Employment
(Wo)men at work
They build our cities, they build our towns, but only one in ten of them are women. Construction has the......
Progressive or Patronising? Income Management for Young Australians
A hot debate is running within the welfare sector about the merits of extending income quarantining to kids. Effective of......
Carbon farming a boost for Indigenous employment
Support for Indigenous jobs and land management are set to increase after the first successful sale of carbon credit units.......
The future of Geelong
Retailer Target has axed 260 jobs from its Geelong head office just weeks after another of the city’s major employers,......
Remote jobs push
Residents on Queensland’s Palm Island can expect a boost in local jobs. The Federal Government has awarded a grant to......
Ford pulls out of the rat race
Ford first began production in Australia with the Model T back in 1925, but the company’s manufacturing arm will bow......
Unemployment growing
The Australian Bureau of Statistics have released their monthly Labour Force report showing unemployment up 0.2% to 5.6%. Although those......
Stevedores say industry wants to stymie national safety guidelines
The Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) has been pushing for industry to create a uniform national set of safety guidelines......
Casualisation of workforce puts pressure on first time home owners
A new report which launched today into home ownership looks into defaulting on the Australian dream and discusses Australia’s increasing......
‘Aldi would pay more’: workers welcome aged care wage boost
Some aged care providers have raised complaints about the conditions attached to new funding, but workers in the sector say......