by Tony Walker | Aug 13, 2019 | Issue 1, Journal, News, Volume 18
Prime Minister Scott Morrison has indicated Australia will join a multinational peacekeeping force to protect freedom of navigation in the Gulf, but at this stage he has not indicated what form Australian participation might take. Speaking to reporters after an...
by Evatt Foundation | May 17, 2019 | Issue 1, Journal, News, Volume 18
Bob Hawke was a key figure in the establishment of the Evatt Foundation, embodying the labour movement in his capacities as President of both the Australian Labor Party and the Australian Council of Trade Unions. He was among the many distinguished speakers when the...
by ACSI | Jul 20, 2018 | Issue 3, Journal, News, Volume 17
Persistent and increasing bonus payments to Australia’s top chief executives are driving remuneration to record levels, according to the latest analysis of CEO pay by the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI). The 2018 report, ACSI’s 17th in this...
by Evatt Foundation | Jun 30, 2018 | Issue 2, Journal, News, Volume 17
Editorial Many Australians no doubt winced last week when the Turnbull government claimed to represent ‘aspirational’ voters. In case anyone didn’t recognise the ghost of former Labor leader Mark Latham, this week Treasurer Scott Morrison recalled his signature image:...
by Christopher Sheil | Jun 30, 2018 | Issue 2, Journal, News, Volume 17
The inequality crisis, industry bargaining and the future of the union movement Raising awareness of the first part of the title of today’s address, ‘the inequality crisis’, has been the main focus of the Evatt Foundation’s activities over recent years. In particular,...
by Robert Tanton, Jinjing Li | May 10, 2018 | Issue 2, Journal, News, Volume 17
In the federal budget, Treasurer Scott Morrison promised tax cuts to all working Australians in the form of an offset and changes to tax income thresholds. But our analysis of Treasury data shows that while the government advertised these as payments to low and middle...
