Joo-Cheong Tham

Why permanent residents and long-term temporary visa holders should be able to vote in federal elections

Joo-Cheong Tham

Who should have the right to vote? A common answer is adult citizens of a country. Indeed, the national electoral laws of most countries ..

How to deal with fossil fuel lobbying and its growing influence in Australian politics

Joo-Cheong Tham, Yee-Fui Ng

Will climate action undermine Australia’s democracy? This question might not be as outlandish as it seems. A recent investigation detail..

Few Australians have the right to work from home, even after COVID. Here's how that could change

Joo-Cheong Tham

Before the pandemic, working from home was a luxury. Then it became a necessity. Since lockdowns have eased it has become a contested space..

What’s climate got to do with electoral reform? More than you might think

Joo-Cheong Tham

What do electoral laws, social media, climate change and secure work have in common? All have been prioritised for reform by the Labor go..

Why unions support vaccination — but not employer mandates

Joo-Cheong Tham

The American union movement has split over President Joe Biden’s proposal for companies with more than 100 employees to vaccinate their wor..

Can Australian employers make you get a COVID-19 vaccine? Mostly not — but here's when they can

Joo-Cheong Tham

Australia’s official policy on vaccines is that they be voluntary and free. But the federal government hasn’t shut the door completely on e..

Why the Morrison government's 'double-dipping’ gambit fails the pub test

Joo-Cheong Tham

It’s almost unimaginable: an Australian government proposes a law that would wipe out billions of dollars of employers’ entitlements. Ev..

Why temporary migrants need JobKeeper

Joo-Cheong Tham

The centerpiece of the Commonwealth government’s COVID-19 economic stimulus program is JobKeeper. Priced at A$130 billion, it will pay ..

Government advertising may be legal, but it's corrupting our electoral process

Joo-Cheong Tham

The Coalition government’s use of taxpayer money for political advertising – as much as A$136 million since January, according to Labor..

We've let wage exploitation become the default experience of migrant workers

Joo-Cheong Tham

Australia’s Fairwork Commission has so far this year examined more than a dozen cases of wage theft. Those cases involve hundred of workers..