Re-imagining Geographic Labour Mobility through ‘Distance Labour’

Content Provider	Semantic Scholar
Author	Skilton, Nicholas
Copyright Year	2015
Abstract	Geographic labour mobility is necessary for increasing productivity in Australia. Long-distance commuting has been found to be especially significant. However, important considerations are being excluded from policy discussions within the Productivity Commission on this topic. This commentary covers these important omissions. They are, namely, the problematic conflation of the terminologies of ‘fly-in, fly-out’ and ‘long-distance commuting’ with mining, and a lack of qualitative research investigating the material impacts of these labour practices on people's lives. This commentary puts forward a new terminology, ‘distance labour’, to better include those industries on the margins of distance commuting. By accounting for the social worlds of workers engaged in distance labour, the Productivity Commission could increase the validity of its datasets, and provide more egalitarian policy recommendations.
Starting Page	364
Ending Page	369
Page Count	6
File Format	PDF HTM / HTML
DOI	10.1111/1467-8500.12137
Volume Number	74
Alternate Webpage(s)	http://ro.uow.edu.au/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3065&context=lhapapers
Alternate Webpage(s)	https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8500.12137
Language	English
Access Restriction	Open
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article