This audit assessed the effectiveness of the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations’ management of the Australian Government’s contribution to the Australian Employment Covenant Covenant. The scope of the audit is the Australian Government’s role in the initial establishment of the Covenant and its ongoing contribution through other employment programs. Overall conclusion The Australian...

This report investigated the size and distribution of the non-resident or long distance commuter workforce by industry and geography over time. While this report provides a national perspective, it is the nine sampled mining regions that form the focus of the report.

This forecast of employment prospects in New Zealand suggests overall employment demand is rising in response to stronger economic growth. Purpose Employment prospects over the next 3 years to March 2016 are presented in this report which is an update on the employment prospects to March 2015 assessed in late 2012. These employment forecasts will...

This paper argues that Australia needs to have a national conversation about the minimum wage, starting with breaking free from the short-term thinking of the annual negotiations. This paper is concerned with the future of the minimum wage in Australia. While the minimum wage, from the time of the 1907 Harvester decision, has been a...

Resurrection of the local economy is crucial to getting communities back on track after a natural disaster, but this is often overlooked in favour of rebuilding physical infrastructure and getting a town back to ‘normal’ although key economic drivers may have been permanently altered.