Publications

The IR club myth Professor Anthony Forsyth discusses in The Conversation (27.11.14) Sydney Institute director Gerard Henderson’s suggestion that ‘Australia’s system of workplace regulation is really an industrial

MySunshinecoast carries a report that the Member for Gregory, Vaughan Johnson, has admitted that local tradespeople in his electorate are missing out on building contracts: ‘Since QBuild

Richard Simpson of Furnace Engineering and Robert Wilson of the Wilson Transformer Company discuss the leadership styles and approaches they used to ensure their companies are

The increase in the labour ‘underutilisation rate’ over the past eighteen months has outpaced that in the unemployment rate. ‘While typically labour underutilisation is much higher

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 their research to

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

Cameron Atfield (Brisbane Times 21.8.14) reports that ‘lawyers for a Queensland prison officer, who was suspended after she spoke out about safety issues at the Arthur

In The Conversation (21.8.14) Professor Phil Lewis writes that ‘differences in meaning between words in general use and in economics can often provoke bewilderment or hostility.

Amy Remeikis reports in the Brisbane Times (20.8.14) that three Queensland power companies want to end the cultural diversity leave provision in employee contracts. Power companies

Patricia Karvelas reports in The Australian (16.8.14) that ‘In an unprecedented move that is alarming job agencies, the new rules strip Centrelink of the power to

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, who were asked

Professor Eva Cox writes in The Conversation (9.7.14) that: “policy makers should be aware that there are, at least, five unemployed job seekers for every official