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.

Media Releases

Passage Of Registered Organisations Bill Warmly Welcomed

Brett Hogan and Aaron Lane 22 November 2016 Dignity of work, Media releases,

The passage through Parliament of the Fair Work (Registered Organisations) Bill in the early hours of this morning has been warmly welcomed by free market think tank the Institute of Public...

Opinion

Dreamworld AGM Fiasco Is The Sort Of Reason People Hate Corporate Australia

John Roskam 4 November 2016 Dignity of work, Ideas and liberty,

What Ardent Leisure did last week says a lot about Australia’s corporate culture. Two days before its scheduled annual general meeting four people were killed in an accident at Dreamworld, a...

Submission To The Inquiry Into The impact Of The Government’s Workplace Bargaining Policy

Aaron Lane 26 October 2016 Dignity of work, Publications,

Enterprise bargaining requires negotiation from both sides. The government’s policy provides the flexibility for this to occur on the employer side. This is in stark contrast to the public...

Opinion

Union Bully Busting: FU To The UFU

Gideon Rozner 14 October 2016 Dignity of work, Ipa today,

Voters in the ACT have a stark choice this weekend: Jeremy Hanson and the Canberra Liberals, or four more years of a government notoriously beholden to trade unions (even by Labor standards)...

Research Papers

Code Red

Aaron Lane and Gideon Rozner 1 October 2016 Dignity of work, Publications,

While the Turnbull Government recently introduced legislation to the Parliament to prohibit EBA clauses that restrict an emergency management body’s ability to manage volunteers, this change...

Opinion