Some recent strong wage growth in enterprise agreements bodes well for workers

The Workplace Relations Minister Tony Burke has described proposed new laws to regulate digital platform work as building a ramp with employees at the top, independent contractors at the bottom, and gig platform workers halfway up. The new laws will allow the Fair Work Commission to set minimum standards for ‘employee-like workers’ on digital platforms.

In the past year the number of people working more than one job has risen 7%.

The Australian Government has released new Conservation Advice aimed at preventing the extinction of the Maugean skate in time for Threatened Species Day 2023.

The three months to June saw one the biggest ever falls in the government’s measure of well-being.

We have now had two consecutive quarters of GDP per capita falling – hardly the soft landing the RBA wants.

The Australia Institute surveyed a sample of 1,501 Australians about how long the outgoing Governor of the Reserve Bank of Australia, Philip Lowe, should have to wait before being able to begin work at a private bank.

The Australia Institute congratulates the NSW Government on increasing coal royalties, potentially raising an extra $2.7 billion over four years. “This is a good move by the NSW Government that will benefit the NSW economy and community,” said Rod Campbell, research director at the Australia Institute. “Collecting more royalties from the fossil fuel industry allows

For the first time in decades, Australia is talking about industry policy.

We often hear how important fossil-fuel mining is for jobs, but the reality is sport is a much greater employer. 

The average wage growth in enterprise agreements shows that workers continue to see their real wages fall.

Jim Chalmers suggests the superannuation system is the intergenerational “genius” but it really means providing more support for wealthier people who do not need it.

Australia’s population is set to age, but that does not mean we need to go without – we just need to be honest about paying for it.

Australia not only is a low taxing nation, it now taxes less compared to the OECD than in the past – that will need to change if we are to provide the services Australians want.

The forecast of productivity growth in the Intergenerational Report is not all doom and gloom – but it will be if workers continue to receive less than their fair share of the benefits

The Australia Institute Tasmania is calling on the Tasmanian government to keep in place protections for depleted fish populations. The Tasmanian government has today announced a backflip on planned measures to rebuild depleted fish populations managed under the Tasmanian Scalefish Fishery. Instead, the government has reopened consultation on the rule changes until September 25 and

While overall wages grew in line with inflation in the June quarter for workers in most industries real wages are still going backwards.

Research released today by the Australia Institute shows a strong majority of Australian voters want bans on native forest logging extended to New South Wales and Tasmania.

It is now 3 years since real wages have increased

The latest figures of wage growth in enterprise agreements show that wages continue to grow by much less than inflation

The Australia Institute has provided Federal Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek with additional evidence that highlights the urgent need to end fish farming in Macquarie Harbour, in further correspondence about Federal Government obligations to protect the endangered Maugean Skate.