Employment

Job search. | Newsreel

Job vacancies jump for first time since 2022

Job vacancies rose for the first time in more than two years in the final quarter of last year. Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) Head of Labour Statistics Bjorn
Read more 11 March 2025
Trainee doctors. | Newsreel

More guidance needed on future medical workforce

A lack of insight into the required make-up of Australia’s future medical workforce has sparked a call for a new national planning body. The Australian Medical
Read more 25 February 2025
Farm workers. | Newsreel

United call for labour hire regulator in ag sector

Unions and business have united to urge beefed up oversight of employment practices in Australia’s agriculture sector. A report commissioned by Woolworths and the
Read more 24 February 2025
Female worker. | Newsreel

Women drive January employment numbers

Unemployment ticked up to 4.1 percent in January, according to the latest data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). ABS Head of Labour Statistics Bjorn Jarvis
Read more 20 February 2025
Australian money. | Newsreel

Annual wage growth drops to 3.2 percent

Recent wage growth has slowed, with increases returning to 2022 levels. Data released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) today showed the Wage Price Index
Read more 19 February 2025
Australian Federal Parliament House of Representatives.

Don’t accept band-aid solutions in election campaign

By Dr Ashley Craig Australia heads towards a federal election campaign facing enormous economic challenges and we’re dangerously complacent because of decades of
Read more 17 February 2025
Clothes shop worker. | Newsreel

Retailers keen on action to cut crime and red tape

A change in the definition of a small business and a concerted effort to address retail crime are among the issues peak retail bodies want the Federal Government to
Read more 6 February 2025
Construction workers. | Newsreel

New employment laws drive spike in collective bargaining

A report on the impact of new Federal employment laws has shown an increase in collective bargaining and real wages since the legislation was passed, but has been
Read more 5 February 2025
Teacher in classroom. | Newsreel

More students looking for teaching careers

Australia’s pipeline of future teachers has improved with an increase in applications to study education this year, reversing the downward trend of recent years. New
Read more 30 January 2025
Hamilton Island, Queensland, Australia. | Newsreel

Hamilton Island workers underpaid $28 million

Workers on Hamilton Island have received more than $28 million in backpay, following a Fair Work investigation. Fair Work Ombudsman Anna Booth said the operators of the
Read more 30 January 2025