Most Australians with a mental illness receive little support or understanding at work – yet having a ‘mentally healthy workplace’ with positive, supportive attitudes to mental illness is the most important factor in successfully keeping a job and contributing to the workforce. With one in five Australians experiencing some form of mental illness every year...

Changes to the remuneration of medical practitioners are currently being considered in Australia and this paper discusses financial incentives in healthcare markets and their effects on health professionals' behaviour.

Productivity underpins our standard of living. This is why Australia's declining productivity growth has alarmed our political and business leaders and economic advisers and commentators. Universities Australia has released a report which demonstrates that Australian universities can play a lead role in future productivity growth. The Universities Australia paper reports that higher education reform and...

The Census is the largest survey of workers that Australian unions have ever conducted and is around thirty times larger than the standard national opinion polls used by the media and political parties. The aim of the Working Australia Census 2011 was to be one of the biggest surveys of workers in Australian history. The...

An RMIT University research project with Sacred Heart Mission comparing two groups of chronically homeless people has shown the shortfalls of the current system. Journey to Social Inclusion (J2SI) is a pilot program designed to break the cycle of long-term homelessness. The program provides intensive support for up to three years to assist long-term homeless...