Australia has a strong interest in seeing workplace arrangements that facilitate the reconciliation of work with the rest of life including family life, resulting in productive and sustainable workplaces. This publication seeks to provide some practical examples of strategies that are being used by organisations to design and implement better work and life arrangements, by...

Suburbs are springing up to cope with a rapidly growing population, yet many families have little or no supporting public transport links to the CBD or across suburbs, lack employment opportunities to keep parents close to their children's schools, and have inadequate access to educational opportunities. And women pay the biggest price in terms of...

This report analyses qualitative findings about the impact of WorkChoices on women workers most of whom are on minimum wages.This report analyses qualitative findings about the impact of WorkChoices on women workers most of whom are on minimum wages.

This report examines the experiences of twenty workers affected by changes to industrial law in Australia following the enactment of amendments to the federal Workplace Relations Act, 1996 in March 2006, commonly referred to as the WorkChoices amendments. The in depth interviews which form the basis of this qualitative study were conducted in early 2007...

This paper examines the current situation of Australians as they put together their work and larger lives, under a particular policy regime. It reviews current policy settings governing care and work, finds them wanting in key respects (especially for particular groups of workers), and argues that some recent Australian policy proposals and actions do not...