Research Topic: Public Sector, Procurement & Privatisation

Research Papers from the Centre for Future Work.

The provision of essential public services generates extraordinary and far-reaching economic and social benefits for the Hunter region. A new

Victorian Rate Cap Policy Costs Economy Over 7,000 jobs and $890 million to GDP The Victorian Government’s policy of capping

Government Spending Power Could Support Stronger Wage Growth For at least five years now, Australia’s labour market has demonstrated signs

New research by the Australia Institute’s Centre for Future Work analyses the economic effects of COVID-19 on Tasmania, and suggests

Don’t blame it on the deficit: WA This report critically responds to the call for fiscal austerity and public sector

Since 2012 the NSW government has arbitrarily suppressed pay gains for workers in state-funded public services (including health care, education,

Universal Public Early Child Education in Australia Would Pay For Itself: Research Report Expanded ECEC services would provide a badly-needed

Public sector austerity has become a “policy fad” in Australia, at all levels of government. Its hallmarks are unnecessary public

More than one in three workers in Australia usually work from home at least some of the week. Working from

A new proposal for a portable training system for disability support workers under the NDIS would help to ensure the