Peter Harris gave a keynote presentation to the Australian Labour Law Association Conference on 4 November 2016 in Melbourne, almost twelve months after the Productivity Commission completed its Inquiry Report into Workplace Relations.

This survey of American adults finds that a relatively substantial share of the public has earned money recently from a digital commerce platform. In the context of gig employment, nearly one-in-ten Americans (8%) have earned money in the last year using digital platforms to take on a job or task.

The 2016 GOS was primarily conducted as a national online survey among 96 higher education institutions including all 40 Table A and B universities and 56 Non-University Higher Education Institutions. A total of 104,208 valid survey responses were collected across all study levels, representing a response rate of 39.7 per cent.

People are spending more on services rather than goods, and so more people are working in services, generating high-value jobs in the centres of our big cities. Policy, especially in housing, is struggling to keep up, as Grattan CEO, John Daley, shows in this presentation to the Melbourne Economic Forum.

Since 2014, SVA has been incubating a model for demand-led employment called the Industry Employment Initiative (IEI). The model aims to create sustainable employment for disadvantaged job seekers, while helping employers meet their recruitment needs and corporate responsibility objectives. Incubating the IEI has highlighted the importance of knowing your ‘endgame’ and your stage of development...