The business community is joining in on calls to release a backlog of more than 140,000 skilled workers waiting on their visa applications to be processed.

People welcome passengers from Singapore at Sydney Airport in Sydney, Australia, on Nov. 21, 2021. Australia's travel bubble with Singapore came into effect on Sunday.Photo: Xinhua

On Thursday, 23 June, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) released labour force figures for the month of May confirming that Australia’s labour market remains strong. This is good news for jobseekers but remains challenging for employees still strug

Travel agents say COVID is making overseas travel more complicated than ever, but a severe workforce shortage means they cannot help everyone through the process.

State and territory leaders have expressed confidence the federal government will extend health funding boosted during the pandemicin the first meeting of national cabinet since Prime Minister Anthony Albanese's election win.

As the grocery delivery business Send liquidated in early May, several migrant workers found themselves not entitled to the wages they were owed.

Australia’s streak of low unemployment is continuing, but analysts say it's too simplistic to conclude a halt to migration is solely responsible.

"It's a juggle with time, it's a juggle with money and the household budget. It gets really stressful."

Resurrecting the nation's reputation in the eyes of overseas parents could help Jane Coole plug holes in her roster sheet. The Esperance restaurant owner battled crippling workforce shortages throughout the pandemic, which forced her to close during peak

The new aged care minister will begin looking at the prospect of using migration to help fill tens of thousands of vacancies across the sector as both unions and providers call for permanent residency for imported staff.

One of the stranger sights during the election campaign was both sides promising to create lots of new jobs even as businesses across a range of industries complained they couldn’t find enough workers.

Women are giving birth in emergency departments and new mothers are prematurely discharging themselves from hospital, as a worsening shortage of midwives hampers access to maternity ward beds.

The new Labor government has made it clear it wants to change Australia’s trajectory on several fronts, and already has an agenda stacked with policies and reforms.

During the tech boom of the 1990s, companies would lure new employees with promises of office pool tables, beanbags and video games.

Construction has started on a 580-kilometre, $460 million pipeline in Western Australia that will take natural gas from the Perth basin out to resources projects in the state's Goldfields.

Fernanda* was one of around 80 international students underpaid by a cleaning company that went into liquidation and set up under a new name a short time later.

A major investment by one of the largest food manufacturers in Australia and New Zealand is creating a jobs boost in Ballarat. George Weston Foods will invest $132.9 million to build a new flour mill in the Ballarat West Employment Zone.

The unemployment rate remained at 3.9 per cent in April after the Australian Bureau of Statistics revised down the March result from 4 per cent.

Strengthening international education and introducing targeted visa settings will be critical to ensuring Australia has access to the global talent pool and skilled workforce essential to meet the demands of new and emerging critical industries.

No one left behind: Why Australia should lock in full employment shows that all workers suffer when unemployment is high, but the most vulnerable workers suffer the most. And the costs of failing to reach full employment increase over time.