New research from the Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute (AHURI) has found the COVID pandemic has exacerbated concerns about housing affordability and access to services for people living in regional Australia.

For some time, our federal politicians have argued that wages will grow when unemployment is lower, and they will moderate when unemployment is higher.

Australian graduates heading into the technology sector are setting themselves up for a massive payday, new analysis has found.Companies including the likes of Amazon, Google and Canva are paying salaries of up to $350,000 for new graduates.

With ambitious aspirations to transform Melbourne’s north, La Trobe University has agreed to partner with developer Plenary to build its $5 billion University City of the Future Plan project.

NSW education authorities are investigating how they can endorse high school teachers as subject specialists even if they do not have university qualifications in that discipline amid shortages of qualified teachers, particularly in maths and science.

The Victorian government will look overseas to recruit thousands of healthcare workers that have been funded for in Tuesday’s state budget.

COVID-19 travel restrictions brought migration to Australia to a virtual standstill, and over the course of the pandemic about 500,000 temporary migrants have left our shores. Now many Australian businesses are screaming out for more workers.

Ahead of the upcoming election, Labor has promised a rigorous review of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS), focused on spending and administration, should it win office.

The relaxation of student visa working hours in Australia drew mixed reactions from many. Source: William West/AFP

Changes to the requirements for travel into and out of Australia came into effect on 18 April 2022. So what does that mean for your overseas trip?

The sudden speed of the shift to clean power is forcing Australia, a global champion of coal and gas, to confront one of the energy industry's biggest challenges — how to transition millions of fossil fuel workers to new roles in wind and solar.

The Prime Minister has promised a regional jobs boom, but a record number of positions are going begging across the country and employers are resorting to desperate measures to lure staff.

Almost 6000 jobs will be created in the Upper Spencer Gulf, Eyre Peninsula and Moomba under a $218 million green-energy boost from the federal government.

Australia must proactively recruit nurses from overseas to deliver federal election commitments to minimum aged care staffing levels, the peak training body says.

New research from ECI Software Solutions highlights which cities in Australia are being hit the hardest by the manufacturing skills gap, with some cities at risk of struggling to fill half their vacancies.  

La Trobe University has committed to providing more places in the city should an expanded rural medical school be built in Shepparton, but Mr Sharp said it would be a long-term solution to staffing woes.

Maria Zia is a vocational education trainer for international students in Brisbane and says her business, like many across the country, has been crippled by the halt to immigration during the pandemic.

The government of Western Australia is relaxing restrictions across the state starting April 14, according to authorities, while also adopting the National Cabinet's definition of a "close contact."

Abandoning traditional work arrangements and finding new industries could hold the key to reducing unemployment rates in the Queensland seat of Hinkler, a community leader says.

More than half of under-35s say they would quit if their job stops them “enjoying life”, according to a major new survey which suggests the “Great Resignation” shows no signs of slowing.