Deakin Research Online This is the published version: Ziguras, Stephen, Considine, Mark, Hancock, Linda and Howe, Brian 2004, From risk to opportunity: labour markets in transition: Background paper, Centre for Public Policy, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Vic. Available from Deakin Research Online: http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30015304 Reproduced with the kind permission of the copyright owner. Copyright : 2004, Centre for Public Policy, University of Melbourne