Publications

Madonna King (Brisbane Times 26.3.15) writes: ‘A sizeable challenge lies ahead for new Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk, and how she handles it will dictate the authority she wields

John Freebairn argues in The Conversation (19.3.15): ‘The magnitude of penalty rates for weekends and holidays established last century likely is out of date with the

Amy Remeikis discusses the latest unemployment figures in the Brisbane Times (13.3.15), and the responses of the government and the opposition.   ‘”We know over the past

Kristy Muir, Abigail Powell and Rose Butler argued in The Conversation (193.15) that the Abbott government’s policies to provide incentives to make young people want to

Amy Remeikis writes in the Brisbane Times (13.3.15) about the latest statistics: ‘The most recent unemployment figures, released on Thursday, continued the state’s trend of having jobless

David Peetz writes in The Conversation (23.2.15): ‘Since the 1980s, Australia, like many industrialised countries, has experienced rising inequality and growing concentration of income, wealth and

Allan Dale (Professor in Tropical Regional Development, The Cairns Institute at James Cook University) argues that it need to be a matter of either jobs or

Professor David Peetz writes in Policy Online (17.2.15): ‘An effective response to the workplace and national problems and tendencies we experience requires a new way of doing

ABC’s Fact Check on Labor’s claim that unemployment is its highest in 11 years was tested by Fact Check (291.1.5). The conclusion:  ‘Ms Palaszczuk’s claim that

Professor of Employment Relations at Griffith University, David Peetz, writes in The Conversation (28.1.15) that: ‘Whether you’re a Queenslander getting ready to vote in the January 31

Tim Colebatch, Inside Story (22.1.15) writes that Australia’s job market has failed badly since the global financial crisis. ‘In a little over three years from early 2005

In The Conversation (12.1.15), Rose-Marie Stabe and David Fryer explain why unemployment statistics mask the ‘discouraged’ job-seeker numbers: ‘… the official figure of unemployment underestimates the “real”