Recent publications in IPA Review article
Obama's Union Mates
The 2008 election in the United States has been called several different things. Many Republicans and center-right activists called this the ‘401(k) election' due to the different tax and investment treatments the two candidates proposed....
The covert return of the Industrial Relations Club
One of the few positive results of the Howard government's WorkChoices reforms was that the old ‘Industrial Relations Club'-the Australian Industrial Relations Commission (AIRC), Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU), Australian Chamber...
How the government and unions help maintain Australia's skills shortage
How the government and unions help maintain Australia's skills shortage
Australia is in the first phase of a demographically induced labour crunch. Labour shortages are not in the distance but are already upon us and will become worse.
The workplace and the churches
Work Choices is radical; and that's a good thing
Election strategy after WorkChoices
Work safety too important to be left to unions
Worf safety incidents are frequently used as public relations opportunities
Food manufacturing facing the wall
The sector faces the same challenges and the same gloom as 5 years ago.
Presuming Employer Guilt: The damaging state of work safety and compensation laws in Australia
In a major report the IPA has called for the urgent development of nationally consist OHS laws. In this context NSW OHS laws must be repealed.