This article introduces the Journal of Industrial Relations Annual Review of Industrial Relations in 2017. It discusses the Fair Work Commission's decision to reduce Sunday and public holiday penalty rates for workers in the retail and hospitality industries, the growing problem of low wages, and the Turnbull government's policy changes relating to the employment of temporary migrant workers. It then provides an overview of the other articles contained in the Annual Review issue.
AllenDLandauI (2018) Major court and tribunal decisions in Australia in 2017. Journal of Industrial Relations60(3): DOI: 10.1177/0022185618759746.
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Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) (2017) Labour Force, Australia, Detailed, Quarterly. November. Cat. no. 6291.0.55.003. Canberra: Australian Bureau of Statistics.
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BaccaroLHowellC (2017) Trajectories of Neoliberal Transformation: European Industrial Relations Since the 1970s, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
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BarryMYouK (2018) Employer and employer association matters in Australia in 2017. Journal of Industrial Relations60(3): DOI: 10.1177/0022185618760653.
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BellSQuigginJ (2008) Beyond stop/go? Explaining Australia's long boom. Australian Journal of Political Economy61: 71–87.
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BoucherA (2016) Australia's de facto low skilled labour migration programs. In: Committee for Economic Development of Australia (ed.) Migration: The Economic Debate, Melbourne: Committee for Economic Development of Australia (CEDA), pp. 43–54.
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BreunigRDeutscherNToHT (2017) The relationship between immigration to Australia and the labour market outcomes of Australian-born workers. Economic Record93(301): 255–276.
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BriggsC (2001) Australian exceptionalism: The role of trade unions in the emergence of enterprise bargaining. Journal of Industrial Relations43(1): 27–43.
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ClibbornSWrightCF (2018) Employer theft of temporary migrant workers' wages in Australia: Why has the state failed to act?. Economic and Labour Relations Review29(3): DOI: 10.1177/1035304618765906.
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CooreyPRedrupY (2017) Malcolm Turnbull axes 457 Visas in Aussie jobs first pitch. Australian Financial Review. 18 April.
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Fair Work Commission (FWC) (2017) Summary of Decision: 4 Yearly Review of Modern Awards – Penalty Rates. AM2014/305, Melbourne: Fair Work Commission.
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GahanPPekarekANicholsonD (2018) Unions and collective bargaining in Australia in 2017. Journal of Industrial Relations60(3)): DOI: 10.1177/0022185618759135.
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HallPA (1993) Policy paradigms, social learning, and the state: The case of economic policymaking in Britain. Comparative Politics25(3): 275–296.
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KaineSBoersmaM (2018) Women, work and industrial relations in Australia in 2017. Journal of Industrial Relations60(3): DOI: 10.1177/0022185618764204.
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KoukoulasSQuigginJStanfordJet al.(2017) Penalty rate cuts will boost inequality, not employment: Public letter from economists. The New Daily. 6 April.
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LongS (2017) Reserve Bank boss Philip Lowe urges workers to push for pay rises. ABC News Online. 29 June.
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LoweP (2017) Some evolving questions. Address to the Australian Business Economists Annual Dinner, Sydney21 November.
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McIvorJMarkeyR (2017) Scrutinising the argument for reducing penalty rates. Journal of Industrial Relations59(5): 652–669.
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McLaughlin C and Wright CF (2018) The role of ideas in understanding industrial relations policy change in liberal market economies. Industrial Relations: A Journal of Economy and Society 57(4). DOI:10.1111/irel.12218.
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OliverDWrightCF (2016) Australia's shifting skills ecosystem: Contemporary challenges in education, training and immigration. In: HancockKLansburyRD (eds) Industrial Relations Reform: Looking to the Future, Sydney: Federation Press, pp. 163–186.
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OliverDYuS (2018) The Australian labour market in 2017. Journal of Industrial Relations60(3): . DOI: 10.1177/0022185618763975.
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Productivity Commission (2016) Migrant Intake into Australia: Inquiry Report, Canberra: Australian Government.
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RawlingMSchofield-GeorgesonE (2018) Industrial legislation in Australia in 2017. Journal of Industrial Relations60(3): DOI: 10.1177/0022185618760088.
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Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) (2017) Statement on Monetary Policy – November, Sydney: Reserve Bank of Australia.
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RuberyJHebsonG (2018) Applying a gender lens to employment relations: Revitalisation, resistance and risks. Journal of Industrial Relations60(3): DOI: 10.1177/0022185618766680.
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ThamJ-CCampbellIBoeseM (2016) Why is labour protection for temporary migrant workers so fraught?. In: HoweJOwensR (eds) Temporary Labour Migration: The Regulatory Challenges, Oxford: Hart, pp. 173–200.
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WeilD (2018) Creating a strategic enforcement approach to address wage theft: One academic's journey in organizational change. Journal of Industrial Relations60(3): DOI: 10.1177/0022185618765551.
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Workplace Gender and Equality Agency (WGEA) (2016) Gender Segregation in Australia's Workforce, Sydney: Workplace Gender Equality Agency.
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WrightCF (2012) Immigration policy and market institutions in liberal market economies. Industrial Relations Journal43(2): 110–136.
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WrightCF (2017) Australian industrial relations in 2016. Journal of Industrial Relations59(3): 237–253.
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WrightCFClibbornS (2017) Back door, side door or front door? An emerging de-facto low-skilled immigration policy in Australia. Comparative Labor Law and Policy Journal39(1): 165–188.
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WrightCFClibbornSPiperNet al.(2016) Economic Migration and Australia in the 21st Century, Sydney: Lowy Institute for International Policy.
