I'm not an economist, so I don't know which position is correct...

Today Urban Taskforce released a report called Going Nowhere, which was picked up by the Daily Telegraph and the Australian. They argue that ( Read more... )

I am just arrived home from my first out-of-town conference for work, and I'm absolutely exhausted! I have been down in Canberra the last couple of days for the annual conference of the Australian Council of Social Services, or ACOSS. The topic was "equity ( Read more... )

Everyday at work I automatically receive dozens of government and third sector media releases, doorstop interviews with politicans, excerpts from parliamentary debates and policy announcements. In the last couple of months there have obviously been a number of recurring themes. The carbon trading scheme, new policies regarding disability support ( Read more... )

Once again, being out of the office yesterday afternoon meant that I missed my ABS email. Here is the 4th installment, half a day late:

4517.0 - Prisoners in Australia, 2009This link will take you to the ABS media release, which summarises the findings of prisoners in Australia in 2009. You can find teh actual ABS release by clicking on the ' ( Read more... )

Did you wake up this morning thinking:

"What are some of the main barriers and incentives to labour force participation in Australia?"

If you did, then today is your lucky day, because today the ABS released some fresh new statistics:

6239.0 - Barriers and Incentives to Labour Force Participation, Australia, Jul 2008 to Jun 2009Maybe that sounds ( Read more... )

This post is not very well structured ( Read more... )