Work
New increase in the number of outreach worker placements.
National efforts to close the gap in life expectancy between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians within a generation received a boost......
Migration reforms leave many out in the cold
Overseas students pursuing accreditations in fields like accounting, cookery and hairdressing may have their prospects for migration visas disappear, under......
Working Nine to Five (plus unpaid overtime)
Given the choice, would you donate more than your annual leave entitlement back to your employer? According to new research......
Should gender be used to negotiate higher wages for women?
A parliamentary committee publishes a report tomorrow on the wage inequalities between men and women. Currently men earn on average......
New alliance calls for wages to be made public
The Equal Pay Alliance says that if wages of men and women are made public it will encourage women to......
Asbestos victims not happy with soft punishments for Hardie executives
The long-running Hardie Industries saga is well-known, with many asbestos victims still waiting for compensation. Today Hardie executives were finally......
Green jobs ….or green fraud?
So called green jobs was the big ticket item at today’s ALP national conference – the first since they took......
Whistling while they work — new recommendations to protect whistleblowers in the public sector
Today in Queensland, state and federal authorities gathered to hear how corruption can be prevented by having better protection for......
Job snobs or career aspirants?
Both the Federal and Opposition governments have criticised Australia’s Generation Y for being too fussy when it comes to finding......
Getting by on the minimum wage…
The furore has continued today following the decision of the Fair Pay Commission to freeze wages for the more than......