Unemployment for you, less inflation for me?

Unemployment for you, less inflation for me?

Rising interest rates means rising unemployment. People in precarious employment will be hit hard. We need a better system than that. This story is by the ABC’s Gareth Hutchens, who has his finger Australia’s economic pulse. The Reserve Bank has acknowledged that more...
David Jones in Adelaide and Marion flagged to close

David Jones in Adelaide and Marion flagged to close

David Jones’s receiver is set to close a significant number of the retailer’s department stores, with rumours reckoning half will go, according to the ABC and Channel 9. Staff in the affected locations are being briefed, with more formal announcements...
Qantas to axe 850 jobs in offshoring deal

Qantas to axe 850 jobs in offshoring deal

Remember the heart-tugging Qantas TV with kids singing ‘I still call Australia home’ in front of Uluru? Forget it. The off-shoring of call centre jobs for Telstra was a disaster. Send a message. Fly Virgin. Qantas will cut 850 jobs in Australia and...
Job hunter ‘shunned’ – investigate recruitment

Job hunter ‘shunned’ – investigate recruitment

This is an all too common story. Throw in dodgy recruiters, AI scanning systems, age prejudice, nepotism, shonky do-nothing providers who are scamming the system and fake job ads and you have the current state of job hunting in Australia. The writer, John Emerson...
Whyalla – Help for sacked workers

Whyalla – Help for sacked workers

An on-the-ground Transition Support Network assists workers in Whyalla and elsewhere, facing job loss to find new work as soon as possible. The network is made up of representatives from the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations national, state and...