JobSeeker
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.
- by 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.
- by Craig Butt
Opinion
Opinion
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.
- by Ross Gittins
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Cost of living
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.
- by Rachel Clun
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.
- by Sarah Brookes
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Federal budget
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.
- by Shane Wright
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.
- by Rachel Clun
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”.
- by Paul Sakkal
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.
- by David Crowe
Treasurer’s interview slip hints at budget surprise
The treasurer said the stronger outlook would include “upward revisions to surplus” before he corrected himself.
- by David Crowe
Analysis
Federal budget
Chalmers has a story many will be relieved to hear, so why is it being drowned out?
The budget will include a suite of measures to make life easier for people doing it tough, but the treasurer’s narrative keeps being interrupted by other plot lines.
- by Anthony Galloway
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