Public schools play a critical role in ensuring access to educational opportunity for Australians from all economic and geographical communities. In this report, Centre for Future Work researchers document the large economic and social benefits of stronger funding for public schools.

The authors of this report argue that Australia needs to respond quickly to powerful new incentives for sustainable manufacturing now on offer in the United States and several other industrial countries, or risk being cut out of lucrative new markets for manufactured products linked to renewable energy systems.

This report combines data from the Department of Education, the OECD, and original survey data from a national poll conducted by the Centre for Future Work, to draw attention to key challenges facing public universities today.

This report calls for comprehensive industrial reforms to address gig work, as part of broader workforce strategies for the NDIS and aged care sectors.

This briefing reviews the main features of the Commonwealth Budget 2023-24 from the perspective of workers and labour markets.