The Melbourne Institute Wages Report provides business, economists, policy makers and academics with up-to-date information on wage pressure in the economy. A drawback of the ABS Average Weekly Earnings (AWE) publication, for example, is that it is published with a significant lag, with release figures typically being one quarter out-of-date. Moreover, most other published wage...

Bad timing is the most common reason for women seeking abortions at the Royal Women’s Hospital. The study, that is the first in Victoria to look at women who considered aborting unplanned pregnancies, analysed 3018 women seeking terminations between October 2006 and September 2007. Findings reveal that 1026, or 34 per cent, listed their primary...

Retirement has traditionally been viewed as a process that involves an abrupt change from working continuously in a full-time job to leaving the labour force completely and remaining permanently retired. Today the pathways to retirement are believed to be much more diverse, with many more people expected make a gradual transition into retirement. These transition...

This paper expounds a story in four stages to explain the world credit crisis, namely: (1) too much credit - an international perspective, (2) too much risk - reaction to low real interest rate, (3) the fatal flaw - the new complex financial instruments, and (4) the panic- bank lending dries up. The paper also...

This report explores the complementary roles of music therapy and community music for people with disabilities. It compares two existing music programs through The Salvation Army Brunswick and Able Australia, in order to identify overlap and points of distinction. The adult participants in these programs were engaged as co-researchers in the investigation, offering their perspectives...