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BCEC researchers clean up at Faculty research awards
Three Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre researchers have been recognised in the 2023 Curtin University Faculty of Business and Law Research and Industry Staff Awards for their outstanding contributions to research in the faculty. Professor Astghik Mavisakalyan, Principal Research Fellow, took... Read article

Professor Alan Duncan named 2023 recipient of Austin Holmes Award
Professor Alan Duncan, Director of the Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre, has been named the 2023 recipient of the prestigious Austin Holmes Award. The Austin Holmes Award recognises distinguished Western Australian economists and is given out by the Economics Society of... Read article

Women in Leadership Journey 5 continues in Perth
The Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre was part of Curtin University’s team in delivering the Women in Leadership Journey 5 (WILJ5) in August this year. Supported by Aus4Skills and the Vietnam Australia Centre, Curtin University’s WILJ5 team delivered sessions in Perth,... Read article

Australian Labour Market Research Workshop 2023 – Call for papers
The Australian Labour Market Research Workshop (ALMRW) is pleased to announce the official call for papers. The Australian Labour Market Research Workshop (ALMRW) 2023 will be held at Jobs and Skills Australia, 50 Marcus Clarke Street in Canberra, on Monday... Read article

BCEC PhD candidate awarded prestigious UNU-WIDER Visiting Fellowship
Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre PhD candidate Robert Mackay has been awarded a prestigious United Nations University-World Institute Development Economics Research (UNU-Wider) Visiting Fellowship. Beginning in September this year and running for three months, this fellowship aligns with Robert’s thesis, analysing community... Read article

A note on the Fair Work Commission’s minimum wage review
The size of the increase in the minimum wage provided for in the Fair Work Commission’s review is at the higher end of expectations. The Commission announced a ‘headline’ 5.75 per cent increase in the national minimum wage and for... Read article

A note on the Commonwealth Rent Assistance announcement in the Federal Budget 2023
Today’s budget announcement to lift the maximum rate of Commonwealth Rent Assistance (CRA) by 15 per cent will provide relief to renters and is a step in the right direction. But it is worth putting the CRA increase in context.... Read article

Reflections on the Western Australian 2023-24 Budget
The strength of the Western Australian economy buys WA Premier Mark McGowan a lot of degrees of freedom to combine cost-of-living relief with measures to grow the state’s housing stock, and drive forward with industrial development, infrastructure, diversification, and decarbonisation... Read article

BCEC Advisory Board Chair Tim Marney appointed for youth detention reform
We’re exceptionally proud that Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre Advisory Board Chair Timothy Marney has been appointed to oversee the implementation of a new reform program at Banksia Hill Detention Centre. The new model of care is aimed at increasing positive rehabilitation outcomes... Read article

BCEC professional team members take out Faculty prize
The Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre (BCEC) professional team have won the 2022 Excellence in Professional Services award at the Curtin University Faculty of Business and Law Staff Awards. Helen Farmiloe, Joanna Holcombe and Caroline Stewart received the recognition for their... Read article

Full recording of Go Your Own WA: Recovery and regeneration of the tourism industry in WA report launch
Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre and the Tourism Research Cluster at Curtin University launched their new report, Go Your Own WA: Recovery and regeneration for the tourism industry in WA, on Friday 3 March. This new report found that cultural tourism, international... Read article

Three key actions to further gender equality in your workplace
Today is International Women’s Day. Rather than handing out cupcakes and pretending that everything is rosy, we’re rounding up the top three insights and actions from our 2020, 2021 and 2022 Gender Equity Insights reports with the Workplace Gender Equality... Read article
