Current negotiations between the Commonwealth and state governments risk cementing long-standing underfunding of public schools according to the accepted Schooling Resource Standard (SRS). This will likely exacerbate recent declines in Australian school achievement and completion.

This report finds the Australian Government should leverage its position as financier of renewable energy projects to guarantee strong labour standards in new energy and manufacturing jobs. It calls for labour standards to be embedded in Australia’s energy transition and industrial strategies, by attaching conditions to public financial support, and penalising non-compliance with these conditions.

Organisations in Australia are using blood analysis as a means of screening future employees for ‘health risks’ that they allege may impact on their performance of work. This report examines the need for new provisions within either or both privacy or workplace relations laws that set out the rights of workers to protect their sensitive...

This report examines the content and impact of a new regime of rights for workplace union delegates following recent changes to the Fair Work Act.

This briefing paper reviews the main features of the 2024-25 Commonwealth Budget from the perspective of workers and labour markets.