The RMT’s threat of coordinated protests and direct action should any government attempt to raise the state pension age beyond 68 represents classic union positioning—establishing red lines before ...

The National Union of Chemical, Footwear, Rubber, Leather and Non-Metallic Products Employees (NUCFRLANMPE) has urged the Federal Government to diversify the economy and implement people-oriented ...

It’s not that the government’s to-do list coming out of the productivity roundtable doesn’t have merit — it’s that it has spent a lot of money on bringing highly-paid people to Canberra to produce an ...

This week in Canberra, the press, unions, business leaders and politicians have all been talking about one thing: the economic roundtable. It’s been spruiked by the government as a way to address a ...

Former New South Wales treasurer Michael Costa says Treasurer Jim Chalmers does not “understand” the consequences of Labor’s economics. “He doesn’t understand his economics and the consequences of ...

Sky News host Chris Kenny says Labor’s economic roundtable is “highly secretive” yet “underwhelming and predictable”. “All conducted behind closed doors, no phones allowed. All highly secretive,” Mr ...

On tonight’s episode of Paul Murray Live, Sky News host Paul Murray discusses Labor’s economic roundtable, illegal immigration, Tasmanian politics and more. “The action in Canberra today was a little ...

After an initial split on whether the talks in Canberra would lead to new tax changes this term, the Prime Minister told the 30 attendees the government was open to ideas on how the country should ...

State-level unemployment claims can provide a real-time measure of national labor market conditions and the overall state of the economy. A rapid and widespread buildup of stress in state labor ...

Gift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. The corporate world is never static but the rate of change seems to be gathering pace. In the United States, Donald Trump is ...

This paper explores past episodes of technological disruption in the US labor market, with the goal of learning lessons about the likely future impact of artificial intelligence (AI). We measure ...

The strength of the U.S. labor market has been one of the defining economic stories of the last decade. Despite some recent headline numbers about slowing job growth, make no mistake: A look at the ...