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Engineers, scientists to squeeze more out of oil, gas

Engineers, scientists to squeeze more out of oil, gas

A long-time engineering and construction contractor to oil and gas giants says it has a chance to play both sides of the energy and resources transition.

Payment plan to help pensioners, job seekers into work

Payment plan to help pensioners, job seekers into work

Payment plan to help pensioners, job seekers into work

Payment plan to help pensioners, job seekers into work

Job seekers will get welfare benefits for up to six months as they transition into the workforce, under a suite of changes announced by the Albanese government.

Bank asks refugee jobseeker for police check from Syria

Bank asks refugee jobseeker for police check from Syria

Bank asks refugee jobseeker for police check from Syria

Bank asks refugee jobseeker for police check from Syria

A refugee jobseeker who applied for an accountant position was asked by a top Australian bank to provide a police check from Syria, the nation he escaped from.

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Industry urged to club together in clean energy hubs

Industry urged to club together in clean energy hubs

Taxpayer funding for cleaning up heavily polluting industries is being wasted by favouring smaller projects at individual facilities, economic modelling shows.

Labor's jobs plan not at odds with RBA, says treasurer

Labor's jobs plan not at odds with RBA, says treasurer

Treasurer Jim Chalmers says his ambition for full employment is not in conflict with the RBA's endeavours to reduce inflation.

Smashing barriers key to Labor's full employment vision

Smashing barriers key to Labor's full employment vision

The federal government wants to get as many people in the workforce as possible by dismantling any hurdles holding them back.

Bid to crack down on billions of dollars lost in super

Bid to crack down on billions of dollars lost in super

The Greens are campaigning to criminalise superannuation theft, which costs Australian workers more than $3 billion a year.

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Labor driving towards secure future with jobs roadmap

Labor driving towards secure future with jobs roadmap

Labor driving towards secure future with jobs roadmap

Labor driving towards secure future with jobs roadmap

Treasurer Jim Chalmers is set to release the Employment White Paper setting out policies to put secure jobs in reach of more Australians.

Carbon farm sale lets descendants return to country

Carbon farm sale lets descendants return to country

Carbon farm sale lets descendants return to country

Carbon farm sale lets descendants return to country

A partnership underpinned by carbon farming will enable a big land station to be returned to a local aboriginal corporation in a move described as empowering.

Unexpected jobs surge leaves unemployment figure steady

Unexpected jobs surge leaves unemployment figure steady

Unexpected jobs surge leaves unemployment figure steady

Unexpected jobs surge leaves unemployment figure steady

Higher interest rates are yet to make a serious dent in Australia's jobs market, with a larger-than-expected surge in employment recorded.

Flyer distributer charged with 2400 child work breaches

Flyer distributer charged with 2400 child work breaches

Flyer distributer charged with 2400 child work breaches

Flyer distributer charged with 2400 child work breaches

A Victorian watchdog has charged a major distributer after it allegedly hired more than 400 children under 15 to deliver catalogues and flyers.

Deadline to claim almost $7m in aged care back pay

Deadline to claim almost $7m in aged care back pay

Deadline to claim almost $7m in aged care back pay

Deadline to claim almost $7m in aged care back pay

Nurses and other workers at a major aged care provider were underpaid almost $7 million over seven years and all money must be claimed within weeks.

Mum remembers stillborn baby being taken 'callously'

Mum remembers stillborn baby being taken 'callously'

Mum remembers stillborn baby being taken 'callously'

Mum remembers stillborn baby being taken 'callously'

A parliamentary inquiry into birth trauma has heard from mothers who endured stillbirths, cold and callous care, or who felt dismissed by the system.

Workplace changes to protect staff from undercut wages

Workplace changes to protect staff from undercut wages

Workplace changes to protect staff from undercut wages

Workplace changes to protect staff from undercut wages

The federal government has introduced its next tranche of workplace reforms targeted at employers exploiting loopholes to undercut pay.

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'The Me Too of birth' as women speak up about trauma

A birth trauma inquiry is a landmark moment to change the way women are treated at a vulnerable time in their lives, advocates say.

Animals in pounds face cruel deaths as vet crisis bites

Shocking methods of euthanasia have been highlighted at an inquiry examining a widespread vet shortage, demonstrating the impact of the issue on animal welfare.

Young workers sought to fill 70,000 railway jobs gap

Australia's railway industry is looking to recruit thousands of young Australians amid a global worker shortage and huge investments in transport.

'Bill shock': pet owner abuse pushing vets into despair

The father of a young vet who took her own life says the industry's damning mental health record would not be tolerated in other professions.

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Australian workforce to change shape in coming decades

The Intergenerational Report shows a number of major shifts in the Australian workforce as the country's population ages and its economy changes.

Young Iraqi and Syrian refugees are feeling true blue

Escaping wars and conflict, young Iraqi and Syrian refugees are creating new lives where they feel "Aussie" because crucial support was put around them.

Jobless figures 'final nail in coffin' for rates hike

Australia's unemployment rate rose to 3.7 per cent in July, fuelling expectations the cash rate could remain on hold in a relief for home owners.

Workplace changes slated for year's end but fight looms

Employment Minister Tony Burke is pushing ahead with a new tranche of industrial relations reform but faces a fight from the business lobby and opposition.

Australia gets wake-up call on materials manufacturing

Australia must ramp up its ability to make the materials and components needed for big renewable energy projects coming down the pipeline, industry heads say.

Manufacturing Australia's answer to the climate crisis

Renewable energy can spark an industrial turnaround, but Australia risks continuing to serve as the world's "quarry" at the current pace of change, experts say.

Big business group warns of 'anti-productivity' reforms

Business groups are sharpening their attack on the government's workplace reforms, with the Ai Group concerned the changes will hamper productivity.

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