Briefing paper
Efic changes
Proposed changes to Australia’s export credit agency, Efic, pose serious financial, environmental and diplomatic risks. This paper argues that they should not be rushed through and must be subject to close scrutiny.
Discussion paper
Not Adani deal: Queensland government subsidies to Adani
The Queensland Labor government has offered Adani a “beneficial” royalty deal that would loan hundreds of millions, on subsidised terms it is keeping secret, under a “transparent policy framework” that was a few dot points at the end of a press release.
Report
Excessive hours and unpaid overtime: 2018 update
This year's annual ‘Go Home On Time Day’ report estimates that Australian employees will work 3.2 billion hours of unpaid overtime for their employers this year, worth an estimated $106 billion in foregone wages.
Report
Under the employer’s eye: electronic monitoring and surveillance in Australian workplaces
This special report looks at the use of digital surveillance and monitoring in Australian workplaces. 70% of respondents said their employers use at least one form of digital surveillance or monitoring, including cameras, GPS tracking, monitoring internet or social media activity or counting keystrokes, to monitor employees – and sometimes to discipline or even dismiss...
Briefing paper
Frackmail?
New evidence shows the Scott Morrison’s $260 million payment to NT was not a longstanding policy. Attempts to get to the bottom of things using Freedom of Information have been blocked.