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Some Sydney regions are being hit disproportionately hard amid weaker demand for employment.

Unemployment is rising across Sydney. Here’s how your area is faring

Some Sydney regions are being hit disproportionately hard amid weaker demand for employment.

  • Matt Wade

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Reserve Bank of Australia governor Michele Bullock.

Oops. Did the Reserve Bank get that last rate decision wrong?

With June’s labour force numbers out, the merry dance of predicting rate movements and second-guessing the central bank begins afresh.

  • Elizabeth Knight
The unemployment rate rose to 4.3 per cent in June, the fourth month in a row the unemployment rate has lifted.

Unemployment at four-year high heaps pressure on RBA to ‘not make same mistake twice’

An unexpected increase in the jobless rate has put the spotlight back on the Reserve Bank after its recent decision to hold interest rates.

  • Shane Wright
Isolation and survelliance: working from home.

Working from home – with Big Brother watching

The tools that allow employees to clock on remotely – the laptop, the internet, mobile phones, Teams meetings – also allow them to be easily monitored.

  • Chris Zappone
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
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
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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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