• 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.

A penalty for our most vulnerable workers
Patrick CarvalhoNovember 4, 2015Business Spectator

The federal government has spoken out against the inconsistencies in our current penalty rate system,...

ChAFTA: Foreign Worker Invasion Fears Unfounded
Patrick CarvalhoOctober 20, 2015Huffington Post

Bill Shorten’s latest (counterproductive) demands for supporting the China-Australia Free Trade Agreement show how low...

MEDIA RELEASE: CIS urges new Cabinet to tackle old problems
September 21, 2015

The Centre for Independent Studies welcomes the new federal Ministers, and looks forward to them...

Fears of automation need to be cast aside
Patrick CarvalhoSeptember 19, 2015Canberra Times

Recent research claims that automation threatens more than five million jobs in Australia as early...

Scare Campaigns over ChAFTA are a public disservice
Patrick CarvalhoSeptember 4, 2015Ideas@TheCentre

“They are letting Chinese companies bring their own workers … Sorry, but you won’t even...

The good, the bad and the ugly
Patrick CarvalhoAugust 14, 2015Ideas@TheCentre

The Productivity Commission interim report on workplace relations falls short of the changes Australia desperately...

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