Here are the key takeaways on the economy from the Reserve Bank’s latest monetary policy statement.
Australian research has found differences in pay within occupations make up the bulk of the gender pay gap – not women working part-time or in lower-paid occupations.
For as long as I can recall,I’ve squirmed when women call their careers or businesses “my baby”. As a business owner about to become a parent,I now know why.
The company on Monday confirmed it make 1000 staff redundant at its Melbourne,Sydney and Perth casinos due to poor trading conditions.
At the end of a 100-hour week,Dr Amireh Fakhouri was too exhausted to drive home. Now she has helped win record backpay for 20,000 colleagues.
At a time when Australia is experiencing a critical skills shortages,keeping tens of thousands of women out of the workforce seems beyond counter-intuitive.
The jobs market remains tight despite continued cost-of-living pressures and lacklustre consumer spending - which may be bad news for interest rate cuts any time soon.
It’s legal. It’s well-paid. And many women do it because it’s flexible,and they can be their own bosses. Our collective weirdness about sex work is embarrassing.
Some are paid $35,000 less than their peers in other schools and interstate.
The RBA board said it was not yet confident inflation was definitely tracking down in its estimated time frame. Here’s what the board will be watching closely to make sure it does.
Australia faces the impossible task of finding an extra 90,000 tradies in the next three months for the government to meet its flagship goal to combat the housing crisis.