Centre for Future Work
@futurework.org.au
The Centre for Future Work publishes progressive economic research on work, employment & labour markets.
Project of @australiainstitute.org.au.
Project of @australiainstitute.org.au.
Imperatives for greater productivity growth should not blind us to the risks AI poses.
@drfionamac.bsky.social, Director of @futurework.org.au, joined the AI symposium organised by the ACTU today to discuss the need for strong regulation.
Our submission:
futurework.org.au/report/submi...
@drfionamac.bsky.social, Director of @futurework.org.au, joined the AI symposium organised by the ACTU today to discuss the need for strong regulation.
Our submission:
futurework.org.au/report/submi...
September 3, 2025 at 6:04 AM
Imperatives for greater productivity growth should not blind us to the risks AI poses.
@drfionamac.bsky.social, Director of @futurework.org.au, joined the AI symposium organised by the ACTU today to discuss the need for strong regulation.
Our submission:
futurework.org.au/report/submi...
@drfionamac.bsky.social, Director of @futurework.org.au, joined the AI symposium organised by the ACTU today to discuss the need for strong regulation.
Our submission:
futurework.org.au/report/submi...
We need tax reform to stop intergenerational inequality. Sally McManus in today's Guardian www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The ultra-wealthy have exploited Australia’s tax system for too long. It’s time to ensure everyone pays their fair share | Sally McManus
When the very wealthy pay less tax than a bus driver or an aged care worker, something is very wrong
www.theguardian.com
August 16, 2025 at 11:18 PM
We need tax reform to stop intergenerational inequality. Sally McManus in today's Guardian www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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If you bet on the winner of the Miles Franklin, your windfall is tax free but if you win the Miles Franklin you pay tax. There's an easy and cheap way for the gov to help our best artists and writers. Make prizes tax free.
Thanks to @charlottewood.bsky.social & Melissa Lucashenko for their thoughts
Thanks to @charlottewood.bsky.social & Melissa Lucashenko for their thoughts
Here's something absolutely cooked about books in Australia
Winning authors pay tax. Mug punters, that's another story.
www.canberratimes.com.au
June 24, 2025 at 11:11 PM
If you bet on the winner of the Miles Franklin, your windfall is tax free but if you win the Miles Franklin you pay tax. There's an easy and cheap way for the gov to help our best artists and writers. Make prizes tax free.
Thanks to @charlottewood.bsky.social & Melissa Lucashenko for their thoughts
Thanks to @charlottewood.bsky.social & Melissa Lucashenko for their thoughts
There is little evidence of a "productivity crisis" in Australia, despite claims to the contrary from business leaders and politicians. Read new Centre for Future Work by
Jim Stanford
futurework.org.au/report/produ...
Jim Stanford
futurework.org.au/report/produ...
Productivity in the Real World | The Australia Institute's Centre for Future Work
Claims that Australia faces a productivity crisis are overblown. Weak productivity didn’t cause the current problems facing Australian workers (falling real wages, high interest rates, unaffordability...
futurework.org.au
July 27, 2025 at 10:56 PM
There is little evidence of a "productivity crisis" in Australia, despite claims to the contrary from business leaders and politicians. Read new Centre for Future Work by
Jim Stanford
futurework.org.au/report/produ...
Jim Stanford
futurework.org.au/report/produ...
The NDIS does not increase “welfare dependency” (as asserted in today's AFR). It increases employment. Under the NDIS, labour force participation of people with disability (PWD) grew from 53% to 61%. For people without disability it barely changed. Unemployment for PWD declined from 10% to 7%.
July 23, 2025 at 2:02 AM
The NDIS does not increase “welfare dependency” (as asserted in today's AFR). It increases employment. Under the NDIS, labour force participation of people with disability (PWD) grew from 53% to 61%. For people without disability it barely changed. Unemployment for PWD declined from 10% to 7%.
Greg Jericho explains how hard it is to to get to the point where you could have $3m in super - even if you were very very lucky (and, of course , didn't ever take any time out to provide care)
Worried you might one day have more than $3m in super and then might get less of a tax break?
First off, seriously, you are worried about having $3m in super??
Secondly, as @grogsgamut.bsky.social writes, stop worrying you are not going to ever have $3m
australiainstitute.org.au/post/dont-be...
First off, seriously, you are worried about having $3m in super??
Secondly, as @grogsgamut.bsky.social writes, stop worrying you are not going to ever have $3m
australiainstitute.org.au/post/dont-be...
May 23, 2025 at 6:25 AM
Greg Jericho explains how hard it is to to get to the point where you could have $3m in super - even if you were very very lucky (and, of course , didn't ever take any time out to provide care)
Greg Jericho explains how hard it is to to get to the point where you could have $3m in super - even if you were very very lucky (and, of course , didn't ever take any time out to provide care)
Worried you might one day have more than $3m in super and then might get less of a tax break?
First off, seriously, you are worried about having $3m in super??
Secondly, as @grogsgamut.bsky.social writes, stop worrying you are not going to ever have $3m
australiainstitute.org.au/post/dont-be...
First off, seriously, you are worried about having $3m in super??
Secondly, as @grogsgamut.bsky.social writes, stop worrying you are not going to ever have $3m
australiainstitute.org.au/post/dont-be...
May 23, 2025 at 6:24 AM
Greg Jericho explains how hard it is to to get to the point where you could have $3m in super - even if you were very very lucky (and, of course , didn't ever take any time out to provide care)
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A landmark ruling will tackle the gender pay gap for thousands of workers
theconversation.com/a-landmark-r...
theconversation.com/a-landmark-r...
A landmark ruling will tackle the gender pay gap for thousands of workers
Before changes to the Fair Work Act, almost all attempts by unions to address gender pay inequity failed.
theconversation.com
April 23, 2025 at 1:07 AM
A landmark ruling will tackle the gender pay gap for thousands of workers
theconversation.com/a-landmark-r...
theconversation.com/a-landmark-r...
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Register for this exciting Carmichael Centre event on May 1, 12pm-1pm, here!
The Carmichael Centre is co-sponsoring an event with RMIT BHRIGHT on the future of just transition & industrial policy in Australia.
The event features Prof. Emer. Roy Green (UTS), Prof. Phil Toner (USyd), & Dr Gemma Beale (AMWU)
Register in-person & online:
events.humanitix.com/the-future-o...
The event features Prof. Emer. Roy Green (UTS), Prof. Phil Toner (USyd), & Dr Gemma Beale (AMWU)
Register in-person & online:
events.humanitix.com/the-future-o...
April 22, 2025 at 6:37 AM
Register for this exciting Carmichael Centre event on May 1, 12pm-1pm, here!
Register for this exciting Carmichael Centre event on May 1, 12pm-1pm, here!
The Carmichael Centre is co-sponsoring an event with RMIT BHRIGHT on the future of just transition & industrial policy in Australia.
The event features Prof. Emer. Roy Green (UTS), Prof. Phil Toner (USyd), & Dr Gemma Beale (AMWU)
Register in-person & online:
events.humanitix.com/the-future-o...
The event features Prof. Emer. Roy Green (UTS), Prof. Phil Toner (USyd), & Dr Gemma Beale (AMWU)
Register in-person & online:
events.humanitix.com/the-future-o...
April 22, 2025 at 6:37 AM
Register for this exciting Carmichael Centre event on May 1, 12pm-1pm, here!
The technological unfeasibility, staggering cost, and lack of detail of the Coalition’s nuclear proposal have been criticised. What has been underexamined is the negative effects this plan will have on workers.
Read the CFW's @cdwjoyce.bsky.social here:
futurework.org.au/post/duttons...
Read the CFW's @cdwjoyce.bsky.social here:
futurework.org.au/post/duttons...
Dutton’s nuclear push will cost renewable jobs | The Australia Institute's Centre for Future Work
Dutton’s nuclear push will cost renewable jobs As Australia’s federal election campaign has finally begun, opposition leader Peter Dutton’s proposal to spend hundreds of billions in public money to bu...
futurework.org.au
April 15, 2025 at 12:53 AM
The technological unfeasibility, staggering cost, and lack of detail of the Coalition’s nuclear proposal have been criticised. What has been underexamined is the negative effects this plan will have on workers.
Read the CFW's @cdwjoyce.bsky.social here:
futurework.org.au/post/duttons...
Read the CFW's @cdwjoyce.bsky.social here:
futurework.org.au/post/duttons...
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I wrote about the Coalition's nuclear proposals and why they fail workers. Read it on the @carmichaelcntr.bsky.social website here!
Australian workers have so much to gain from the renewable energy transition, but the Coalition’s nuclear plan only brings false promises, lost jobs, and scarce and dangerous work.
Read the new Carmichael Centre Commentary by @cdwjoyce.bsky.social:
www.carmichaelcentre.org.au/nuclear_cost...
Read the new Carmichael Centre Commentary by @cdwjoyce.bsky.social:
www.carmichaelcentre.org.au/nuclear_cost...
April 14, 2025 at 11:52 PM
I wrote about the Coalition's nuclear proposals and why they fail workers. Read it on the @carmichaelcntr.bsky.social website here!
Why government policy matters for wages growth- research by our Carmichael Centre Distinguished Research Fellow David Peetz shows how IR reforms make a difference.
Yes, government influences wages – but not just in the way you might think theconversation.com/yes-governme...
Yes, government influences wages – but not just in the way you might think theconversation.com/yes-governme...
Yes, government influences wages – but not just in the way you might think
Obviously, the government can’t set wages directly. But research shows recent policies that have increased worker power are associated with strong wage growth.
theconversation.com
April 14, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Why government policy matters for wages growth- research by our Carmichael Centre Distinguished Research Fellow David Peetz shows how IR reforms make a difference.
Yes, government influences wages – but not just in the way you might think theconversation.com/yes-governme...
Yes, government influences wages – but not just in the way you might think theconversation.com/yes-governme...
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Wages as a share of national income were falling until the Labor government passed the first of its IR bills.
Since then the wages share has mostly been increasing.
theconversation.com/yes-governme...
Since then the wages share has mostly been increasing.
theconversation.com/yes-governme...
April 12, 2025 at 4:11 AM
Wages as a share of national income were falling until the Labor government passed the first of its IR bills.
Since then the wages share has mostly been increasing.
theconversation.com/yes-governme...
Since then the wages share has mostly been increasing.
theconversation.com/yes-governme...
An important new paper by @davidpeetz.bsky.social that asks:
* how has low wages growth become normalised, even in tight labour markets?
* has government made a difference to wages growth?
futurework.org.au/wp-content/u...
* how has low wages growth become normalised, even in tight labour markets?
* has government made a difference to wages growth?
futurework.org.au/wp-content/u...
futurework.org.au
April 11, 2025 at 7:18 AM
An important new paper by @davidpeetz.bsky.social that asks:
* how has low wages growth become normalised, even in tight labour markets?
* has government made a difference to wages growth?
futurework.org.au/wp-content/u...
* how has low wages growth become normalised, even in tight labour markets?
* has government made a difference to wages growth?
futurework.org.au/wp-content/u...
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If business groups had their way, the lowest-paid workers would now be paid $160 a week less.
The FWC should ignore the fears of business groups and give those on awards and the minimum wage a decent pay rise.
@grogsgamut.bsky.social #OffTheCharts
australiainstitute.org.au/post/if-busi...
The FWC should ignore the fears of business groups and give those on awards and the minimum wage a decent pay rise.
@grogsgamut.bsky.social #OffTheCharts
australiainstitute.org.au/post/if-busi...
April 8, 2025 at 2:33 AM
If business groups had their way, the lowest-paid workers would now be paid $160 a week less.
The FWC should ignore the fears of business groups and give those on awards and the minimum wage a decent pay rise.
@grogsgamut.bsky.social #OffTheCharts
australiainstitute.org.au/post/if-busi...
The FWC should ignore the fears of business groups and give those on awards and the minimum wage a decent pay rise.
@grogsgamut.bsky.social #OffTheCharts
australiainstitute.org.au/post/if-busi...
The Coalition have abandoned their plan to stop public servants working from home, but have they abandoned their views on this flexible work practice? Were these views based on the evidence? See our WFH briefing paper by Fiona Macdonald for the facts on WFH
futurework.org.au/report/worki...
futurework.org.au/report/worki...
Working from Home, Not a Problem | The Australia Institute's Centre for Future Work
More than one in three workers in Australia usually work from home at least some of the week. Working from home has become an established working arrangement for many employees in jobs where it is pos...
futurework.org.au
April 7, 2025 at 2:40 AM
The Coalition have abandoned their plan to stop public servants working from home, but have they abandoned their views on this flexible work practice? Were these views based on the evidence? See our WFH briefing paper by Fiona Macdonald for the facts on WFH
futurework.org.au/report/worki...
futurework.org.au/report/worki...
The Continuing Irrelevance of Minimum Wages to Future Inflation | The Australia Institute's Centre for Future Work futurework.org.au/post/the-con...
The Continuing Irrelevance of Minimum Wages to Future Inflation | The Australia Institute's Centre for Future Work
Updated analysis by the by the Centre for Future Work at the Australia Institute reveals that a just increase to the minimum wage, and accompanying increases to award rates, would not have a significa...
futurework.org.au
April 3, 2025 at 10:18 PM
The Continuing Irrelevance of Minimum Wages to Future Inflation | The Australia Institute's Centre for Future Work futurework.org.au/post/the-con...
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“If the price of maintaining our relationship with the US is paying exorbitant prices for medicine, then Australians will ask – is this a friend we really want?” said @mattgrudnoff.bsky.social.
Read:
Read:
Our PBS is a national treasure, not an international trade barrier
Extraordinary new analysis from The Australia Institute reveals the prices Australians would pay if the US had its way and dismantled our Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme.
australiainstitute.org.au
April 3, 2025 at 12:22 AM
“If the price of maintaining our relationship with the US is paying exorbitant prices for medicine, then Australians will ask – is this a friend we really want?” said @mattgrudnoff.bsky.social.
Read:
Read:
An econmomically stable real wage increase is "unlikely to drive up inflation, or adversely impact productivity. ... it will provide cost-of-living relief to Australia’s lowest-paid workers". theconversation.com/labor-wants-...
Labor wants to give the minimum wage a real boost. The benefits would likely outweigh any downsides
A real boost to award wages is unlikely to drive up inflation, nor adversely impact productivity. But it would provide cost-of-living relief to Australia’s lowest-paid workers.
theconversation.com
April 3, 2025 at 1:17 AM
An econmomically stable real wage increase is "unlikely to drive up inflation, or adversely impact productivity. ... it will provide cost-of-living relief to Australia’s lowest-paid workers". theconversation.com/labor-wants-...
So much for improving publicc service efficiency! Think of all the extra work and travel required to have the PM located in Sydney www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Election 2025 live: Dutton says he would live in Kirribilli as PM; Bob Brown Foundation to fight salmon farming law in court
Follow live
www.theguardian.com
March 30, 2025 at 11:17 PM
So much for improving publicc service efficiency! Think of all the extra work and travel required to have the PM located in Sydney www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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This election looks again like seeing migrants blamed for housing prices. But as @mattgrudnoff.bsky.social writes, the facts don't back that up.
At all.
Instead, we need to look at our tax system that has
turned housing into speculation #OffTheCharts
australiainstitute.org.au/post/migrant...
At all.
Instead, we need to look at our tax system that has
turned housing into speculation #OffTheCharts
australiainstitute.org.au/post/migrant...
March 28, 2025 at 12:59 AM
This election looks again like seeing migrants blamed for housing prices. But as @mattgrudnoff.bsky.social writes, the facts don't back that up.
At all.
Instead, we need to look at our tax system that has
turned housing into speculation #OffTheCharts
australiainstitute.org.au/post/migrant...
At all.
Instead, we need to look at our tax system that has
turned housing into speculation #OffTheCharts
australiainstitute.org.au/post/migrant...
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The Coalition are claiming that their cut in fuel excise will be worth $14 per week. But that's only if you fill up once a week. Two thirds of people fill up once a fortnight or less. For them it will be worth less than $7 per week.
australiainstitute.org.au/post/fuel-ex...
australiainstitute.org.au/post/fuel-ex...
australiainstitute.org.au
March 27, 2025 at 11:56 PM
The Coalition are claiming that their cut in fuel excise will be worth $14 per week. But that's only if you fill up once a week. Two thirds of people fill up once a fortnight or less. For them it will be worth less than $7 per week.
australiainstitute.org.au/post/fuel-ex...
australiainstitute.org.au/post/fuel-ex...
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The election is underway!
AEU Federal President Correna Haythorpe explains what's at stake and how we can vote for a better education for every child. 👇
AEU Federal President Correna Haythorpe explains what's at stake and how we can vote for a better education for every child. 👇
March 27, 2025 at 10:47 PM
The election is underway!
AEU Federal President Correna Haythorpe explains what's at stake and how we can vote for a better education for every child. 👇
AEU Federal President Correna Haythorpe explains what's at stake and how we can vote for a better education for every child. 👇