Assessment
Shadow SPI: Emergency Services Levy Amendment Bill 2024
The NSW Government seeks to reform emergency services levy funding to establish a fairer and more sustainable system. This document evaluates the government's case for legislative reform.
Assessment
Shadow SPI: Crimes Legislation Amendment (Assaults On Retail Workers) Bill 2023
The NSW Government seeks to introduce three new offences into the Crimes Act to protect retail workers. This document evaluates the government's case for legislative reform.
Report
Distress amplification: Robodebt notices and the intensification of distress in the unemployed
The authors of this report argue that the lessons learned from the implementation of 'Robodebt' provide a critical opportunity for reflection, urging policy-makers, technologists and legal experts to collaborate in designing systems that ensure fair and equitable outcomes, while leveraging the benefits of automation to improve administrative processes.
Report
We have to do more: examining school leader perspectives on hygiene poverty within Australian schools
Hygiene poverty is not merely a localised problem - it has escalated into a national crisis, affecting the lives and well-being of countless students across the country. This report not only uncovers the distressing prevalence of hygiene poverty, but also emphasises the need for systems thinking in developing effective and sustainable solutions.
Discussion paper
Towards fairness and security: reforming casual employment in Australia
The authors of this paper argue that it’s time to stand up for casual employees in Australia and close the loopholes in the nation's workplace laws by implementing an objective definition of casual employee in the Fair Work Act, and by granting the Fair Work Commission with additional powers so they can swiftly and cheaply...