Archived publication for March 2012
Recent publications
Insecure Employment
An occasional paper on Insecure Employment
Insecure employment - code for more regulation of the workplace
"An ACTU campaign to restrict access to non-permanent employment is divorced from labour market and economic reality. The campaign would have dire consequences and must be resisted" said John Lloyd, Director, Work Reform and Productivity Unit at...
Work Choices
An occasional paper on Work Choices.
Workplace relations reform - time for a rational debate
"Today almost every workplace relations reform proposed by employers, their representative associations and the Coalition is labelled by the unions and the ALP as a return to Work Choices. Most of this labelling is wrong," said John Lloyd,...
Law of the jungle to return to the building and construction industry
‘Workplace relations in the building and construction industry will return to the law of the jungle. The passage of the Building and Construction Industry Improvement Amendment (Transition to Fair Work) Bill through the Parliament today...
Swan's monthly hypocrisy
Wayne Swan's essay in The Monthly magazine, published today, reveals breathtaking hypocrisy, says James Paterson, Editor of the Institute of Public Affairs Review. In his essay, Mr Swan attacks vested interests, such as mining companies, and...