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The economy is slowing as the Reserve Bank hits the brake
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The economy is slowing as the Reserve Bank hits the brake

December 8, 2022 by Greg Jericho in The Guardian

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Originally published in The Guardian on December 8, 2022

The build up of savings during the pandemic is over – now we need strong income growth to keep the economy going as the Reserve Bank tries to slow it.

The September quarter GDP figures reinforced the precarious nature of Australia’s economy.

The annual GDP growth of 5.6% is extremely strong, but as Fiscal and Labour market policy director, Greg Jericho notes in his Guardian Australia column, the past three quarters have seen a slowing of growth with the economy growing just 0.6% in the September quarter.

Largely the economy has been supported by household spending, and yet even here we see a slowing as household disposable income fails to keep pace with inflation.

All of this comes at a period when the Reserve Bank is slamming on the brakes. Since the end of the September quarter the Reserve Bank has raised the cash rate by 75 basis points. And given that the impact of the rate rises in August and September would not be fully realised in the September quarter GDP figures, the economy is likely to keep slowing for some time more.

The national accounts reveal that much of the inflation in the economy is in areas outside of the influence of the RBA – imports and energy costs – while areas such as house prices that are affected by rate rises have already slowed sharply.

Given that household saving levels are back where they were prior to the pandemic, this means household spending must come from real growth in incomes. That will be hard to sustain if the economy slows further.

The rate rises have already slowed the economy and with more rises and more slowing on the way, that makes 2023 a worrying year ahead.
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Want to lift workers’ productivity? Let’s start with their bosses

August 19, 2025 by David Peetz in The New Daily

Business representatives sit down today with government and others to talk about productivity. Who, according to those business representatives, will need to change the way they do things?

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Feeling hopeless? You’re not alone. The untold story behind Australia’s plummeting standard of living

August 13, 2025

A new report on Australia’s standard of living has found that low real wages, underfunded public services and skyrocketing prices have left many families experiencing hardship and hopelessness.

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Centre For Future Work to evolve into standalone entity

December 19, 2025

The Centre for Future Work was established by the Australia Institute in 2016 to conduct and publish progressive economic research on work, employment, and labour markets. Supported by the Australian Union movement, the centre produced cutting edge research and led the national conversation on economic issues facing working people: including the future of jobs, wages
December 8, 2022
The Reserve Bank needs to watch that it doesn’t push the economy off a cliff
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The Reserve Bank needs to watch that it doesn’t push the economy off a cliff

December 1, 2022 by Greg Jericho in The Guardian

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Originally published in The Guardian on December 1, 2022

For most of this year, the warnings and news about inflation have been one of hope for the best but experience the worst. Predictions of future inflation growth have continually been revised upwards and with it has been the suggestion that interest rates need to keep rising.

But as Labour Market and Fiscal Policy Director, Greg Jericho, notes in his Guardian Australia column, the latest monthly inflation figures out yesterday suggest that maybe the peak could be lower than anticipated.

While the monthly figures can be a little erratic, they do closely align with the quarterly “official” CPI figures and in October the ABS estimates that annual inflation growth fell from 7.3% to 6.9%. Better still this makes 4 months in a row where inflation has remained around 7%, rather than increasing quickly as it has since the middle of last year.

Combined with the latest Retail Trade figures released this week which showed the dollar amount spent in the shops fell in October, and the volume of spending falling even faster, there are solid signs that the interest rate rises are having an impact.

This means the Reserve Bank needs to be very cautious as much of the impact of the rate rises from September October and November has yet to flow through into the data. And because the rates of existing mortgages take longer to rise than do rates for new home loans this also means that even were the RBA to halt rate rises, for most mortgage holders rates will still be about to rise over the next few months.

The IMF, OECD, Treasury and the RBA itself all forecast a sharp slowing of Australia’s economy next year and into 2024. The rationale has been that this is the cost of needing to reduce inflation, but the central bank needs to be very careful that it does not commit overkill. With the economy and consumer spending already slowing, and inflation showing some good signs that growth is no longer increasing at a rapid rate, the RBA should strongly consider not increasing the rate next week in its final board meeting of the year.
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Dutton’s nuclear push will cost renewable jobs

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Dutton’s nuclear push will cost renewable jobs As Australia’s federal election campaign has finally begun, opposition leader Peter Dutton’s proposal to spend hundreds of billions in public money to build seven nuclear power plants across the country has been carefully scrutinized. The technological unfeasibility, staggering cost, and scant detail of the Coalition’s nuclear proposal have

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Want to lift workers’ productivity? Let’s start with their bosses

August 19, 2025 by David Peetz in The New Daily

Business representatives sit down today with government and others to talk about productivity. Who, according to those business representatives, will need to change the way they do things?

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A smooth move or a tough transition? Protecting workers who’ll lose their jobs when the Eraring Power Station closes

August 1, 2025

The Centre for Future Work at The Australia Institute has urged the federal government to take charge of transitioning hundreds of workers into secure employment when the Eraring Power Station shuts down.

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December 1, 2022
Wages growth improves but real wages fall at a record rate
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Wages growth improves but real wages fall at a record rate

November 17, 2022 by Greg Jericho in The Guardian

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Originally published in The Guardian on November 17, 2022

The latest wages price index figures show that for the first time since 2013 wages grew by more than 3% in the past year.

This growth is very welcome. It highlights that far from wages driving inflation, wage growth is only now beginning to grow at a pace that would be expected given the low level of unemployment. But as Labour Market and Fiscal Policy Director, Greg Jericho notes in his Guardian Australia column, while the level of wage growth we are seeing remains well below what would have been expected in the past with a 3.5% unemployment rate.

The strong growth came mostly from the private sector through a combination of new financial year individual contracts and the 5.2% minimum wage increase.

But even this is not enough to prevent real wages from falling for the 9th straight quarter. For more than 2 years now prices have been rising faster the wages. It has seen real wages fall back to 2011 levels after a 4.6% fall since September 2020.

The figures show that greater bargaining power is required for workers as they continue to lose out. The fastest wage growth for a decade should not see the biggest fall in real wages on record.

We know that greater enterprise bargaining producers better wages growth. That business groups are so against the provision in the Fair Work Amendment Bill demonstrates how worried they are about the ability of workers to have increased ability to bargain.

Profits have been growing faster than inflation, but wages are not.

The latest wage growth figures are pleasing to see, but they also demonstrate the challenges ahead, and just how greatly workers’ living standards have been hit by price rises that they did nothing to cause.
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The continuing irrelevance of minimum wages to future inflation

April 4, 2025

Minimum and award wages should grow by 5 to 9 per cent this year

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Australia does not have a “productivity crisis” – new research

July 28, 2025 by Jim Stanford

New research by The Australia Institute reveals there is little evidence of a “productivity crisis” in Australia, despite claims to the contrary from business leaders and politicians.

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Want to lift workers’ productivity? Let’s start with their bosses

August 19, 2025 by David Peetz in The New Daily

Business representatives sit down today with government and others to talk about productivity. Who, according to those business representatives, will need to change the way they do things?

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November 17, 2022
Multi-Employer Bargaining Necessary for Fixing Wages Crisis
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Multi-Employer Bargaining Necessary for Fixing Wages Crisis

November 14, 2022 by Fiona Macdonald in The Conversation

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Fiona Macdonald

Acting Director, Centre for Future Work

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Originally published in The Conversation on November 14, 2022

Proposed reforms to Commonwealth industrial relations laws would create more opportunities for collective bargaining to occur on a multi-employer basis, rather than being limited solely to individual workplaces or enterprises. Business groups have attacked this proposal as a dramatic change that would supposedly spark widespread work stoppages and industrial chaos.

But as our Policy Director Fiona Macdonald argues in this new commentary for The Conversation, multi-employer bargaining is already allowed under various existing provisions of the Fair Work Act. The problem is that those provisions do not work. For example, the low-paid bargaining stream in the Fair Work Act has yet to result in a single multi-employer agreement, due to its stringent conditions and inconsistent application by the Fair Work Commission.

Dr Macdonald argues that reforming these multi-employer bargaining streams so they can actually work will be an important part of any strategy to revitalise stagnant wages in Australia.

For more details on the failure of existing multi-employer bargaining streams, and core principles for a stronger bargaining system, please also see the Centre for Future Work’s submission to the Senate inquiry on the Secure Jobs, Better Wages reform package (co-authord by Dr Macdonald, Jim Stanford, and Lily Raynes).
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Feeling hopeless? You’re not alone. The untold story behind Australia’s plummeting standard of living

August 13, 2025

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Want to lift workers’ productivity? Let’s start with their bosses

August 19, 2025 by David Peetz in The New Daily

Business representatives sit down today with government and others to talk about productivity. Who, according to those business representatives, will need to change the way they do things?

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The continuing irrelevance of minimum wages to future inflation

April 4, 2025

Minimum and award wages should grow by 5 to 9 per cent this year

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November 14, 2022
With household incomes set to fall, we need to think about what matters in the economy
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With household incomes set to fall, we need to think about what matters in the economy

November 10, 2022 by Greg Jericho in The Guardian

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Greg Jericho

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Originally published in The Guardian on November 10, 2022

The current tightening of monetary policy is undoubtedly having an impact. While it may take some time for the slowing of inflation to flow through to the official CPI figures – especially given the level of inflation that is being imported – the economy is set to slow drastically.

As Labor Market and Fiscal Policy Director Greg Jericho notes in his Guardian Australia column the Reserve Bank in last week’s Statement on Monetary Policy, has forecast GDP growth to slow to levels normally associated with recessions – even if the RBA is not actually forecasting a recession.

However, in one area the RBA is not hedging at all – that of real household disposable income. This measure, which essentially examines the living standards of the average household, is forecast to decline at a pace as bad as any experienced in the past 60 years.

While a fall in household incomes was always expected given the abnormal level of stimulus that occurred during the pandemic, the fall is predicted to be much greater than just going back to where we were. The Reserve Bank predict incomes will fall well below the pre-pandemic trend level.

That such a drastic fall has received little coverage highlights that the orthodox commentary and debate around the economy largely focuses on aspects that minimise workers and households in place of corporations and the “broader” economy of GDP.

The cost of taming inflation is too often discussed in terms of whether it will send the economy into a recession, without examining if that measure misses the real-life experience of most people.

If the RBA forecast comes true, inflation will have been brought back to the RBA target, GDP will have kept growing, but household living standards will have plunged.
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Want to lift workers’ productivity? Let’s start with their bosses

August 19, 2025 by David Peetz in The New Daily

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A smooth move or a tough transition? Protecting workers who’ll lose their jobs when the Eraring Power Station closes

August 1, 2025

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Go Home On Time Day 2025. As full timers disconnect, part timers are doing more unpaid overtime

November 19, 2025

New research by the Centre for Future Work at The Australia Institute has revealed a disturbing new twist when it comes to unpaid overtime in Australia.

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November 10, 2022
Would further interest rate rises do more harm than good?
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Would further interest rate rises do more harm than good?

November 3, 2022 by Greg Jericho in The Guardian

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Originally published in The Guardian on November 3, 2022

In the past 7 months, the Reserve Bank has increased the cash rate by 275 basis points. That is as fast as any time since the RBA became independent. Given the pace of inflation growth, the rises are not wholly without cause, but as policy director, Greg Jericho notes in his Guardian Australia column the main drivers of inflation are now easing, and wages are yet to take off. In that case, should the RBA continue to raise rates given it will only slow the economy further?

Over the past year, the main driver of inflation has been house prices accounting for a quarter of the 7.3% rise in the CPI. And yet we know that house price growth is now either slowing dramatically or even falling in some areas. The RBA has also noted that commodity prices are falling and supply-side issues are being dealt with and that these aspects, which are not influenced by interest rates, will reduce inflation next year.

At the same time, the Reserve Bank continues to sound warnings of a wage-price spiral despite any evidence of such a thing occurring. Indeed the latest CPI figures show that overwhelmingly inflation is driven by the price rises of goods rather than services. This is important because service prices and wages are strongly linked.

More rate rises will certainly continue to reduce demand in the economy as the cost of servicing a mortgage rises. But to what end? The main factors driving inflation are easing, wages have not risen above 3% yet, let alone to a rate anywhere near inflation.

Even if wages were to rise in line with the historical link with service prices, in September they would have risen 3.5% – a level very much consistent with inflation growth of between 2% and 3%. And yet we know that wages are unlikely to rise that fast. The most recent estimates have it closer to 2.8%.

The great risk now is that further rate rises will only hurt the economy for little gain and see wages growth stunted before they even get to a level that would see real wages rising.
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Want to lift workers’ productivity? Let’s start with their bosses

August 19, 2025 by David Peetz in The New Daily

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Go Home On Time Day 2025. As full timers disconnect, part timers are doing more unpaid overtime

November 19, 2025

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Centre For Future Work to evolve into standalone entity

December 19, 2025

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November 3, 2022
Job Opening: Carmichael Distinguished Research Fellow
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Job Opening: Carmichael Distinguished Research Fellow

October 24, 2022 by Jim Stanford
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The Carmichael Centre at the Centre for Future Work invites applications for the Laurie Carmichael Distinguished Research Fellow position. It’s a three-year posting, with awesome potential to explore a range of progressive issues related to unions, collective bargaining, industrial policy, and workers’ education.

Applications are due at 11:59 pm 21 November 2022. The Melbourne-based position will start in January. Please see job description and application details below. Come and join our team!

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The Carmichael Centre is a project housed within the Centre for Future Work at the Australia Institute, to acknowledge the legacy of former union leader Laurie Carmichael. Laurie passed away in 2018 after a lifetime of outstanding service and innovative leadership to the trade union and social justice movements in Australia. His legacy touches on numerous themes that remain relevant and pressing today, including:

The importance of active industrial policy to develop Australia’s value-added industries.

The importance of skills and vocational education to a strong economy and labour market.

The importance of strong union education programs to the development of an effective and vibrant cadre of union leaders and activists.

The importance of shorter working hours and superannuation to the quality of life of working people.

The importance of actively integrating economic, labour market and social policies, in a multi-dimensional plan for achieving full economic and social equality.

The importance of peace and resistance to war.

The Carmichael Centre is established to:

Increase public awareness of Laurie Carmichael’s life, achievements, and ideas.

Undertake and publish new research into themes relevant to Laurie’s legacy (including trade unionism, vocational education, and labour and social policy).

Contribute to modern efforts to educate trade unionists in political-economy and related subjects.

Celebrate the achievements of the union movement and inspire emerging leaders.

To that end, the Carmichael Centre hosts a 3-year research and public education position, the Laurie Carmichael Distinguished Research Fellow, awarded to a mid-career or senior researcher in labour and industrial relations, political-economy, or a related field.

The Fellow will undertake and publish new research, and undertake other educational and commentary activities, consistent with the themes and progressive vision expressed by Laurie Carmichael, and the goals of the Centre.

The Fellow will be employed by the Australia Institute, and would work from our office in Melbourne.

Compensation for the position will be consistent with experience of the successful candidate (and will include superannuation contributions and related employment expenses).

Prospective candidates for the Fellow must demonstrate the following attributes:

Proven record of high-quality research and publication in fields relevant to the Carmichael Centre’s goals.

Demonstrated history of commitment to and engagement in the trade union movement.

Capacity and willingness to engage in the range of activities (including research, education, public commentary, and public events) that will be required of the role.

Applicants are invited for the Carmichael Fellow. Applications must include a cover letter describing the applicant’s interest and experience in trade unionism and the themes relevant to the Carmichael Centre; a full resume (listing relevant experience and publications); and 2 letters of reference.

Applications should be submitted electronically by 11:59 pm AEDT on Monday 21 November, 2022, to:

recruitment@australiainstitute.org.au

Only applicants selected for an interview will be contacted. Online interviews will be held in early December. The successful candidate will commence work in January, 2023.

Thank you for your interest in the Carmichael Centre!
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Dutton’s nuclear push will cost renewable jobs

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October 24, 2022
Families change but the same problems remain
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Families change but the same problems remain

October 20, 2022 by Greg Jericho in The Guardian

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Greg Jericho

Chief Economist

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Originally published in The Guardian on October 20, 2022

The latest data from the Bureau of Statistics on families shows that more than ever before couples with dependants are both working.

Labour market policy director, Greg Jericho, notes in his Guardian Australia column that over the past 40 years the make-up of families has shifted dramatically from ones with just one parent working to now more than 70% having both partners in employment.

While this has mostly come from the great gains made by women since the 1970s that have seen changes to discrimination laws, child care and also societal norms to allow women to participate in paid work even once they have had children, it also highlights the rising cost of living pressures faced by most families.

The times when a family on one income could be expected to buy a house are long gone. But the decade of weak wage growth and recent falls in real wages make living on one wage even more difficult.

But the data reveals that men are still more likely to be the sole breadwinner and it confirms the labour force data that shows women remain much less likely than men to work full-time. This is a major reason why women in over 90% of occupations earn on average less than do men. It means that women remain at a heightened risk of income loss in the event of relationship breakdowns that can severely affect their standard of living, especially in retirement.

The data also reveals that women remain very much the most likely parent in sole-parent families. Given the laws that now see such parents move from the parenting allowance to the lower-paying Jobseeker once their youngest child turns 8, this highlights the precarious nature over 800,000 women face as they attempt to survive as the sole parent.
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With a global recession looming the cure of inflation looks to be worse than the disease
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With a global recession looming the cure of inflation looks to be worse than the disease

October 13, 2022 by Greg Jericho in The Guardian

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Originally published in The Guardian on October 13, 2022

This week the IMF released its latest World Economic Outlook. And the outlook is dire. Economic growth around the world was downgraded with recession-like conditions being predicted for many advanced economies including the USA, UK and much of the EU.

As policy director, Greg Jericho, notes in his Guardian Australia column, the outlook is not much better for Australia. The IMF is now predicting that in 2023 and 2024 Australia’s GDP will grow less than 2%. Such meagre growth in the past has been consistent with periods of recession.

The report should serve as a stark warning to central banks around the world that their efforts to limit inflation by sharply raising interest rates is becoming more and more likely to end with a recession and the resultant massive loss of jobs that will follow. Experience from the 1980s and 1990s where similar recessions followed extreme tightening of monetary policy suggests it can take a long time to reverse the damage.

While the Reserve Bank is somewhat constrained because it needs to be mindful of the rate rises in the USA that weaken the value of the Australian dollar, the IMF report should cause them to weigh much more the costs of sharply slowing growth through interest rate rises.

We know that current efforts to limit inflation growth are mostly involving workers taking a real wage hit. Having to endure rising unemployment and a recession after 2 years of already extreme falls in living standards would be disastrous, especially while profits continue to rise.
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The UK shows how bad the Stage 3 tax cuts will be
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The UK shows how bad the Stage 3 tax cuts will be

September 29, 2022 by Greg Jericho in The Guardian

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Greg Jericho

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Originally published in The Guardian on September 29, 2022

This week the UK government introduced massive high-income tax cuts – cuts that are not even as bad as the Stage 3 tax cuts here in Australia. And the reaction by the market was brutal. Investors saw the tax cuts for what they were – a redistribution of national income from the poorest to the wealthiest, that provided no economic growth. As a result the value of the UK Pound plunged.

Fiscal Policy Director, Greg Jericho, notes in his Guardian Australia column that there are big lessons for Australia.

The Stage 3 tax cuts are a case of terrible economics masquerading as a growth strategy. Trickledown economics does not work, never has, and this week we have discovered that even the markets agree.

Rather than destroy your tax base, governments need to care about sustaining a broad revenue base that works to reduce inequality and fund services and investments that drives productivity and helps those who most need it.

Trickledown economics has never worked and was always just fraudulent spin designed to hide its real aim of giving rich and powerful people tax cuts at the expense of others.

This week has shown that no one even believes the lie anymore.
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