Research
Hawker Britton's occasional papers provide in-depth analysis on the most important public policy issues of the day, across Australia. You can view the Research & Papers Archive here.
Federal Labor’s Fair Pay for Women Package
08/03/2021On 8 March 2021, for International Women’s Day, Leader of the Opposition Anthony Albanese, Shadow Minister for Women Tanya Plibersek and Shadow Minister for Industrial Relations Tony Burke announced a raft of election commitments to improve pay equity and job security for Australian women. This comes one month after Albanese unveiled Labor’s new Industrial Relations… Continue reading Federal Labor’s Fair Pay for Women Package
Current composition of the Australian Parliament (as of 24/9/2021)
01/03/2021House of Representatives: Coalition Labor Greens Katter Centre Alliance Independents 76 68 1 1 1 4 On 4 July 2020, a by-election in Eden-Monaro (NSW) saw the retired Labor MP Mike Kelly replaced by Kristy McBain (ALP). On 4 July 2020, a by-election in Groom (Qld) saw the retired LNP MP Dr John McVeigh replaced… Continue reading Current composition of the Australian Parliament (as of 24/9/2021)
Federal Labor’s Special Platform Conference 2021
28/02/2021On Sunday, February 28th 2021, the Australian Labor Party released the final draft of its National Platform ahead of the Special Platform Conference to be held online between March 30th and 31st 2021. The 2021 Platform is the culmination of two years of consultation and research. The document outlines the policy framework which will be… Continue reading Federal Labor’s Special Platform Conference 2021
Federal Labor Industrial Relations Policy – Secure Australian Jobs Plan
10/02/2021On Wednesday 10 February 2021, Labor Leader Anthony Albanese addressed an invited audience at TAFE Queensland’s Southbank campus in Brisbane. Albanese stated Labor’s opposition to the Government’s ‘Fair Work Amendment (Supporting Australia’s Jobs and Economic Recovery) Bill 2020’ and outlined Labor’s position on gig-economy entitlements, and emerging employment paradigms. The Labor leader noted that the… Continue reading Federal Labor Industrial Relations Policy – Secure Australian Jobs Plan
ACT Budget 2020-21
09/02/2021On 9 February 2021, the Chief Minister and Treasurer Andrew Barr delivered the 2020-21 ACT Budget. This is the ninth budget handed down by Mr Barr and the first official pandemic budget following the August 2020 Economic and Fiscal update (EFU). The 2020-21 ACT Budget is predominately focused on Coronavirus recovery and restoring the Territory… Continue reading ACT Budget 2020-21