The Conference will focus on the consequences of unemployment in advanced monetary economies from a broad perspective.

Theme Identifiers:

Papers were called under five themes and the organisers collected the accepted papers under four themes shown below. The colour code appears in the detailed program so that you can identify which theme the paper was accepted under.

Macroeconomic policy and full employment.
Environmental sustainability and full employment, Regional Development - issues and strategies to increase employment.
Job sharing, hours of work, overwork and underemployment.
Policy responses to unemployment.
Focus groups and workshops

Wednesday, December 4, 2002

In general, there will be 25 minutes for each presentation plus 10 minutes following each for questions and discussions.

12.30-13.45	Registration - Brennan Room in the Shortland Union Building with tea/coffee available.
13.45-14.00	Official Welcome from Professor Bill Mitchell, Director of the Centre of Full Employment and Equity (CofFEE), University of Newcastle.
Session 1: 14.00-14.40	Room: Brennan Room Chair: Bill Mitchell What A Long, Strange Trip It's Been: Can We Muddle Through Without Fiscal Policy? L. Randall Wray, C-FEPS, University of Missouri-Kansas City, USA. Abstract
14.40-15.15	Afternoon Tea - Brennan Room
Session 2:	Parallel Session A - Treehouse Chair: Martin Watts	Parallel Session B - Southern Cross Lounge Chair: Sally Cowling
15.15-15.50	Reality Bites: Employment Policy in a Measurement Vacuum Steven Barrett, Centre for Labour Research, Adelaide. Abstract	Demand side issues in the Indigenous employment equation Andr� Sammartino, Janine O'Flynn and Stephen Nicholas, Australian Centre for International Business, University of Melbourne. Abstract
15.50-16.25	Labour underutilisation in Australia Ellen Carlson and Bill Mitchell, CofFEE, University of Newcastle. Abstract	Employment outcomes for Indigenous participants of Vocational Education and Training Programs Tom Stehlik, School of Education, University of South Australia. Abstract
16.25-17.00	Home Ownership and Unemployment: Does the Oswald Thesis Hold for Australian Regions? Paul Flatau, Matt Forbes and Gavin Wood, Murdoch University, Patric H. Hendershott, Aberdeen University and Lisel O'Dwyer, Flinders University. Abstract	The Strengths in Unemployment in Disadvantaged Communities Bill Palmer, Employment and Business Development Officer, Two Bishops Trust and Feli McHugh, Aboriginal Elder of the Ngemba People, Brewarrina
17.00	End of Day 1 Sessions
18.00-19.00	Lord Mayor's Reception - The Lord Mayor of Newcastle, John Tate is hosting a Lord Mayor's Reception for the Conference delegates at the Civic Hall, Newcastle from 18.00.

Thursday, December 5, 2002

Session 3A: 09.30-10.05	Room: Brennan Room Chair: Randall Wray Reconciling the policy goals of full employment and ecological sustainability Philip Lawn, School of Economics, Flinders University. Abstract
Session 3B: 10.05-10.40	Room: Brennan Room Chair: Randall Wray Public Debt Management and Australia's Macroeconomic Priorities Bill Mitchell and Warren Mosler, CofFEE, University of Newcastle, and AVM Funds Management, Florida Abstract
10.40-11.05	Morning Tea - Brennan Room
Session 4:	Parallel Session A - Brennan Room Chair: Ellen Carlson	Parallel Session B - Treehouse Chair: Chris Dodds
11.05-11.40	Fiscal policy and financial fragility: why macroeconomic policy is failing Luke Reedman and Bill Mitchell, CofFEE, University of Newcastle. Abstract	Waiting for the Bus that Never Comes Kevin Brennan, Unemployed Person's Advocacy, Queensland. Abstract
11.40-12.15	Working Hours, Productivity, Participation and Unemployment: A Regional Investigation of the UK David Harvie, Bruce Philp and Gary Slater, Nottingham Trent University, UK. Abstract	How dare we!? John Tomlinson, QUT. Abstract
12.15-12.50	More jobs and better jobs? John Burgess, University of Newcastle. Abstract	Re-engineering and Managerialism: The Tabula Rasa Approach to Policy and Administration Jim Jose and Victor Quirk, CofFEE, University of Newcastle. Abstract
12.50-13.50	Lunch - Brennan Room
Session 5: 13.50-14.25	Room: Brennan Room Chair: Bill Mitchell Risk Technology in Australia: The Role of the Job Seeker Classification Instrument in Employment Services Catherine McDonald, Greg Marston and Amma Buckley, University of Queensland. Abstract
14.25-15.00	Focus Groups and Convenor - Brennan Room, Southern Cross Lounge and Treehouse The Focus Groups will provide the opportunity for all participants to discuss in more detail the various themes raised in presentations in addition to their own ideas. Group 1: Public Sector Job Creation - John McNaughton Group 2: A Practical Model for paid leave for all workers including the underemployed - Mary Jenkins, Underemployed People's Union, WA. Group 3: Regional development and unemployment - Chris Dodds, CofFEE and NCOSS President.
15.00-15.30	Afternoon Tea - Brennan Room
Session 6:	Parallel Session A - Treehouse Chair: Jim Jose	Parallel Session B - Southern Cross Lounge Chair: Julie Lee
15.30-16.05	Does Receiving A Breach Penalty From Centrelink Coerce Unemployed People To Comply With The Government's Wishes? Simon Schooneveldt and John Tomlinson, QUT. Abstract	No paper given due to bushfire problems in NSW preventing speaker participation
16.05-16.40	False promise or False Premise? Evaluating the Job Network Sally Cowling and Bill Mitchell, CofFEE, University of Newcastle. Abstract	Reassessing the Employment Effect of Labour Market Regulation: Employer-Employee Discretion as an Alternative Explanatory Variable Kayoko Tsumori, The Centre for Independent Studies, Sydney. Abstract
16.40-17.15	Regional innovation policies and guaranteed employment strategies James Juniper, University of South Australia. Abstract	No paper given due to bushfire problems in NSW preventing speaker participation
17.15-18.30	End of Day 2 Sessions
17.15-17.45	Business Meeting in Treehouse - a short meeting of interested parties will be held to determine the organisation of the National Unemployment Conference in the coming years.
18.30 for 19.00	Conference Dinner - at University Club. Special Guest Speaker: Robert Fitzgerald, Community Services Commissioner for NSW and Past President of ACOSS.

Friday, December 6, 2002

Session 7: 09.15-10.20	Room: Brennan Room Chair: Bill Mitchell Full Employment Workshop CofFEE's Public Sector Community Development Employment plan will be available and several guests from the local community will lead discussion.
10.20-10.45	Morning Tea - Brennan Room
Session 8:	Parallel Session A - Brennan Room Chair: Jim Jose	Parallel Session B - Treehouse Chair: Victor Quirk
10.45-11.20	Investment asymmetries, inflation and unemployment Bill Mitchell and Joan Muysken, CofFEE, University of Newcastle and University of Maastricht, The Netherlands. Abstract	No paper given due to bushfire problems in NSW preventing speaker participation
11.20-11.55	No paper given due to bushfire problems in NSW preventing speaker participation	The Relevance of Policies on Pay to the Pursuit of Full Employment Greg Smith, School of Economics, University of New England. Abstract
11.55-12.30	Making employment by avoiding waste Miriam Buchhorn, Nature Conservation Council of NSW. Abstract	Welfare Dynamics of Mature Age Customers: An Analysis using the FaCS Longitudinal Data Set Anil Kumar and John De Maio, ABS, Canberra. Abstract
12.30-13.30	Lunch - Brennan Room
Session 9:	Parallel Session A - Brennan Room Chair: Martin Watts	Parallel Session B - Treehouse Chair: John Burgess
13.30-14.05	Working for the Dole: Patterns of Paid and Volunteer Work among Income Support Recipients Peter Saunders, SPRC, UNSW. Abstract	Unemployment in the OECD: Models and Mysteries Raja Junankar, UWS, and Jakob Madsen, Brunel University. Abstract
14.05-14.40	Long-term Unemployment in a Time of Economic Growth: Who Gets Left Behind? Tony Eardley, SPRC, UNSW. Abstract	Marginal taxes: a discussion in the margin Tom van Veen and Joan Muysken, CofFEE-Europe, University of Maastricht, The Netherlands. Abstract
14.40-15.10	Afternoon Tea - Brennan Room
Session 10 15.10-16.15	Open Forum - Brennan Room Chair: Bill Mitchell (CofFEE, University of Newcastle)

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