Michael Dockery

ANALYSIS: Recent news that the WA government has purchased an East Perth apartment block for social and affordable housing has generated a deal of indignation.

There is growing concern about the growth in precarious and insecure work in Australia, writes researcher Mike Dockery.

IN a recent research report, my colleagues Rachel Ong and Richard Seymour of the Centre for Labour Market Research, and I investigated aspects of the lives of people living on the federal minimum wage.