Inclusive Prosperity
Closing the Gender Pay Gap By Brett Gale
It’s been 50 years since the first equal pay act in Australia and it shouldn’t take another 50 years to achieve gender pay equity. Chifley Research Centre’s newest research report Read More
Inequality In Australia: A Bill to shift the debate By Jenny McAllister
Seventy years after Australia’s burst of post-war institution building, it’s time to reorient our economic institutions to the challenges of our times. That’s why I’m introducing a bill to require Read More
Report “Inequality: The Facts and the Future” By Michael Cooney
The Inclusive Prosperity Commission is a major policy project of the Chifley Research Centre, the think tank of the Australian Labor Party. Since its launch in 2014, the Commission has Read More
Why is everyone talking about Medicare privatisation? By Michael Cooney
Malcolm Turnbull has started saying the Government won’t privatise Medicare. Is that even a thing? We explain. The West Australian newspaper revealed a big secret in February this year. The newspaper’s Read More
What is the difference between Labor and Liberal on Medicare? By Michael Cooney
For more than thirty years, Medicare has been there when Australians need it. A sick child in the night, a pensioner with a persistent headache, a middle or working class Read More
Future of Work
It’s time to change the laws for workers By Tim Kennedy
Over the last few decades, the way we live and work has changed, and our workplace laws have not kept up. The Fair Work Act, which sets out the laws for Read More
CRACKDOWN By Cressida Wall
What do Garfield Barwick and Josh Frydenberg have in common? Let me give you a clue: paid parental leave. The notorious Cressida Wall explains. Oh my god. A week after the Budget, Read More
MAY DAY – A DAY TO REFLECT ON OUR ACHIEVEMENTS By Brendan O'Connor
Over the weekend, on May Day, many Australians lined the city streets marching in commemoration of the achievements of workers. It’s a telling sign of solidarity internationally as people the world Read More
Inclusive prosperity: What next? By David Coats
The Chifley Research Centre were kind enough to organise a programme of meetings for me in Sydney, Canberra and Melbourne to coincide with the publication of my paper Building a Read More
Inequality is impacting our politics and our lifespans By David Coats
We should fear the effects of inequality on our politics and our lifespans, not just our economy and society. Inequality isn’t just destabilising capitalism or denying our people a fair Read More
New Progressive Thinking
The Left needs to start talking about the long chain economy By Lindy Edwards
As Labor picks over the entrails of its defeat, many are slamming their failure to weave their multitude of initiatives into a simple story people could relate to. But this Read More
Does Labor need to choose between class and identity politics? By Carol Johnson
Two recent books, by Adrian Pabst and Nick Dyrenfurth, have suggested that Labor partly lost the 2019 election because it privileged so-called progressive “identity politics” over class and lost traditional Read More
Have we forgotten that it all comes down to us? Why organisation is and always has been social democracy’s only hope. By Ben Hugosson
I grew up on the far north coast of New South Wales in the house my grandfather built. At the end of our road was the Meerschaum Vale hall, a Read More
Our planet is burning and we still have no plan By Erin Watt
I grew up on a sheep farm, in Central West NSW, 40kms out of a town called Cowra. We lived in a beautiful, peaceful part of the world. Our closest Read More
The main game By Emma Maiden
Like many, it broke my heart when Labor lost the Federal election in 2019. There were so many bold policies that spoke to me about what should be at the Read More
Progress is happening
Interview with Matthew Laza, Director of the Policy Network
As social democratic parties continue to lose elections in Europe they are increasingly looking to Australia and New Zealand as beacons of hope. Chifley Executive Director Brett Gale recently caught Read More
Shake up energy market regulation now!
Gabrielle Kuiper explains how to make the energy market a strength, not a weakness, for the environment and growth We need a shake-up of energy market regulation The independent Review of Governance Read More
Raising the GST is a lazy reflex by conservatives
Chifley Executive Director Michael Cooney takes the long handle to the so-called policy arguments for a GST The right-wing brain explosion over a higher GST is a case of evidence-free policy. Read More
Increasing structural inequality and gender pay gap put a drag on economic growth
Katharine Murphy reports on our latest paper. Labor think tank says party conference must address nation's rising inequality A new paper produced by the inclusive prosperity commission attached to Labor’s official thinktank, Read More
Labor pulls the right levers
Labor's conference showed good politics and good policy converge in the here and now, writes Nicholas Reece in the Age Labor is finally on the right side of the debate. Watch Read More
IN THE MEDIA
To win the battle of ideas, progressive voices must be ever present in the media, taking the battle head on. Here are our most recent media appearances.
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Chifley Board Statement about Michael Cooney
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Ben Hugosson
Benedict Hugosson is an Organisational Ombudsman for the Swedish Social Democrats, focusing on training and membership development. Benedict has experience
Cameron Clyne
Cameron Clyne is the former CEO of National Australia Bank and now chairman of advisory firm Camel Partners and a
Carol Johnson
Professor Carol Johnson - Carol is an Adjunct Professor of Politics at the University of Adelaide and has written extensively
Catherine King
Catherine King is the Shadow Minister for Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Development.
David Coats
David Coats is in Australia as a Visitor at the Chifley Research Centre. He is a research fellow at the
Gabrielle Kuiper
Dr Gabrielle Kuiper has a background in science, sustainability and urban planning. She was previously Senior Adviser, Climate Change, Energy
Emma Maiden
Emma Maiden is the former Assistant Secretary of Unions NSW. She is currently Head of Advocacy for Uniting, leading their
Erin Watt
Erin Watt is the National Secretary of the Labor Environment Action Network. Erin is a National Political Coordinator for United
Jim Chalmers
Jim Chalmers MP is Shadow Treasurer, and the federal Labor Member for Rankin. Prior to his election he was
Jo-anne Schofield
Jo-anne Schofield is the National President of United Workers Union.
Linda Tirado
Linda Tirado is a completely average American. She also has good rants about how much it sucks to be poor
Lindy Edwards
Dr Lindy Edwards is the Associate Head of School in the School of Humanities and Social Sciences at the University
Terri Butler
Terri Butler is the Shadow Minister for the Environment and Water, and the federal Labor Member for Griffith, Queensland.
Tim Kennedy
Tim Kennedy is national secretary of the United Workers Union, organising for secure jobs and a fair Australia.
