Employment
Unemployment rate rise: should we be concerned?
The Australian Bureau of Statistics revealed that in July 2015, 6.3 per cent of Australians are unemployed, increasing 0.3 per......
Will quotas be the answer to gender imbalance?
A few days on from the Labor party’s announcement that women fill 50 per cent of the organisations positions by......
South Australia, the unemployment state
Unemployment figures around the nation have remained stable at 6%. However, South Australia has reached a 15 year high of......
Encouraging Indigenous engineers
Workshops at Australia’s first National Indigenous Engineering Summit are developing programs to increase Indigenous involvement in the discipline. The focus......
Technology could see five million jobs go
A new report has been released warning that rapid technological advancement means the world is on the cusp of another......
Can’t afford a house? Get a better paying job, says Joe Hockey
The Treasurer Joe Hockey was attempting to draw attention to the government keeping of a promise to crackdown on foreign......
Minimum wage decision disappoints business and unions
The Fair Work Commission has managed to disappoint both unions and industry with its latest minimum wage decision. After looking......
A more ‘human’ workplace is a more productive one
Now that technology has eroded the distinction between worklife and homelife, there’s a growing demand for workplaces to recognise that......
Reduced RET target will reduce renewable jobs
A 15 month long impasse on the Renewable Energy Target has ended with Labor and the government agreeing on a......
Indigenous funding masks another agenda
Money in the budget for indigenous housing and job creation appears to be reasonably good news for Aboriginal Australia. However......