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.

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.