If individuals limit their labour market participation because of the housing assistance program guidelines, the overall cost of the program participants is likely to be higher than anticipated. Long-term reliance on housing assistance and related programs may limit the participation of individuals in important aspects of economic and social life. This positioning paper by Stephen...

One important indicator of the successful assimilation of migrants is their relative success in finding employment in different labour market conditions. In this paper, Prem Thapa analyses the risk of unemployment among male immigrants compared to native-born Australians for two different periods in which overall labour market characteristics and the pool of immigrants differed considerably.

Labour hire is an alternative form of employment to the direct employer-employee relationship. Labour hire involves relationships between a principal, an employment agency and the person performing the tasks. While labour hire arrangements have been a feature of the Australian labour market for decades, the relatively recent data now being compiled on this sector suggests...

This publication presents an overview of the aggregate shortage of the dental labour force and considers the policy directions to close the supply-demand gap. While both short-term and long-term directions are presented, the focus is on longer term directions for Australia to develop a sustainable self-sufficiency in its dental labour force.

This research reports on stakeholders communities affected by Fly-in/Fly-out (FIFO) operations to inform strategies to maximise identified benefits and minimise identified negative impacts of FIFO in the Pilbara region of Western Australia.