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Housing affordability widening intergenerational equity gap: Study

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2026  |  NEWS
... employment, the Actuaries Institute said. Despite concerns over the potential impact of artificial intelligence (AI), unemployment has been at its lowest level this century since 2022, and younger Australians have seen the greatest benefits. Real household ...

Female participation in the workforce hits record high

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2025  |  NEWS
The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate fell to 4.2% in July, according to data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). "With employment rising by 25,000 people and the number of unemployed decreasing by 10,000 people, the unemployment rate ...

Return to office will harm careers, businesses

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 31 JUL 2025  |  NEWS
... are seeing weakness in the employment market as an opportunity to impose stricter return to office mandates; the unemployment rate in financial services is much higher than the national average, particularly for top earners, the review shows. And now ...

Super gap to close in 2042

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 9 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
... gender pay equality is expected by 2047 and ASX 200 equality equity by 2030. Overall, women are experiencing higher unemployment and underemployment. In the long-term however there is - albeit slow - progress towards gender financial equality. Superannuation ...

Green job market heats up

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 26 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
Despite layoffs in other sectors and unemployment rate inching higher, sustainability surges as firms eye top talent in Q3 2024. Ann Austin has been promoted to global head of sustainability, investment management at Lendlease. A company loyalist, she ...

What's keeping the Treasurer up at night?

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 17 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
... see how difficult this is to achieve," he said. "The task of taming inflation has halted growth in Europe, raised unemployment in Canada to its highest level in two years, and progress on inflation has slowed in the US." Last night, the US Bureau of ...

Social license or social-washing - weighing the value of public statements on the Voice

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 10 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... Torres Strait Islander] ATSI peoples, complex kinship structures and highly localised issues including generational unemployment and low levels of financial literacy are all areas where systemic reforms would benefit from the deep understanding a representative ...

Untapped talent: Australia missing out on $50b in GDP

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
... labour force - for people with a disability is just over half (53%), compared to 84% for those without disability. The unemployment rate - the percentage of people in the labour force unemployed - is more than double at 10%. These figures have remained ...

Is divestment the last resort for modern slavery?

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... are located in the poorer regions of the world such as Africa, Asia and Latin America, which in time can result in unemployment among workers," he said. "Unemployment significantly increases the risk of labour exploitation because when people are desperate ...

Super Housing Partnerships taps property leader as new CEO

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 2 FEB 2023  |  NEWS
... supplemented all my executive positions with roles in the not for profit sector, especially in the homelessness and youth unemployment areas. My exposure to disadvantage, the relationships I have built and the knowledge of the intricacies of the sector ...
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