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The economic impacts of the COVID-19 health crisis have increased gender inequalities in the Australian labour market. With women over-represented in lower-paid, insecure and casual jobs, and shouldering the majority of unpaid domestic and care labour prior to the [...]
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2018 11th Annual Wheelwright Lecture in Political Economy
Alfredo Saad-Filho (Professor of Political Economy, SOAS, University of London)
Eastern Avenue Auditorium, University of Sydney
30 August, 2018: 6:00 – 7:30pm (drinks and bookstall in the Foyer [...]
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It’s 2016 and we are moving backwards on work, care and family policies. Governments focused on balanced budgets rather than balanced lives have stymied support for workers with caring responsibilities – mostly women. This is at a time of increased global attention on gender, [...]
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Please, no scented candles or toasters for Elizabeth Hill this Mother’s Day. What she really wants — what all Australian mothers want — is better paid parental leave, affordable childcare and a ramp at her local train station.
Last Sunday was my 15th Mother’s [...]
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The 21st century is the age of the ‘precariat’, an era of ‘footloose labour’ defined by insecure, unprotected and low-paid work. Narratives about the changing nature of work typically include a lament about the declining power of the labour movement and the difficulties contemporary unions [...]
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The recommendation by the Productivity Commission for a single means-tested childcare subsidy is an innovative contribution to the current childcare debate in Australia and could facilitate a more sustainable and equitable system of public support for childcare and early childhood learning [...]
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