Australia at Work News

2010
December 2010
The annual Australia at Work newsletter has been sent to all participants. Have a read to learn about the key themes in this year's data, and some of the media coverage surrounding the project. You can click here to download it.

2009
December 2009
You should receive your third newsletter shortly in the post. Once again it highlights some of the key findings from the third year of our study. If you’ve moved, let us know so we can make sure you receive a copy of the newsletter.
Australia at Work: Wave 3 Newsletter

July 2009
The fieldwork for the third year of the Australia at Work study was recently completed. A total of 6,801 people were interviewed including 300 new recruits. The research team are now analysing the results. The annual report will be released later in the year.
Australia at Work: Wave 3 Annual Report

2008
Keeping in touch: 2008 Newsletter
16 December 2008
The Australia at Work newsletter has been sent out to participants along with exclusive Australia at Work post-it note pads! Click here if you would like to read the newsletter or if you are a participant contact us and we'll send one out to you.

Wishing you a happy holiday!

The Second Report is Released.
29 October 2008
Working Lives: Statistics and Stories is the second report from the Australia at Work project. The report contains details of Australian's working lives in the first half of 2008 and 2007.

The report finds that while no dramatic changes have occured and employees remain happy with their workplace relations, some issues persist. Australia has some of the longest full-time hours among OECD countries, at 44 hours per week. Over half of the workforce report that 'more and more is expected of me for the same amount of pay'. There was an increase in the proportion of workers reporting that they are finding it difficult to get by or coping on their current household income.

To read more please click here to download a copy of the report.

Position available... soon
27 October 2008
Australia at Work will soon be recruiting a new Project Manager. The position involves management of the large longitudinal survey and reuires good quantitative research skills. More details will be available here by Monday 3rd November or visit the University of Sydney recruitment webpage.

Fieldwork Completed!
31 July 2008
All the interviews for the second year of the Australia at Work survey have now been completed. We would like to thank all the people who were able to participate in the survey this year and for all of Surveytalk's hard work in conducting the interviews. A total of 7086 interviews were completed. The Australia at Work research team are now busy compiling the data. The second Australia at Work report will be released towards the end of the year.

New Website Launch
30 June 2008
Australia at Work has a new website!

The Australia at Work researchers will be updating this website with all the latest developments in the research, findings, and information for participants.

Back in the field
1 March 2008
The second round of telephone interviews with the Australia at Work participants have now commenced. We will be attempting to contact the 8,341 participants we spoke to last year. Fieldwork is being conducted by Surveytalk in Sydney and is expected to take about 4 months.

Working Stories: In-depth interviews commence
20 February 2008
There is only so much that large amounts of data can tell you. To gain a better understanding of the statistics collected in Australia at Work, 50 in-depth interviews will be conducted with participants of the study. The researchers, Sean Scalmer and Shaun Wilson have commenced these interviews. The findings from these interviews will be incorporated into the second annual Australia at Work report. To find out more click here.

2007
Keeping in contact
1 December 2007
The Australia at Work participants are the most important factor in this study. We will be keeping in touch with them throughout the duration of the five year study. A newsletter has been mailed out to all participants updating them on the progress of the study. To show our appreciation for their participation, the Australia at Work Benefits card was included in the newsletter. To find out more about this, go to the participants page of this website.

The Benchmark Report is released
2 October 2007
The first report on Australia at Work was released 2nd October 2007. The report contains the findings from the first round of surveys of 8,341 people on such areas such as agreement making, earnings, working hours and attitudes at work.
You can download a copy of the report here.