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The costs of a casual job
The costs of a casual job are now outweighing any pay benefits.
Two big political problems buried in the latest budget update
Not much room to move.
Ten Gigabit Adelaide set to become ‘the centre of the universe’
New optical fibre network plans.
Australian Bureau of Statistics forced to sell advertising, data to pay for new technology
This survey sponsored by …
Housing lags in WA’s strong economy
By Paul Hemsley The latest quarterly State of the States economic report from the Commonwealth Bank of Australia’s securities arm, CommSec has found that Western Australia has the strongest state…
Yarra pays unemployed to clean streets
By Paul Hemsley The City of Yarra has activated an ambitious project to tackle long-term unemployment and social disadvantage by replacing private cleaning contractors with labour sourced from high-rise public…
Penrith City Council boosts jobs
The program includes opportunities in business administration, sport and recreation, information technology, childcare and hospitality. Traineeships were open to all ages and abilities and about 438 people applied for…
Budget must include assistance to unemployed: ACOSS
Unemployed Australians must not be forgotten in tonight's Budget, the community services and welfare sector has said. As Treasurer Wayne Swan prepares to deliver the 2010/11 Budget, the Australian Council of Social…
Queensland regions experiencing recession level unemployment
By Rob O’Brien The Local Government Association of Queensland (LGAQ) has called for a ‘re-shuffling’ of the Federal Government’s stimulus after a report on regional unemployment. According to the Australian Development Strategies’…
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