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It is often claimed that the introduction of the Fair Work Act has turned the industrial relations clock back to the pre-deregulation days of high disputation, low productivity, and restrictive work practices. But has Australia really lapsed back to the ‘bad old days’ of the Industrial Relations Club? In this Meet the Researcher lecture, CIS Policy Analyst Alexander Philipatos will separate fact from fiction in the debate about IR reform and discuss where exactly the Fair Work Act fits into the 20-year story of workplace change.
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 The Autumn edition is out now!
There is a great range of articles on the current state of Europe, the Head of Opera Australia takes on the cultural elite and the importance of South Asia is examined.
A selection of articles are available to read online. If you want to download the complete magazine, subscribe to POLICY.
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Europe’s economic crisis has been shaking financial markets for the past three years. Countries like Greece, Ireland, Portugal, Spain and even Italy are in danger of defaulting on their debt. The continent’s banking system looks fragile. A whole generation of young Europeans faces an uncertain future with worsening employment prospects. What does this mean for Australia? Does Europe’s crisis have the potential to derail the Australian economy? How can the European crisis spread to Australia? And are there opportunities for Australia amid the European catastrophe?
This report takes a sober look at a faraway crisis and its local implications for Australia.
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The most important thing we can do to encourage disadvantaged Australians into work – including people with disabilities, children in jobless families, and Indigenous people living in remote communities – is to turn our culture of low expectations into one that supports high achievement.
In a wealthy country like Australia, perhaps the most damaging kind of poverty is not a lack of income but a lack of aspiration.
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