Research Topic: Public Sector, Procurement & Privatisation

Research Papers from the Centre for Future Work.

Budget-cutting political leaders regularly target the jobs and incomes of public sector workers as the first and most politically convenient

New Research: Australia’s Skills System Continues to Crumble After COVID Strong vocational education and training (VET) systems are vital to

New Research: Commonwealth Can Afford $10b for Aged Care Recommendations Implementing the recommendations of the Royal Commission into Aged Care

This report provides an overview of workplace and job-related factors found to act as barriers to sustainable and inclusive employment

The Commonwealth government’s current offer to fund public schools to just 22.5% of the agreed Schooling Resource Standard would leave

The Centre for Future Work has released new research estimating the negative impacts on wages and spending power of the

New Analysis: 12,000 Community Service Jobs at Risk Due to Funding Uncertainty The failure of the Commonwealth to confirm that

The national roll-out of the NDIS holds the prospect of a significant enhancement in both the resources allocated to disability

Stronger public universities are vital to the success of dynamic, innovative economies, and more inclusive labour markets. But decades of

480,000 Jobs Rely on QLD Public Service, Cuts Would Deepen the State’s Recession In times of crisis, governments have a