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

This paper presents the case for an aged care worker registration and accreditation scheme in Australia.

This year marks the fifteenth annual 'Go Home on Time Day' (GHOTD), an initiative of the Centre for Future Work at the Australia Institute, that shines a spotlight on the maldistribution of working hours and the scale of unpaid overtime worked by Australians.

Ensuring decent jobs for NDIS workers is critical for a sustainable and productive care and support economy and for quality care and support. This paper argues that better jobs for this growing workforce are also important if Australia is to build a more gender-equal society.

Public schools play a critical role in ensuring access to educational opportunity for Australians from all economic and geographical communities. In this report, Centre for Future Work researchers document the large economic and social benefits of stronger funding for public schools.