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A record number of young Australians are working more than one part-time job to make ends meet.

More young Australians working multiple jobs to survive

Multiple part-time jobs is increasingly the norm for young Australians as signs emerge the overall jobs market is softening.

  • Shane Wright

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The ABC office in Ultimo.

Play School staffer sues the ABC over fixed-term contracts

The case, brought by the Media, Entertainment & Arts Alliance, has been filed in the Federal Court on behalf of Tom Scott, a digital producer on the children’s show.

  • Calum Jaspan
AI has already infiltrated multiple parts of the human resources process, from hiring to training to evaluating.

A 15-minute meeting with HR turned up on my calendar. I knew what it meant

Big tech firms are shedding staff all over the planet. Last week, it was my turn.

  • Cayla Dengate
The desire for views in the best buildings has tightened supply and raised rents.

What’s the view at the top of a glitzy office tower really worth?

Companies are paying tall premiums for expansive views at the top of Sydney and Melbourne’s glistening high-rise office towers as they battle to attract stay-at-home staff.

  • Simon Johanson
An expected slowdown will not be enough to bring forward RBA interest rate cuts amid fears inflation has stopped falling.

Why we need our economists to try a lot harder

Economists are great believers in innovation, and they’d like to see a lot more of it. But they don’t practise what they preach.

  • Ross Gittins
Anthony Albanese and Jim Chalmers cannot win an election with one rate cut alone.

If we want to be a more productive nation, we would do well to follow the British example

The Albanese government has a unique opportunity to turbocharge the key mechanism towards a better standard of living: productivity.

  • Bran Black
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Wages growth has now caught up to inflation, but many workers’ pay packets are not reflecting this.

The $3400 pay rise you deserve – and how to get it

Even if you aren’t successful in a pay rise request, having the conversation probably makes you more likely to get one next time.

  • Nicole Pedersen-McKinnon
Bega has announced it is wrapping up operations in northern Victoria’s Strathmerton.

‘Devastating’: Tiny Victorian town reacts to loss of 300 Bega jobs

Bega announced that its cheese processing and packaging operation in Strathmerton will cease to exist by mid-2026.

  • Alexander Darling
Generation X was promised technology would bring hoverboards and flying cars. The reality has been different.

‘Adapt or die’: How tech disrupted Generation X careers

In the Back to the Future trilogy, Generation X was promised technology would bring hoverboards and flying cars. Reality instead has brought Zoom meetings and career frustration.

  • Chris Zappone
US President Donald Trump went to his golf course in Florida on Friday as the financial markets collapsed after his new tariffs.

After $10.4 trillion wipeout, US expected to fall into recession ‘under weight of tariffs’

While the White House says Trump’s plan is working, some Republicans have joined Democrats to introduce a bill to terminate new tariffs unless the US Congress approves them.

  • Michael Koziol and Rob Harris

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