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.