Edited by the Institute for Social Research, Swinburne University of Technology

John Buchanan

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Australia at work: in a changing world

During the global financial crisis workers who stayed in their jobs did not reduce their working hours, despite widespread government and commentator claims that cuts in hours had helped stem job losses during the downturn

Understanding vocational education and training, productivity and workforce participation

This report explores access to vocational education and training (and university) currently and historically over the past 20 years

Australia@Work: the benchmark report

Australia@Work is a five year study of 8343 participants in the Australian labour market, assessing the impacts of changes and perceptions of working life

Workplace industrial relations on the eve of work choices: a report on a survey of employers in Queensland, NSW and Victoria

This report on a survey of employers in Queensland, NSW and Victoria concludes that the end result of changes in both policy and practice over recent years has been a
reduction in the role of collectively determined and publicly recognised standards

Living low paid

The Low Pay Project examines the effects of low pay on workers and their households

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Secrecy law reforms strike a blow to old culture of government secrecy
12 March 2010

The Australian Law Reform Commission report into Commonwealth secrecy laws, Secrecy Laws and Open Government in Australia (ALRC Report 112) is the result of a 15 -month inquiry which identified 506 secrecy provisions in 176 pieces of Commonwealth legislation, including 358 criminal secrecy offences.

WANTED: Communications Projects (Melbourne)
16 February 2010

RMIT University in Melbourne runs a degree program where groups of
communication research‐trained students work on a communication research
project for a not‐for‐profit client.

Making Inquiries: A New Statutory Framework (ALRC Report 111)
06 February 2010

On 20 January 2009, the Australian Law Reform Commission (ALRC) received Terms of Reference from the Attorney-General of Australia to review the operation and provisions of the Royal Commissions Act 1902

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