unemployment

In the first half of July, the number of payroll jobs in Australia fell by 2.4 per cent, with women and younger workers hit the hardest.

The fall in the unemployment rate was a lot of people decided to leave the labour market. The vast majority of these people were women.

The federal government is set to announce a permanent increase to the base rate of JobSeeker, but advovacy groups say it is not enough.

US President, Joe Biden has laid down an emphatic and unequivocal position on the pandemic fallout impacting women.

Many of Australia’s top economists have indicated the JobSeeker rate should increase by at least $100 per week, writes Peter Martin.

Morrison said the rate of the JobSeeker coronavirus supplement will be extended at a reduced rate of $150 per week, starting 1 January.

Women will form the majority of the 360,000 people in NSW projected to be unemployed by July 2021, according to research from Equity Economics.

Parents are once again stressed-out about the reporting requirements and the threat of losing their ParentsNext payments. writes Simone Casey.

We will need much more government stimulus if we are to combat the devastating impact of long-term unemployment, writes Toni Wren

Sadhana Smiles is a landlord and when COVID-19 reared its ugly head, she naturally considered whether her tenant would need relief.

On Monday night Ricci Bartels spoke on ABC’s Q&A program about her life on Newstart after 46 years as a productive taxpayer.