape, possibly to

Michelle Grattan writes in The Conversation (15.3.17) that Greens leader Richard Di Natale is calling for a reimagining of the way Australians approach work, as his party

The ABC’s Marty McCarthy reports (28.2.17) on the political ramifications of a sugar industry dispute in north Queensland, which has the state’s LNP and the federal

Shirley Jackson writes in The Conversation (23.2.17) about the decision by the Fair Work Commission to cut Sunday penalty rates for certain workers. The author argues

Eugene Schofield-Georgeson writes in The Conversation (17.2.17) about implications of the passage of the federal government’s ABCC legislation through the Senate. The author argues that a

David Peetz writes in Pearls and Irritations (9.2.17) about the justifiable concern of many that company CEOs in Australia and elsewhere are overpaid. The author argues

TJ Ryan Foundation Board member, John Quiggin, comments in The Guardian (7.2.17) on the current popularity in some economic circles of the notion of a basic

Riccardo Welters and Christopher Nicholas write in The Conversation (6.2.17) about the challenges faced by regional communities dealing with influxes of ‘fly-in, fly-out’ workforces. The authors