News and events

2021 - In the Media

14 November 2021

• Professor Lucy Taksa was quoted in Taylor, A., "Talk to the robot: How technology is changing the way you find a job", The Sydney Morning Herald.

10 October 2021

• Associate Professor Yvette Blount was interviewed about remote working ABC NewsRadio, 3.35pm

27 September 2021

• Dr Catherine Bishop was interviewed about 19th Century Female Entrepreneurs on 702 ABC Sydney.

25 September 2021

• Dr Daryll Hull was interviewed about the impact of COVID on the Hunter Valley wine tourism industry, 1233 ABC Newcastle

24 September 2021

• Dr Catherine Bishop, ‘Hidden women of history: Annie Lock was a bolshie, outspoken Australian missionary, full of contradictions’, The Conversation.

18 September 2021

• Dr Claire Wright provided comment about how companies deal with staff gaming online HR tests in Trinca, H., ‘After KPMG, gaming online tests is the real challenge for corporates’, The Australian.

30 August 2021

• Dr Catherine Bishop was interviewed by Clark, P. about working women and entrepreneurs in Australian history, ‘The Working Women’, Nightlife, ABC Radio.

15 August 2021

• Associate Professor Ben Spies-Butcher was featured regarding the new Australian Basic Income Lab in Wade, M., ‘Pandemic a ‘natural experiment’ for universal basic income proposals’, The Sydney Morning Herald.

9 August 2021

• Dr Andrew Burridge was interviewed on 702 ABC Sydney about the history of the Census. (This story was originally published on The Lighthouse.) https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/Gb6-CmO5wZsZ78koiGw7L2?domain=link.newsletter.meltwater.com

12 June 2021

• Professor Lucy Taksa and Professor Fei Guo, ‘Organisations must stop shifting responsibility for harrassment’, Sydney Morning Herald, P72, 12 June 2021.

5 June 2021

• Professor Fei Guo provided comment about China's new three-child policy in Zhao, I., ‘China's three-child policy is designed to bring on a baby boom, but its young adults are 'lying flat', ABC News

4 June 2021

• Professor Lucy Taksa and Professor Louise Thornthwaite, ‘Organisations must stop shifting responsibility for harassment ‘, The Sydney Morning Herald, an article about how organisations can deal with workplace discrimination and harassment. (This story was originally published on The Lighthouse.)

28 May 2021

• Professor Ray Markey and Associate Professor Martin O'Brien, 'Cutting minimum wage does not lead to more jobs', Sydney Morning Herald.

18 May 2021

• Professor Lucy Taksa and Professor Louise Thornthwaite, 'Bad behaviour at work: Whose responsibility is it?', The Lighthouse.

1-2 May 2021

• Professor Lucy Taksa and Dr Troy Sarina were featured in ‘Courts serve up rulings for digital firms’, The Sydney Morning Herald (Print version), 1-2 May 2021, (Career P.11), regarding court rulings relating to gig economy workers. This story was originally published on The Lighthouse.

23 April 2021

• Dr Michael Walker, ‘‘They track our every move’: why the cards were stacked against a union at Amazon’, The Conversation

1 May 2021

• Professor Lucy Taksa and Dr Troy Sarina were featured in ‘Gig Economy must be brought into line, for the sake of all workers’, The Sydney Morning Herald , 1 May 2021, regarding court rulings relating to gig economy workers. This story was originally published on The Lighthouse.

23 April 2021

• Dr Michael Walker, ‘‘They track our every move’: why the cards were stacked against a union at Amazon’, The Conversation

4 April 2021

• Professor Nick Parr was featured in Visontay, E., ‘Melbourne is getting closer to overtaking Sydney in population – what does it mean for both cities?’, The Guardian regarding Melbourne's growing population which now almost equals Sydney's.

14 March 2021

• Professor Nick Parr was featured in Wade M., ‘Birth strike: the fertility rate in NSW is set to dive’, Sydney Morning Herald regarding factors behind the declining birth rate in NSW.

26 February 2021

• Professor Lucy Taksa and Associate Professor Tanya Evans's research was featured in Anon., 'History, Heritage and Environmental Change in a Deindustrialised Landscape', Lithgow Village Voice, Issue 368, P21.

6 January 2021

• Distinguished Professor Ingrid Piller and Dr Hanna Torsh were featured on Hill, S., ‘Multilingualism in Australia’, Radio National Nightlife, regarding multilingualism in Australia.

CWF Illuminate Public Lectures

2 May 2019

Integration of humanitarian migrants into the host country labour market

9 April 2019

Workforce, knowledge and profit in the new university world

4 March 2019

Ports and shipping policy in Australia in the 21st century

16 October 2018

Parliaments on the move, or how buildings maintain institutions

10 July 2018

Contingent work and flexible labour markets in the arts

28 May 2018

Addressing the ostrich phenomenon: gender, cultural and age diversity and the future of workplace culture

6 March 2018

Reading Qantas history: discourses of intersectionality and the early years of Qantas

CWF Webinar Panel Discussion Series

27 November 2020

Disruptions, Challenges and Opportunities in Retail: Workforce, Business and Innovation during and after COVID

7 October 2020

Education: A crucial pathway to quality aged care

5 June 2020

The Impact of COVID-19 on Industrial Relations and Working Futures Panel 1: Changing the Rules on Enterprise Agreements

20 May – 3 June 2020

Prof. Norma Harrison: Response and Resilience in Supply Chains Amid COVID-19 (3 webinars)

CWF Seminars & Webinars

16 September 2021

Centre for  Workforce Futures Projects featured at  the 'Rethinking Deindustrialization Studies' event held featuring Australian scholars exploring various dimensions of the phenomenon.

The event was organised by Canadian colleagues at Concordia University in Montreal under the auspices of Deindustrialization and the Politics Of Our Time (Depot)

Depot is a Social Sciences And Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Of Canada-Funded Partnership Project consisting Of 33 Partner Organizations and 24 Co-Applicants and Collaborators from 6 countries in Western Europe (Italy, France, Germany And The United Kingdom) and North America (Canada, United States). The Partnership examines the historical roots and lived experience of deindustrialization as well as the political responses to it. The overall goal is to understand deindustrialization in transnational and comparative perspective, its causes, the responses to it, its effects, and its legacies.

23 June 2021

Aaron McEwan: Redesigning Work for the Hybrid World - Opportunities for Knowledge Workers

12 May 2021

Leanmote: Wellbeing at scale: Combating mental health in the modern workplace

28 April 2021

Philip Sacks and Adrian Barwick: The Rule of Law and Industrial Relations

16 December 2020

Dr Peter J. Jordan: Managing reactions to uncertainty and fear at work

26 February 2020

Prof Erica Salvaj: Corporate women in Australian and Chilean business elites

18 February 2020

Dr Craig S. Fleisher: How to build a time machine for public affairs executives

12 December 2019

Dr Claire Wright: Really, really ridiculously good-looking: The corporate elite and capitalist imagination in twentieth century Australia

27 November 2019

Dr Ron Kerr and Professor Sarah Robinson: Mechanisms of terror?: Critical Management Studies Early Career Academics’ experiences of ‘targets and terror’ in the contemporary business school

21 November 2019

Associate Professor Sarah Kaine: Audit and remediation of labour issues in supply chains: Some reflections

29 October 2019

Ryohei Mogi: Cross-sectional average length of life by parity

22 October 2019

Hadyn Bernau: Social Risk

21 October 2019

Associate Professor Lan Snell: The Future of Work: What are you doing to future-proof yourself?

25 September 2019

Dina Petrakis: Settlement Services International (SSI) Ignite Small Business Start-Up Initiative for people from refugee backgrounds

17 September 2019

Dr Catherine Bishop: Business as Usual? Investigating Women and Enterprise in Australian History

5 September 2019

Professor Nicholas Smith: Two philosophical perspectives on the 4-day week

10 July 2019

Migration in India: Policy Challenges; New Book: India Moving: A History of Migration

12 June 2019

Advancing skilled employment of autistic people: State of the art and avenues for future research

4 June 2019

Time and space — the visual atlas of Australian co-operatives

28 May 2019

Corporate gender culture

15 May 2019

Social capital: strong ties for tough times

6 May 2019

Social networks and the labour market

Ethnic identity and immigrants’ labour market outcomes

16 April 2019

The macro factors affecting refugee adjustment

2 April 2019

Flying blind? Policy challenges and possible research directions for aircraft maintenance in Australia

28 March 2019

Exposing our members’ new ARC-funded projects and the value of cross-disciplinary research knowledge creation and exchange

15 November 2018

AIRAANZ symposium on the persistence of inequity at work

Past News

18 December 2020

Emeritus Professor Ray Markey  provided comment to Grattan, M., ‘Scott Morrison's summer will be plagued with much different problems than his last’, ABC Online, regarding the Government and industrial relations.

15 December 2020

Associate Professor Chris Baumann & Piehler, R., 'It’s payout time for companies with high Brand Competitiveness', CMO Magazine, Issue 2, 2020

14 December 2020

Associate Professor Ben Spies-Butcher was featured in Hutchens, G., ‘Australians support a universal basic income’, psnews, regarding the universal basic income.

10 December 2020

Dr Senia Kalfa was featured in Lucas, F., ‘Flexibility is integral to support those returning to work in ECEC post cancer survival’, The Sector regarding the importance of flexibility for breast cancer survivors returning to work.

7 November 2020

Dr Troy Sarina provided comment to Clayton, R., ‘Travellers may need to prepare for changes to in-flight offerings by airlines, experts say’, ABC News about the impact of COVID-19 on airlines' inflight offerings.

5 November2020

Associate Professor Ben Spies-Butcher featured on ‘Basic income proposal seeks to ease post-pandemic poverty’, Your Life Choices in relation to his research on the effects of a basic income on inequality.

4 November 2020

Associate Professor Yvette Blount featured in Yiannakis, M, ‘Health alert: elderly at risk from social media misinformation’, The Lighthouse.

28 October 2020

Dr Andrew Burridge was interviewed on 3AW Breakfast with Ross and Russel regarding state border closures.

27 October 2020

Associate Professor Ben Spies-Butcher featured on Cordeaux, J., 5AA Adelaide Evenings in relation to his research on the effects of a basic income on inequality.

26 October 2020

Associate Professor Ben Spies-Butcher was interviewed on Triple J Hack and featured on Triple J Hack Online in relation to his research on the effects of a basic income on inequality.

12 October 2020

Professor Daryll Hull was featured in Anonymous, ‘Mental health training program to assist transport workers’, Owner Driver, regarding mental health problems in the transport sector.

11 October 2020

Professor Nick Parr provided comment to Wade, M., ‘Careful what you wish for: COVID-19 transforms population politics’, The Sydney Morning Herald.

8 October 2020

Tan, H, Thurbon, E, Professor Emeritus John Mathews and Kim, S.J., 'China just stunned the world with its step-up on climate action – and the implications for Australia may be huge' to The Conversation.

7 October 2020

Associate Professor Ben Spies-Butcher provided comment to Truu, M., ‘Homelessness largely left out of the federal budget, as sector braces for the full impact of the pandemic’, SBS News.

7 October 2020

Dr Ben Wang was featured in Cameron, N, ‘What the Federal Budget means for the marketing industry’, CMO Magazine.

7 October 2020

Dr Senia Kalfa was featured in Neilson, K., ‘Cancer survivors: how to facilitate a responsible return to work’, HRM.  This work was originally published in The Conversation.

7 October 2020

Professor Tom Smith provided comment to McIlroy, T. & Potter, B., ‘Deliver tax cut cash by Christmas to boost the economy’, Australian Financial Review.

1 October 2020

Dr Senia Kalfa was featured in Molloy, F., ‘Cancer survivors need workplace flexibility: new study’, The Lighthouse.

23 September 2020

Professor Ingrid Piller was featured in Lindsay, C, ‘Myanmar migrant translating COVID-19 information vital for saving vulnerable community’, ABC News Coffs Coast.

8 August 2020

Professor Jean-Philippe Deranty was featured in Trinca, H, (2020), 'Coronavirus - theres no place like home when it comes to working',The Australian regarding the impacts on the nature of work because COVID-19 causing people to work from home.

3 August 2020

Professor Lucy Taksa was quoted in Morris, L, ‘Role changes criticised in merger move’ Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, WA Today, Brisbane Times

15 July 2020

Dr Claire Wright  was interviewed on Parsons, J, ABC Radio Melbourne Afternoons about the history of Melbourne's wool industry.

13 July 2020

Issues relating to new office work arrangements in the present and for the future.

14 April 2020

Pandemic's economic blow hits women hard

7 April 2020

Fighting words: how war metaphors can trigger racism

1 April 2020

‘Retool and reboot: How to keep afloat during times of economic crisis’

30 January 2020

Congratulations to Catherine Bishop whose second book, Women Mean Business: Colonial Businesswomen in New Zealand (Otago University Press, 2019), has been long listed for the General Non-Fiction Award in the prestigious Ockham New Zealand Book Awards

22–24 November 2019

‘Sharing Knowledge in the Spirit of Humboldt’ Symposium at Macquarie University

17 Octoctober 2019

Dr Catherine Bishop's book, Colonial Businesswomen in New Zealand, is on the NZ Heritage Book Awards 2019 non-fiction short-list

15 October 2019

Dr Marcus Bowles presented at the Future Work Summit on ‘Future work: beyond fear to the realities’ (PDF, 3.99 MiB)

27 September 2019

Dr Catherine Bishop at Old Government House: ‘Dangerous Discussions in the Dining Room’

13 September 2019

Prof Lucy Taksa has been named one of the AFR’s 100 women of influence 2019 in the Diversity and Inclusion category

30 July 2019

Professor Lucy Taksa contributes to the St George Sutherland Shire Employment, Training and English Action Network (SSETEN) Business Breakfast

15 July 2019

Flexible work can cause even more pressure on working parents

12 July 2019

Congratulations

8 July 2019

Ports Australia Conference, Townsville 26–27 June 2019

28 June 2019

Securing a future in which meaningful jobs are available for all

26 June 2019

New research projects

21 June 2019

Latest research news

20 June 2019

Macquarie University Refugee Day Event

23 May 2019

Centre for Workforce Futures engages with Canon’s Future of Work investigation

19 May 2019

New publication by CWF members on humanitarian migrants in Australia

18 May 2019

Working from home is more productive, but bosses don't like it

6 May 2019

Farewell to Professor Bill Ford, our teacher, mentor and friend for many decades

1 May 2019

Port of Newcastle engagement survey

25 March 2019

CWF at Universidad del Desarrollo (Santiago)

15 March 2019

CWF study confirms wine tourism 'remarkable' for region

Ports and Shipping Policy in Australia: A Wicked Problem

8 March 2019

CWF at the International Women's Day Great Debate

19 February 2019

Building a Rail Engineering Learning Pathway

10 January 2019

You have a better chance of being a CEO in Australia if you were born in USA, UK or Canada

3 December 2018

Australian Research Council (ARC) Grant Success

Collaboration Agreement with Australian Maritime College

30 November 2018

A living database of new approaches to industrial relations

15 November 2018

AIRAANZ symposium on the persistence of inequity at work

7 November 2018

Research Collaboration Agreement signed with Port of Newcastle

3 November 2018

Research Collaboration Agreement signed with the Queensland Tertiary Admissions Centre (QTAC) to explore an online skills verification system

17 October 2018

Centre Member Professor Nick Parr comments on Federal Government’s regional push for migrants

1 October 2018

Social issues: how to tackle discrimination

17 September 2018

Future of work is about humans, not robots

Events

21 November 2019

Launch of ‘Diversity and Human Resource Management: Australian Survey Results’ Report

Presentations and External Events

18 October 2019

CEDA Public Event ‘Rethinking Age in the Workplace’

Professor Lucy Taksa gave an invited Address and participated in the panel discussion with Centre Industry Advisory Committee Member, Ms Yasmin King (CEO SkillsIQ) at the Committee for Economic Development of Australia (CEDA) Public Event ‘Rethinking Age in the Workplace’ at the Four Seasons Hotel, Sydney.

15 May 2019

CWF Seminar presented by Professor Daniel Aldrich (Northeastern University, USA)

The Centre was extremely pleased to co-operate with Associate Member, Josie Gibson (Director, The Catalyst Network) in welcoming Professor Daniel Aldrich (Director of the Security and Resilience Studies program, Professor of Public Policy and Political Science at Northeastern University and Associate of the CWF) whose visit to Australia was sponsored by the RMIT School of Property, Construction and Project Management.

Professor Aldrich presented an outstanding seminar entitled: ‘Social capital: Strong ties for tough times’, providing in-depth insights into the role of different forms of social capital at times of environmental crisis in the USA and Japan.

11 April 2019

SSI Allianz Refugee Scholarships

The Settlement Services International (SSI) Allianz scholarships directly support people from refugee backgrounds in NSW to achieve independence. The scholarships have been created to minimise the financial barriers experienced by refugees as they participate in the NSW education system, and  awarded to successful recipients at Allianz Headquarters in Sydney for a number of years. In 2019, the event was held on Thursday, 11 April with a wonderful turn out from the students, many of their teachers and SSI Board Members including Professor Lucy Taksa.

26 March 2019

Macquarie Global Alumni Impact Series: ‘Striking the balance: Digital and human experience’

Hosted by Professor David Wilkinson — Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Engagement), Macquarie University, the panel, consisting of Dr Tony Golsby-Smith, Founder and Executive Chairman, 2^nd Road (Part of Accenture Strategy), Professor Martina Möllering, Executive Dean, Faculty of Arts, Macquarie University and Professor Lucy Taksa, Director, Centre for Workforce Futures, Macquarie University, discussed the social and professional impact of digitisation on human connection, productivity and culture.

See below for photos and video of the event.

Flickr Photos

https://www.flickr.com/photos/108501212@N02/albums/72157704285236592

Video

https://facebook.com/mqalumni/videos/2421163657917060/

25 March 2019

CWF at Universidad del Desarrollo (Santiago)

Centre for Workforce Futures Co-Director, Professor Lucy Taksa recently gave an invited presentation at Universidad del Desarrollo (UDD) in Santiago on the Centre’s projects and ‘Workforce diversity, representation and progression in Australia: issues and gaps, trends and conundrums’.

4 October 2018

CEDA leadership in diversity and inclusion series: ‘Legacies that inspire equality’

Held at the Shangrila Hotel. CEDA Trustee, Professor Lucy Taksa presented an Introductory Address and chaired the panel discussion with:

• Elizabeth Broderick (ex Sex Discrimination Commissioner and now UN Rapporteur);
• Kevin McCann AM, a Founding Member of the Male Champions of Change and chair of many Boards;
• Professor Mary Foley AM, Managing Director with Telstra Health and President, of YWCA NSW;
• Sonja Stewart, Deputy Secretary – Social Policy, in the NSW Department of Premier and Cabinet (DPC).

21 September 2018

‘Sharpening the vision of the present? Reflections on approaches to history and historical perspective in the study of management and organisations’

Professor Taksa presented at Paris-Dauphine University on the importance of historical perspective in management and organisation studies.

28 June 2018

Macquarie Global Alumni Impact Series Canberra: Leadership: Workplaces for the Future

On Thursday 28 June 2018, the Macquarie University Global Alumni Impact Series featured a special event focused on Leadership: Workplaces for the Future.

Held at the National Gallery of Australia in Canberra, this lively event, chaired by David Masters, Corporate Affairs Director, Microsoft and Macquarie alumnus, consisted of presentations from Professor Lucy Taksa, Faculty of Business and Economics; Paul Dennett, Executive Director of Advancement, Macquarie University; and Kylie Watson, Partner, Deloitte Risk Advisory (Data Analytics) and Macquarie alumna.

Presenters focused on issues for Workplaces for the Future.

2020

18 December 2020

• Emeritus Professor Ray Markey  provided comment to Grattan, M., ‘Scott Morrison's summer will be plagued with much different problems than his last’, ABC Online, regarding the Government and industrial relations.

15 December 2020

• Associate Professor Chris Baumann & Piehler, R., 'It’s payout time for companies with high Brand Competitiveness', CMO Magazine, Issue 2, 2020

14 December 2020

• Associate Professor Ben Spies-Butcher was featured in Hutchens, G., ‘Australians support a universal basic income’, psnews, regarding the universal basic income.

10 December 2020

• Dr Senia Kalfa was featured in Lucas, F., ‘Flexibility is integral to support those returning to work in ECEC post cancer survival’, The Sector regarding the importance of flexibility for breast cancer survivors returning to work.

7 November 2020

• Dr Troy Sarina provided comment to Clayton, R., ‘Travellers may need to prepare for changes to in-flight offerings by airlines, experts say’, ABC News about the impact of COVID-19 on airlines' inflight offerings.

5 November2020

• Associate Professor Ben Spies-Butcher featured on ‘Basic income proposal seeks to ease post-pandemic poverty’, Your Life Choices in relation to his research on the effects of a basic income on inequality.

4 November 2020

• Associate Professor Yvette Blount featured in Yiannakis, M, ‘Health alert: elderly at risk from social media misinformation’, The Lighthouse.

28 October 2020

• Dr Andrew Burridge was interviewed on 3AW Breakfast with Ross and Russel regarding state border closures.

27 October 2020

• Associate Professor Ben Spies-Butcher featured on Cordeaux, J., 5AA Adelaide Evenings in relation to his research on the effects of a basic income on inequality.

26 October 2020

• Associate Professor Ben Spies-Butcher was interviewed on Triple J Hack and featured on Triple J Hack Online in relation to his research on the effects of a basic income on inequality.

12 October 2020

• Professor Daryll Hull was featured in Anonymous, ‘Mental health training program to assist transport workers’, Owner Driver, regarding mental health problems in the transport sector.

11 October 2020

• Professor Nick Parr provided comment to Wade, M., ‘Careful what you wish for: COVID-19 transforms population politics’, The Sydney Morning Herald.

8 October 2020

• Tan, H, Thurbon, E, Professor Emeritus John Mathews and Kim, S.J., 'China just stunned the world with its step-up on climate action – and the implications for Australia may be huge' to The Conversation.

7 October 2020

• Associate Professor Ben Spies-Butcher provided comment to Truu, M., ‘Homelessness largely left out of the federal budget, as sector braces for the full impact of the pandemic’, SBS News.

7 October 2020

• Dr Ben Wang was featured in Cameron, N, ‘What the Federal Budget means for the marketing industry’, CMO Magazine.

7 October 2020

• Dr Senia Kalfa was featured in Neilson, K., ‘Cancer survivors: how to facilitate a responsible return to work’, HRM.  This work was originally published in The Conversation.

7 October 2020

• Professor Tom Smith provided comment to McIlroy, T. & Potter, B., ‘Deliver tax cut cash by Christmas to boost the economy’, Australian Financial Review.

1 October 2020

• Dr Senia Kalfa was featured in Molloy, F., ‘Cancer survivors need workplace flexibility: new study’, The Lighthouse.

23 September 2020

• Professor Ingrid Piller was featured in Lindsay, C, ‘Myanmar migrant translating COVID-19 information vital for saving vulnerable community’, ABC News Coffs Coast.

8 August 2020

• Professor Jean-Philippe Deranty was featured in Trinca, H, (2020), 'Coronavirus - theres no place like home when it comes to working',The Australian regarding the impacts on the nature of work because COVID-19 causing people to work from home.

3 August 2020

• Professor Lucy Taksa was referenced by Linda Morris in the Sydney Morning Herald ‘Role changes criticised in merger move’

22 July 2020

• Associate Professor Yvette Blount presented a webinar on Building a Cyber Resilient Organisation.

13 July 2020

• Professor Lucy Taksa, Associate Professor Yvette Blount and Dr Sarah Bankins raised issues relating to new office work arrangements in the present and for the future in Business Insider Australia

8 June 2020

• Emeritus Professor Ray Markey provided comment to the Herald Sun about the financial impact of COVID-19 on the university sector

1 June 2020

• Dr Senia Kalfa contributed an article about the impactsof the COVID-19 pandemic on the workplace to HR Monthly (login required)

29 May 2020

• Emeritus Professor Ray Markey was interviewed on 2SER regarding award simplification

28 May 2020

• Emeritus Professor Ray Markey contributed the article ‘Morrison wants unions and business to ‘put down the weapons’ on IR. But real reform will not be easy’ to The Conversation

23 May 2020

• Professor Lucy Taksa appeared on Seven Network’s Sunrise regarding the challenges of working from home

18 May 2020

• Emeritus Professor Ray Markey contributed the article ‘Pay cuts to keep jobs: the tertiary education union’s deal with universities explained’ to The Conversation

12 May 2020

• Dr Raymond Trau was featured in The Mandarin regarding a study on the impact for public servants of a parental leave program aimed at addressing gender inequality

6 May 2020

• Dr Sarah Bankins featured in a Campus Review podcast discussing how COVID-19 may have changed the workplace and the way we work

5 May 2020

• Associate Professor Yvette Blount was featured in the Australian Financial Review regarding mental health and productivity issues associated with working from home

1 May 2020

• Associate Professor Yvette Blount was featured in The Adviser about how managers can support their staff to work from home (originally published on The Lighthouse)

26 April 2020

• Professor Nick Parr provided comment to the Sydney Morning Herald about predicted declines in Sydney's population growth due to COVID-19

19 April 2020

• Professor Nick Parr provided comment to the Sydney Morning Herald about how COVID-19 is likely to change life in Sydney

18 April 2020

• Professor Jean-Philippe Deranty was featured in The Australian regarding whether we are approaching a ‘post-work’ world due to the economic and workplace impacts of COVID-19

14 April 2020

• Professor Lucy Taksa and Dr Nour Dados highlight the glaring social and gender inequalities in the face of a public health crisis like COVID-19 in The Lighthouse article ‘Pandemic's economic blow hits women hard’

10 April 2020

• Professor Lucy Taksa was featured in the Sydney Morning Herald regarding strategies to make diverse workplaces function more effectively

31 March 2020

• Dr Troy Sarina was featured on Channel 7 Sunrise and Channel 7 The Latest with advice for people who have lost their jobs due to coronavirus

19 March 2020

• Dr Ben Wang provided comment to 9 News regarding the RBA's interest rate cut in response to the economic fall-out of the Coronavirus. This story was originally published in The Lighthouse

16 March 2020

• Associate Professor Yvette Blount discusses Working from home: how managers can make it work for their staff

2 February 2020

• Professor Lucy Taksa provided comment to the Sydney Morning Herald about the depiction of workplaces in film and television

25 January 2020

• Dr Catherine Bishop was featured on ABC North and West SA regarding the story of one of Australia’s first female opal miners, Minnie Berrington

1 January 2020

• Dr Catherine Bishop was featured in Macquarie University's Success Stories Spotlight (Jan 2020)

2019

10 December 2019

29 November 2019

• Emeritus Professor Ray Markey provided comment to Radio National Canberra on the shutting down of unions due to minor bureaucratic infringements

28 October 2019

• Professor Lucy Taksa provided comment to the Sydney Morning Herald regarding flexible working options for women
• Professor Nicholas Smith contributed the article ‘The ethics of the 4 day work week. It’s not just about the hours’ to The Conversation

27 October 2019

• Professor Nick Parr was featured in the Sydney Morning Herald regarding the demographic divide in death rates in different parts of Sydney

24 October 2019

• Professor Gabrielle Meagher was featured on SBS Online in relation to a study which found that aged care workers say they don't have enough time to meet older people's emotional and social needs

21 October 2019

• Dr Yvette Blount was featured on ABC Mid North Coast, NSW Statewide Drive regarding remote working

20 October 2019

• Professor Lucy Taksa provided comment to the Daily Telegraph regarding The Great Strike of 1917 where rail and tram employees protested wages and conditions

18 October 2019

• Professor Lucy Taksa provided comment to CEDA on addressing age bias in the workplace (download the audio, AAC, 7.05 MiB)
• Professor Lucy Taksa was featured in My Business regarding how ageism can have a damaging effect on workplaces and the economy
• Professor Johanna Westbrook from the Australian Institute of Health Innovation was featured in The Australian as a leading researcher in the field of medical informatics

9 October 2019

• Dr Claire Wright contributed the article ‘Painting Qantas chief executive Alan Joyce as a superhero is part of a long Australian tradition’ to The Conversation, republished by the ABC

24 September 2019

• Professor Lucy Taksa was interviewed on ABC Radio Canberra on the role and impact of nicknaming at work (download audio, AAC, 1.99 MiB).

23 Sep 2019

• Professor Lucy Taksa was interviewed on ABC Radio Sydney Drive about nicknames in the workplace (download audio, AAC, 4.86 MiB). This story was originally published on The Lighthouse

9 September 2019

• Professor Lucy Taksa was featured in the Australian Financial Review regarding being named one of this year's 100 women of influence

8 September 2019

• Associate Professor Kristian Ruming provided comment to the Sydney Morning Herald regarding what has skewed Sydney’s population growth distribution

16 Aug 2019

• Professor Johanna Westbrook was featured in Pulse IT regarding her evidence to the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety

11 August 2019

• Associate Professor Chris Baumann contributed the article ‘Rebirth of competitiveness as competitive productivity’ to The Korea Times

9 August 2019

• Professor Daryll Hull from the Centre for Workforce Futures was featured in the Daily Telegraph, Geelong Advertiser , Adelaide Now/Advertiser , Gold Coast Bulletin, The Courier Mail , Cairns Post, NT News , Weekly Times Now, Herald Sun, The Mercury , Townsville Bulletin , and The West Australian regarding job seekers lying on their CVs

24 July 2019

• Emeritus Professor Ray Markey contributed the article 'Fall-out from Setka affair could give Coalition easier passage of union bill' to The Conversation

23 July 2019

• Professor Nick Parr provided comment to Crikey regarding population growth in Sydney and Melbourne

18 July 2019

• Emeritus Professor Ray Markey was featured on ABC News Tonight regarding portable long service leave

16 July 2019

• Professor Lucy Taksa was featured in Essential Kids regarding flexible working for parents during school holidays. This article was originally published in The Lighthouse

15 July 2019

• Professor Lucy Taksa's Lighthouse article with Fran Molloy was republished in The Sector

12 July 2019

• Professor Lucy Taksa was featured in an article 'Flexible work can cause even more pressure on working parents' by Fran Molloy
• Emeritus Professor Ray Markey was mentioned on Sky News Live regarding long service leave in a changing workforce

10 July 2019

• Emeritus Professor Ray Markey from the Centre for Workforce Futures was interviewed on 2GB Breakfast about alternatives to long service leave in a changing workforce

9 July 2019

• Emeritus Professor Ray Markey was interviewed on ABC Radio Brisbane Breakfast, ABC Radio Sydney Drive and ABC Radio Perth Breakfast about why long service leave is still relevant and how it can be made portable across industries

8 July 2019

• Emeritus Professor Ray Markey was featured on ABC Central Victoria regarding whether long service leave is still relevant

1 July 2019

• Emeritus Professor Ray Markey was featured in The New Daily regarding a study that found cutting penalty rates did not create more jobs

30 June 2019

• Professor Nick Parr was featured in the Sydney Morning Herald regarding women in affluent suburbs delaying having children until their 30s

28 June 2019

• Associate Professor Tanya Evans was interviewed on ABC Radio Sydney Focus regarding how family history enthusiasts contribute to our understanding of the past

20 June 2019

• Emeritus Professor Ray Markey was interviewed on 2SER The Daily regarding Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese’s move to expel controversial trade unionist John Setka from the Labor Party

18 June 2019

• Professor Lucy Taksa's interview with Fran Molloy, ‘Future of work is about humans, not robots’, was published by The Lighthouse

17 June 2019

• Associate Professor Kristian Ruming provided comment to All Homes about the growing number of granny flats in NSW

16 June 2019

• Crichton Smith was featured in the Sydney Morning Herald regarding a study which found NAPLAN results have become more geographically polarised within Australian cities

14 June 2019

• Emeritus Professor Ray Markey contributed the article ‘Setka furore opens division within the labour movement – and there is no easy solution’ to The Conversation

12 June 2019

• Professor Lucy Taksa was interviewed on ABC Radio Sydney Drive about growing pressures on workers and job insecurity

7 June 2019

• Research by Emeritus Professor Ray Markey on reducing carbon emissions through employee participation was mentioned in The Sydney Morning Herald

18 May 2019

• Dr Yvette Blount was interviewed for Fran Molloy's article ‘Working from home is more productive, but bosses don't like it’

16 May 2019

• Emeritus Professor Ray Markey was featured in The Conversation, Illawarra Mercury and WIN News Canberra regarding a study that found cutting penalty rates did not create more jobs

8 May 2019

• Emeritus Professor Ray Markey provided comment to the Australian Financial Review regarding whether unions will gain more power if Labor is elected to government

3 May 2019

• Emeritus Professor Ray Markey provided comment to HR Monthly (login required) regarding reforms to Australia’s modern awards system

30 April 2019

• Professor Bridget Griffen-Foley was interviewed on Radio National's The History Listen regarding the history of political advertising

25 April 2019

• Professor Nick Parr provided comment to the Sydney Morning Herald regarding the top countries that migrants in Australia come from and how this has changed over time

18 April 2019

• Emeritus Professor Ray Markey was featured in the Canberra Times regarding fewer workers getting Sunday shifts following the penalty rate cut

29 March 2019

• Professor Nick Parr provided comment to News.com.au regarding interstate migration from Sydney

15 March 2019

• Professor Nick Parr was featured in the Sydney Morning Herald regarding Australians’ views of migrants as a national strength

11 March 2019

• Dr Ben Wang provided comment to China Daily regarding the development of a night-time economy in Chinese cities

27 February 2019

• Professor Lucy Taksa was interviewed by Deloitte in relation to the future of work

19 February 2019

• Professor Nick Parr was featured on Mamamia regarding the demographic divide in the age Australian women have babies

15 February 2019

• Professor Bridget Griffen-Foley was featured in the New York Times and WA Today regarding the Atlassian founders buying the houses previously owned by the Fairfax family

11 February 2019

• Professor Nick Parr was interviewed on ABC Radio Sydney Focus regarding the geographic divide in the ages of new mothers in Sydney

30 January 2019

• Professor Nick Parr was interviewed on 2SER The Daily regarding his research showing that English-speaking migrants in Australia are more likely to become CEOs than those born here

15 January 2019

• Professor Nick Parr was interviewed on 2SER The Daily regarding his research showing that English-speaking migrants in Australia are more likely to become CEOs than those born here
• Professor Ingrid Piller provided comment to ABC News regarding minority language groups establishing language schools for children

2018

20 December 2018

• Professor Daryll Hull was interviewed on ABC Radio Sydney Breakfast regarding technology being developed to verify people’s qualifications and prevent fraudulent résumés (download the interview — AAC format, 4.1 MiB)

12 December 2018

• Crichton Smith was interviewed on ABC Southern Queensland Mornings in relation to the geographic and socioeconomic divide in NAPLAN test scores

3 December 2018

• Professor Nick Parr provided comment to the Sydney Morning Herald about the rate of migration to Sydney and the pressures it places on the city

30 November 2018

• Dr Nikki Balnave asserts that co-ops offer a moral and ethical alternative to for-profit business models for societies disillusioned by corporate corruption and greed

29 November 2018

• Professor Daryll Hull revealed that a digital backpack is under development to help tackle the widespread problem of job-seekers lying on their résumés in Never mind fake news, what about fake CVs?

26 November 2018

• Professor Nick Parr provided comment to the Australian Financial Review about Australia’s population growth

21 November 2018

• Lucy Taksa interview with Sunil Badami for Canon Future of Work Research Project White Paper (published April 2019)

20 November 2018

• Professor Nick Parr was featured on SBS Radio regarding pre-natal sex selection and its impact on gender balance in the population

19 November 2018

• Professor Nick Parr was featured in The Daily Telegraph (subscriber-only) and on Channel 9 Today On Sunday regarding the declining birth rate in New South Wales

15 November 2018

• Professor Ingrid Piller was interviewed on SBS German about why bilingualism helps against Alzheimer’s disease

12 November 2018

• Dr Ben Spies-Butcher contributed the article ‘Two birds with one stone. How better taxing super could fund aged care’
• Professor Johanna Westbrook provided comment to News.com.au about discrimination and bullying in healthcare which poses risks to both doctor and patient safety

2 November 2018

• Associate Professor Louise Thornthwaite was interviewed on ABC Radio Perth Breakfast regarding whether a retweet signals an endorsement
• Associate Professor Chris Baumann contributed the article ‘What the modern gig economy is doing to customer experience’ to CMO Magazine

9 October 2018

• Professor Nick Parr was interviewed for ABC on ‘Foreign students left out of Government's regional migration push despite growing impact’

1 October 2018

• Professor Lucy Taksa was interviewed by Tom Mann on Radio Adelaide 101.5FM Breakfast on what is wrong with our current approach to discrimination

28 September 2018

• Professor Fei Guo was interviewed by SBS Mandarin in relation to encouraging international students to study in regional centres

27 September 2018

• Professor Ingrid Piller contributed the article ‘FactCheck: do over a “million” people in Australia not speak English “well or at all”?’ to The Conversation

17 September 2018

• Professor Lucy Taksa was interviewed for Fran Molloy's article ‘Future of work is about humans, not robots’

2 September 2018

• Professor Lucy Taksa, Interview with Ian Newton on shifting from unconscious bias to higher standards of behaviour, Morning Juice Program, RadioAdelaide101.5FM

30 August 2018

• Professor Lucy Taksa and A/Prof Louise Thornthwaite contributed an article ‘Training won’t end discrimination, we have to hold people responsible’

5 August 2018

• Associate Professor Louise Thornthwaite was interviewed on Hugh Rimington’s Roundtable, ABC Radio National

2017

25 November 2017

• Lucy Taksa Interview with Sean Nicholls, GREAT STRIKE: Fight to right old ‘injustice’, Sydney Morning Herald, 25 November, 2017, p. 20

18 September 2017

• Interview on ABC Radio 702 Richard Glover Drive Program on the changing nature of work, working hours and performance management recorded live

2 August 2017

• Interview on ABC Radio National with Philip Adams on The Great Strike of 1917 and its current relevance, recorded live at Eveleigh Carriageworks