• Labour Market

Labour markets tend to be among the most regulated markets in the economy. While these regulations were meant to protect workers, they are often counterproductive by putting obstacles in the way to job creation. Finding the right balance between these two goals remains a difficult task.

IR debate needs historical perspective
Alexander PhilipatosDecember 7, 2012

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Back to the Bad Old Days? Industrial Relations Reform in Australia
Alexander PhilipatosDecember 6, 2012PM133

Since the Labor Government replaced WorkChoices with the Fair Work Act, many business leaders have...

Compulsory super is a captive tax base
Stephen KirchnerNovember 30, 2012

Speaking at this week’s annual Association of Superannuation Funds conference, Treasury Secretary Martin Parkinson noted...

A war that’s building over bottles of beer
Alexander PhilipatosNovember 29, 2012The Punch

In what looked like escalating into a Grocon Mark II dispute, unionists blockaded the Little...

Better ideas than raising super guarantee
Stephen KirchnerNovember 28, 2012Australian Financial Review

The federal government, with the support of the opposition, has legislated to increase the superannuation...

Don’t raise the super guarantee rate
November 26, 2012

The Gillard government should abandon plans to increase the superannuation guarantee’s compulsory contribution rate from...

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