This Month
- Opinion
- Flexible working
WFH is hugely more productive than CEOs admit
Demands for workers to return to the office full-time have a rose-tinted view of in-person work.
- Emma Jacobs
Tax, not childcare fees, keeps women at home
The Productivity Commission and economists agree that fiddling with childcare subsidies will not increase women’s workforce participation.
- Julie Hare
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
Why work from home might get mugged by a slowing economy
A slowing economy and shift in technological advancements are set to change the battle over the future of work again.
- James Thomson
Shift tax incentives from property to enterprises to lift productivity
Readers’ letters on how to encourage business investment; excess government; digital currency and the RBA; Senate solutions; ALP woes; duck hunting; and energy inequality.
Review urges free childcare for some at $5b-a-year cost
The Productivity Commission has rejected Labor’s goal of universal childcare, but still wants the country’s poorest families to get three days a week for free.
- Julie Hare
- Opinion
- Opinion
Why dwindling productivity is a big deal for superannuation
Despite having one of the largest pension schemes in the world, the start-ups that can drive productivity aren’t getting the financial support they need.
- Allegra Spender
‘We clearly have a problem’: Dearth of women on pathway to CEO
Nearly half of the country’s top 300 companies have no women in roles regarded as pathways to becoming a chief executive.
- Sally Patten
- Opinion
- Gender equality
When the CEO pipeline is mostly men it’s time to look outside the box
One of the reasons for the dearth of female CEOs is that companies are choosing from a pool that is far too shallow.
- Sally Patten
- Opinion
- Australian economy
Fix low productivity or get used to high inflation for longer
The economy is in an unusual bind. The only way out is to reverse Australia’s dismal productivity performance.
- Paul Bloxham
In the wrong job? You’re pushing up inflation
Workers are less likely to say they use many of their skills in their job now than they were before the pandemic, new analysis shows.
- Euan Black
Why doubling down on KPIs could hurt your bottom line
Many employers are trying to drive performance to boost the bottom line by doubling down on KPIs and bonuses. There is a better way.
- Sally Patten
Power crisis is as big as Australia’s housing crisis: Charter Hall
The lack of reliable energy is already hitting industrial property assets and will hit harder as investment ramps up in data centres, the industry warns.
- Michael Bleby
Government-funded jobs are booming but we’re not getting bang for buck
Productivity across the public service and government-funded industries like health and education has crashed to an 18-year low.
- Michael Read
Contactless payments take the more expensive route
Readers’ letters on card payment fees; poor Westpac culture; engineering limits; Bill Shorten’s exit; Labor and productivity; and cartoonist David Rowe.
- Analysis
- Government Observed
How to unlock the productivity power of a forgotten sector
There is a renewed push to get better value from the vast array of government services that make up around 20 per cent of the economy.
- Tom Burton
August
- Opinion
- Industrial relations
How business can navigate ‘counterproductive’ workplace laws
The government crackdown on flexible forms of employment will require finding other ways drive innovation, productivity and growth in ways they can control.
- Janey Kuzma
Industrial laws stifle private sector collaboration
Industrial relations laws are stopping universities better collaborating with private experts, says Macquarie Uni’s vice chancellor.
- Tom Burton
- Opinion
- Inflation
For inflation to fall fast, Labor must boost productivity, not hobble it
The Albanese government may not have caused the problem, but its policies help determine why the interest rate pain will last longer here.
- Ed Shann
Construction output is falling – and tradies aren’t to blame
Weaker productivity in construction threatens higher costs for consumers at a time when many projects – especially in housing – are already not viable.
- Michael Bleby
Why more bosses are cutting ‘sludge’ such as email chains
From executive coaching to banishing middle managers, employers are getting creative about getting more out of their staff without increasing salaries or their workloads.
- Euan Black
