Labour

Politics & Society

Eradicating modern slavery in Australia

Alongside its review of the ‘Modern Slavery Act’, the Government must also address the risks of forced labour that are inherent in our visa system

Health & Medicine

The real cost to unpaid carers

Among working-age adults, the provision of unpaid, informal caregiving is detrimental to mental health. And, around the world, this unpaid care is still largely carried out by women

Business & Economics

Keeping supply chains ethical and sustainable amid COVID-19

The pandemic has put global supply chains under stress and we need to be watchful that ethics and sustainability don’t fall by the wayside

Politics & Society

Can Victorian Labor really make ‘wage theft’ a crime?

Despite ongoing examples of wage theft, one of Labor’s key campaign pledges in this state election is not as simple to implement as it might seem

Politics & Society

South Australia votes: A divided electorate

Nick Xenophon’s new SA-BEST could hold the balance of power if neither the Liberals nor Labor win outright in South Australia

Business & Economics

5 challenges that will make or break the gig economy

The gig economy, or platform work, has emerged from nowhere courtesy of the mobile technology boom, but there are question marks over whether it heralds a new future of work

Business & Economics

Ex-auto workers could boost clean energy industry

Australia’s 100-year-old auto manufacturing industry will finally come to an end later this month, but workers’ skills would translate to the storable electricity industry

Business & Economics

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Podcast

Passions betrayed: The end of “doing what you love” in the workforce

Workplace observer Miya Tokumitsu on what’s wrong with the “hope economy”

Business & Economics

Too old at 21, you’re fired!

Minimum wage policies in Europe are making employees barely out of their teens too expensive. Are there lessons for Australia?

Politics & Society

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Podcast

From Proletariat to Precariat: Navigating uncertainty in a globalised economy

Those experiencing intermittent or underemployment are sometimes referred to as the ‘Precariat’. But why are their numbers growing, and is this a new phenomenon?