The “GIG ECONOMY” = EXPLOITATION
Why is it called the gig economy and what does the gig economy mean for you? The rapid growth in
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Australia
‘This will change lives’: $5.3 billion social-housing
After decades of under-investment, the number of households on the social-housing waiting list in Victoria had ballooned to 48,529 as of September 30, the equivalent of more than 100,000 people.
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Social housing could power our economic recovery
Daniel Ziffer A coalition of anti-poverty groups, unions, construction industry bodies and the multibillion-dollar heft of the industry super sector
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Australia risks $3.7 trillion in lost GDP by 2070 unless it acts on climate change
Matt Johnson Property and personal finance reporter @matte_johnson Australia risks yearly economic losses on par with the pandemic by 2050
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ROBOTICS ADOPTION MATTERS
HOW DO WE COMPARE INTERNATIONALLY, AND DOES THAT NEED TO CHANGE? Recently-released figures show no improvement in Australian purchases of
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1500 Australians registered for farm work – not one of them got a job
EXCLUSIVE Cait Kelly – The NewDaily A recruitment company set up at the start of the pandemic to find Australians
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Congratulations to all Australians who signed petition!
Our democracy depends on diverse sources of reliable, accurate and independent news. But media ownership is becoming more concentrated alongside new business models that encourage deliberately polarising and politically manipulated news.
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Internet of Things and Australia
The Internet of Things (IoT) is already all around us. Online devices have become essential in industries from manufacturing and healthcare to
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Business group ‘perplexed’ by JobMaker scheme
Josh Butler Political Editor The government’s signature jobs policy is “perplexing”, “lacking in detail” and prone to rorting, Australia’s peak
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More calls to clean up fruit picking
The farmworkers’ union has come out swinging, claiming growers’ preference is to employ cheap, easily exploitable foreign workers over locals, a practice the union says will continue if the industry is not “cleaned up”.
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The Recession Is Over So Let’s Thank Josh Frydenberg…
The Liberals are good economic managers in the same way that the company using child workers in a third world country can argue how much they’re doing for the local economy in that country and how they’ve helped so many avoid homelessness by letting them sleep on the factory floor after they’ve finished their 18 hour shift.
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The 2020 Budget And The Morrison Recession
It’s that time of the year when we look at the federal Budget (seasonally adjusted), and the Treasurer has announced
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Michael Pascoe: Beware the spinner’s budget tricks
Michael Pascoe Contributing Editor I’m dreading Tuesday night’s budget. I’ve seen the rehearsals, the provincial previews, but it’s Broadway’s turn
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‘Health and economic hell’ awaits as top doctors rebuke Scott Morrison
Josh Butler Political Editor Most Adults Want to Keep Working From Home After Pandemic, Survey Reveals Australia’s top doctors have
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Top economists back boosts to JobSeeker and social housing over tax cuts in pre-budget poll
Overwhelmingly, Australia’s leading economists want the budget to boost social housing and the JobSeeker unemployment benefit rather than bring forward
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