This report considers explanations for why data show adult employees earning below the hourly Federal Minimum Wage (FMW), including whether identifiable categories of employees fall into this group, and the extent to which this phenomenon is due to data problems. The three main data sources used were the Survey of Employment Arrangements, Retirement and Superannuation...

This research paper provides an historical perspective on the consideration of equal remuneration principles as it relates to minimum wage setting. The paper consists of four sections: an overview of the relevant legislative provisions of the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) which consider ‘the principle of equal remuneration for work of equal or comparable value’...

This policy represents a commitment by the Commonwealth and state and territory governments to work together to address the issue of inappropriate and fraudulent sports betting and match-fixing activities with the aim of protecting the integrity of sport.

This paper describes and contrasts approaches that are typically employed to define and assess living standards and needs. The paper notes that because many aspects of living standards cannot be directly observed, research typically relies on one or more indicators of living standards. The most common of these in Australian research is income, and the...

The report provides an overview of the relevant research literature relating to the concepts and determinants of productivity, business competitiveness and viability and their relationship with minimum wages. It also presents various measures of productivity, business competitiveness and viability and their trends at an aggregate and industry level over the medium term. Using the ABS...