Recent publications in Occasional Paper
The Green Inferno
The Green Inferno: Do we really want to minimise Disaster fires?
The Australian Greens Election Policies
The Australian Greens Election Policies: Why The Greens' Policies Matter
Is There Market Power in Australian Electricity Generation?
How the Deities Approached Monopoly
Balancing the Acts: The applicability of commercial legal environments for employment relations. Is the balance right?
Balancing the Acts: The Practical Consequences of the 'Bargain' [Volume 2]
International Power
The Hazelwood Power Station is one of four key baseload electricity generators operating in Victoria. Considered almost obsolete at the time of its sale in 1997, it has been refurbished and transformed into a productive and reliable asset and its...
The Strange Return of the Industrial Relations Club
This latest report from the Unit is far-reaching in that it brings together all the elements that show why the formal industrial relations system is systemically failing Australians. All the players have dropped the ball.
One Image, Two Pictures: Hal Clough Lecture 2004
Ladies and Gentlemen It's an honour as a creature from a land far to the East to be in Western Australia, a land that perhaps can be described as the 'Middle Earth' of entrepreneurship in our vast continent. Since the Second World War, the name...
The Protocol: Managing Relations with NGOs
This study examines how the maintenance of relationships between Australian Government Departments and non-government organisations (NGOs) is a growing responsibility of government. This phenomenon is part of a world-wide trend, and there are a...
A Casual Discussion: Happy being casual
The campaign to curb the growth of casual employment currently being waged in some sections of the labour movement relies on shaky evidence. Unions claim that casual employees suffer from greater insecurity and economic stress due to irregular...