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22-year-old Southern River resident Nuh Dzuljaidi fell into the freight industry four years ago after COVID and border travel restrictions put a halt on a career in aviation.

The little-known industry with a $120,000 starting salary that is crying out for new trainees

Customs brokers are retiring in great numbers with few young trainees coming up through the ranks, despite an attractive starting salary.

  • Claire Ottaviano

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Which suburb has the most teachers? Dentists? CEOs? Where to find Melbourne’s worker tribes

Brighton has the most CEOs, Kew has the most GPs, the CBD has the most waiters and Tarneit has the most truck drivers. Find out where the most people who do the same job as you live in our tour of Melbourne’s worker tribes.

  • Craig Butt
Remarks by Treasurer Jim Chalmers seem to say there’ll be no one-off increase in the pitifully inadequate rate of unemployment benefits in Tuesday night’s budget.

Labor’s persistent refusal to fix the JobSeeker payment is shameful

Australia has the lowest benefits for the short-term unemployed among 34 countries in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.

  • Ross Gittins
The government has again been urged to lift welfare payments.

How young people could have been $4700 better off over last six months

Just over two weeks before the federal budget, the Economic Inclusion Advisory Committee has again urged the government to provide more help to those struggling the most.

  • Rachel Clun
The cost of renting in Perth is out pacing income.

The long list of Perth postcodes where renting is unaffordable

Even on the average rental household income of $103,805 a year, more and more people are struggling to find an affordable rental in the current market.

  • Sarah Brookes
About 52,000 people over the age of 55 will receive a boost of $92 a fortnight to their JobSeeker payment.

Coalition seats rake in budget welfare, but PM’s electorate misses out

Of the top 10 communities to receive assistance, seven are in federal electorates held by either the LNP, the Nationals or the Liberal Party.

  • Shane Wright
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Allowing job seekers to earn more should be looked at, economists said.

Let JobSeeker recipients work more without penalty, economists say

The major political parties revealed different plans to help job seekers this week. Economists say reducing disincentives to work should be key.

  • Rachel Clun
Doyle delivering her first speech.

Welfare isn’t a dirty word, says new Aston MP amid JobSeeker debate

Labor’s full caucus took time out of a busy parliamentary session to watch Mary Doyle explain how her pathway to the nation’s capital had been “riddled with challenges”.

  • Paul Sakkal
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Cost of living combo for Australian households to cost $14.6b

Energy assistance will be a major component of the package and will offer households on low incomes several hundred dollars to help pay their bills.

  • David Crowe
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Treasurer’s interview slip hints at budget surprise

The treasurer said the stronger outlook would include “upward revisions to surplus” before he corrected himself.

  • David Crowe

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