A softening jobs market “should flash a warning sign” at the Reserve Bank against hiking interest rates, as crucial unemployment and inflation data heave into view on the horizon.

It has been six years since Covid-19 lockdowns sent the working from home debate into overdrive – now it seems a new way of working is on the rise, and could very well replace the remote work debate.

LGBTQI Australians are more likely to be unemployed, work fewer hours or be in lower-paid industries than their heterosexual and cisgender peers, with long-term impacts on their finances and health.

Australians are finding it more difficult to get a new job as the number of advertised vacancies continues to fall.

Recent surveys estimate more than 6.7 million Australians — almost half of all workers, and the majority in Sydney, Melbourne and Canberra — work from home at least some of the time in paid or unpaid roles.

Microsoft Australia has joined forces with the Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) in an Australian‑first framework agreement designed to ensure workers’ voices and skills sit at the centre of the nation’s AI transition.