More than 1.45 million JobSeeker recipients will have to apply for eight jobs every month from September 28 to maintain access to unemployment benefits. The Morrison government seized on a surprise fall in the unemployment rate to announce the reintroduction of mutual obligation requirements for all job seekers except those …
Today’s 30-year-old is more educated than previous generations. But they are poorer than their parents were at the same age and struggle to break into the property market. Some boomers say that’s because millennials lack financial discipline and spend too much money on avocado on toast. (And need hugs.) But …
One in four Australians experience it first hand. Another one in 10 know someone who’s a victim. But for many, discussing financial abuse is an incredibly difficult task, despite its devastating – and potentially lifelong – consequences. Complied by YouGov, those figures coincide with a new Commonwealth Bank initiative to …
Thursday’s unemployment figures confirmed that women have borne the brunt of this recession – a fact the government has failed to address. Women’s working hours fell by 7.3 per cent between March and June, while men’s fell by 6.5 per cent. And although men suffered a depressing 3.8 per cent …
The federal government will pump $500 million into Australia’s vocational training sector to tackle unemployment and boost the economic recovery. But the sector’s history of rorts has many researchers worried about how the money will be spent. Unveiled by Scott Morrison on Thursday, the JobTrainer program will see $1 billion …