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Dignity of Work

The IPA's Dignity of Work Research project is guided by the moral case for work. Providing a sense of purpose, the opportunity of work enables us to build rewarding and fulfilling lives for ourselves and our families. Here you will find the IPA's analysis of employment and workplace relations issues, and ideas to reduce the regulatory barriers to work.

PUBLICATIONS

Fair Work Commission Rejects ACTU’S Living Wage

Aaron Lane 1 June 2018 Dignity of work, Finance and economics,

“Today’s decision from the Fair Work Commission rubbishes the Australian Council of Trade Union’s call for a ‘living wage’,” said Aaron Lane, Legal Fellow at free market think tank the Institute...

FIVE IDEAS TO FIX AUSTRALIA

Simon Breheny, Matthew Lesh, Daniel Wild, Morgan Begg and Gideon Rozner Started 10 May 2018 Constitution and law, Dignity of work,

This article first appeared in the May 2018 edition of the IPA Review. PDF available here. A recent university study found that public satisfaction with our democratic processes and public trust...

IPA TODAY

Your License To Work

Gideon Rozner Started 1 May 2018 Dignity of work, Innovation and entrepreneurship,

It’s hard to recall an Australian election in which the word ‘skills’ didn’t find its way into at least one of the major parties’ policy platforms. A vague mantra of ‘investing in skills’ is often...

IPA TODAY

A Universal Basic Income Would Create A Permanent Underclass

Matthew Lesh 5 April 2018 Dignity of work, Finance and economics,

Greens leader Richard Di Natale told the National Press Club yesterday that, because of the changing nature of work, Australia should introduce a universal basic income. His proposal would be...

Originally appeared in Sydney Morning Herald

PUBLICATIONS

Another Union Attack on Affordable Childcare

Gideon Rozner 27 March 2018 Dignity of work, Ideas and liberty,

Free market think tank the Institute of Public Affairs has today called out those responsible for an unreasonable strike that will cause unnecessarily inconvenience for many families. IPA Research...

IPA TV

Why The ACTU Hates The Sharing Economy

Gideon Rozner 21 March 2018 Dignity of work, Ipa today,

Sally McManus’ speech today shows the ACTU are going after Uber, Airtasker, Deliveroo and other new businesses coming out of the sharing economy. Gideon Rozner explains why McManus’...

PUBLICATIONS

McManus Plan For Red Tape On Jobs Would Leave More Australians In The Unemployment Queues

Gideon Rozner 21 March 2018 Dignity of work, Ipa today,

The policies proposed by ACTU Secretary Sally McManus at the National Press Club today are part a radical union recruitment drive that would leave more Australians in the unemployment queues...

IPA TODAY

Australia’s Entrepreneurship Crisis and Three Ways To Fix It

Matthew Lesh 1 March 2018 Dignity of work, Innovation and entrepreneurship,

Red tape is holding back our entrepreneurs and threatening our economic prosperity, new IPA research has found. Nine of Australia’s top ten largest companies were founded before 1925; by contrast...

Labor’s ‘Living Wage’ Will Hurt The Poor, Unemployed

Gideon Rozner 1 February 2018 Dignity of work, Finance and economics,

True to form, the unions are using clever marketing to beat the drum for a lousy idea. And true to form, that lousy idea is finding its way into the policy platform of the Australian Labor Party...

PUBLICATIONS

Inquiry Into The Future Of Work And Workers In Australia

Aaron Lane and Gideon Rozner 30 January 2018 Dignity of work, Innovation and entrepreneurship,

Inquiry into the future of work and workers in Australia We refer to the above inquiry, and provide a submission to the Senate Select Committee on the Future of Work and Workers (the Committee) on...

A Platform to Work: The Sharing Economy

Aaron Lane Started 18 December 2017 Dignity of work,

This article appeared in the December 2017 IPA Review: An increasing number of Australians are turning to sharing economy platforms to work independently. Airtasker’s (a popular sharing economy...

In The News

ACTU’s ‘Living Wage’ Will Push Up Business Costs And Boost Joblessness

Matthew Lesh 8 November 2017 Dignity of work, Finance and economics,

The “living wage” proposed by the Australian Council of Trade Unions would increase poverty and make the poorest in our society worse off. The ACTU is calling for the replacement of the existing...

Originally appeared in The Australian

Media Releases

ACTU Right On The Problem; Wrong On The Solution

Daniel Wild 2 November 2017 Dignity of work, Finance and economics,

“The ACTU is right to say that the rising cost of living needs urgent policy attention. But the right way to reduce the cost of living is to cut red tape to increase competition in the energy...

Latest data shows that Aussie men are still out of work

Gideon Rozner 26 October 2017 Dignity of work, Ipa today,

The number of prime-age men out of work still hovers at around one in five, according to recently-released census data. Earlier this year, the IPA published a report showing that the number of men...

In The News

When France Puts You To Shame With IR Reform, You’re In Trouble

Gideon Rozner 12 October 2017 Dignity of work, Foreign affairs and trade,

Australia needs politicians like Emmanuel Macron – politicians who are willing to take on powerful vested interests for the sake of reform. Sure, there’s plenty not to like about Macron: the...

Originally appeared in The Spectator Australia

Dignity of Work

Australian Men Without Work

Gideon Rozner Started 1 October 2017 Dignity of work,

A new book reveals how prime aged American men are leaving the workforce. Gideon Rozner shines a light on a similar invisible underclass here in Australia. Forget what you’ve heard— in the land...

Media Releases

Australia’s Silent Crisis In Male Employment

Gideon Rozner 19 August 2017 Dignity of work, Ipa today,

Australia is experiencing a mass exodus of working-age men from the labour force, according to a landmark report released today by the Institute of Public Affairs. The report The Disappearing...

Research Papers

The Disappearing Australian Working Man

Gideon Rozner 19 August 2017 Dignity of work, Ipa today,

In Men Without Work: America’s Invisible Crisis, American Enterprise Institute fellow Nicholas Eberstadt takes a close look at the rapidly growing cohort of American men who are out of work...

Dignity of Work

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