On Wednesday, May 30, 1945, Mr John Dedman, Minister for Post-war Reconstruction and Minister in charge of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research in the Curtin Labor Government, stood up to present the White Paper on Full Employment to the House of Representatives of the Australian...

Major Theme: The Unemployment Aftermath of the Crisis While papers in any area of labour market analysis will be of interest, papers will be particularly welcome in the following research and policy areas: - Reflections on the global financial crisis? Reform agendas etc. - Any research on...

Major Theme: The Way Forward - Austerity or Stimulus The Conference will seek to explore the apparent contradictions of the policy stances that are now emerging amidst the global unemployment crisis. More specific themes: - Reflections on the global financial crisis? Reform agendas etc. - Any...

The theme for this year's conference is The Aftermath of the Crisis and will thus focus on the challenges facing policy makers in the recovery phase. Participation will enable you to share ideas with some of the best researchers in this field about how we can quickly reduce the labour market...

This year will be the first for some time that official unemployment rates will rise. The overall predictions are that there could be around a million people unemployed in Australia by year's end. The underemployment rate will also rise. At present, around 10 per cent of the available labour...

Topics: - What is full employment? How is it defined and measured? How close are we to achieving full employment? What are the challenges that remain? - The increasing problem of underemployment and marginal workers. - The increased precariousness of work. - Has Work Choices worked? - wages,...