This Month
- Aussie Lawyers Overseas
- Legal profession
From Picnic at Hanging Rock to making it as a lawyer in Hollywood
Karen Robson starred in the 1975 film, then went to law school and founded the Los Angeles office of a law firm where she still practises today.
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- Daniel Arbon, Maxim Shanahan and Ciara Seccombe
Robin Khuda’s go-to finance lawyer finds a home at Baker McKenzie
Street Talk understands banking and finance partner Bryan Paisley has returned to the top-tier firm he left five years ago.
- Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
Sacked Qantas workers win record $120m compensation payout
The Transport Workers Union has won compensation for 1700 baggage handlers and ground workers more than four years after they were illegally sacked.
- Ayesha de Kretser
How to audit your career before the new year
The prospect of higher unemployment next year means understanding and knowing how to showcase your professional value could soon assume greater importance.
- Euan Black
RBA could accept lower unemployment without inflation risk: economists
Others warn the jobs market may now be running too hot, and a longer period of elevated interest rates will be required.
- John Kehoe and Michael Read
‘Bye-bye’ February rate cut as unemployment rate falls to 3.9pc
More than 35,000 people found jobs in November, pushing the unemployment rate below 4 per cent for the first time since March.
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- Michael Read, John Kehoe and David Marin-Guzman
Fed on track to cut rates: Wall Street’s view of jobs data
November’s payrolls report keeps open the door for a quarter point rate cut this month, though next week’s CPI data still needs to be cleared.
- Timothy Moore
US payrolls rebound, economy adds 227,000 jobs
The unemployment rate edged higher to 4.2 per cent, pointing to cooling demand for workers and confirming the case for a rate cut this month.
- Augusta Saraiva
Public sector jobs surge props up economy
Employment in the public sector is growing at double the pace of the private sector.
- John Kehoe
Energy workers hit hardest by transition: RBA research
Workers laid off from emissions-intensive roles suffered larger income falls than other workers losing jobs, according to Reserve Bank researchers.
- John Kehoe
Demand for offshore white-collar workers triples firm’s revenue
ConnectOS specialises in hiring and managing low-cost staff in the Philippines on behalf of other companies.
- Edmund Tadros
BCA scorecard ranks the best and worst states for business
The report names Victoria as the worst state or territory to run a business, with its onerous regulations acting against growth and investment on many measures
- Patrick Durkin and Gus McCubbing
November
Five tips to land a job at a unicorn
Want to work at Australia’s most valuable private technology company? You’ll need to pass the ‘Canva challenge’ first.
- Tess Bennett
- Exclusive
- Skills shortage
The big trend working against the PM’s 1.2m homes target
Painter Gavin Sas wants to hire an apprentice to expand his business, but the initial cost is too high. It’s a small part of a bigger problem.
- Euan Black
A one-woman firm becomes a $29m national recruiter
Kay Reynoldson says loyalty underpins healthy growth for this nursing recruiter where revenues have tripled.
- Michael Smith
Thyssenkrupp to cut 11,000 jobs at struggling steel unit
The layoff plan would shrink a business that has lost billions of euros to a global steel glut and rising energy prices.
- William Wilkes
US jobless claims fall to near seven-month lows
The total number of Americans collecting jobless benefits rose, suggesting that demand for workers is waning, even as the economy remains strong.
- Matt Ott
US unemployment claims fall to lowest in six months
The Labour Department figures are a sign that layoffs remain at relatively healthy levels.
- Matt Ott
Albanese increasingly likely to face voters without a rate cut
NAB and RBC Capital Markets now expect the RBA to leave the cash rate on hold until May, after the latest practical date for an election.
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- Michael Read
AI job growth to fuel demand for 480,000sq m of office space: report
JLL research suggests that by 2030, artificial intelligence will become the second-largest sector in the Australian economy, offering opportunities for office landlords.
- Michael Bleby