Cynicism will not fix our jobs crisis – we need this ‘talkfest’
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Opinion

Cynicism will not fix our jobs crisis – we need this ‘talkfest’

We cannot afford not to be talking about the importance of increasing the wages of Australians or discussing how we maintain full employment against the headwinds we know are coming.

  • byJennifer Westacott

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The snap guide to the jobs and skills summit

The snap guide to the jobs and skills summit

Anthony Albanese and Jim Chalmers will lead a jobs summit this week. Why is it happening and who will be there?

  • byAngus Thompson
Fare cop as airlines cash in on demand for jobs summit

Fare cop as airlines cash in on demand for jobs summit

Anyone hoping to get down to Canberra for the summit better be ready to pay through the nose.

  • byKishor Napier-Raman andNoel Towell
Opposition open to backing ‘workable’ BOOT wage deal reforms:Cash
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Opposition open to backing ‘workable’ BOOT wage deal reforms:Cash

But Greens leader Adam Bandt has warned his party won’t back anything that leaves young or lower-paid workers worse off.

  • byAngus Thompson andJames Massola
More visas? Better skills training? Fairer bargaining? Let’s have it all

More visas? Better skills training? Fairer bargaining? Let’s have it all

The success or failure of the jobs and skills summit will not be defined by what the main stakeholders gain,but what they concede.

  • byRoss Gittins
Helping teens fill labour shortages with consistent age rules would be a ‘win-win’

Helping teens fill labour shortages with consistent age rules would be a ‘win-win’

Retail and hospitality leaders want a nationally uniform age for beginning work,saying children as young as 13 could help plug labour shortages.

  • byAngus Thompson andSasha Gattermayr
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We told them to ‘go home’ - now we must plead with them to stay
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We told them to ‘go home’ - now we must plead with them to stay

Australia mistreated its international students. With worker shortages,we now need them more than ever and must offer them longer working visas.

  • bySally Capp
Bargaining,the BOOT and a 1970s economy:Decoding industrial-relations speak
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Bargaining,the BOOT and a 1970s economy:Decoding industrial-relations speak

Participants in the government’s job summit are throwing around acronyms that few understand. Here’s a guide to what they’re talking about.

  • byBen Schneiders
Who got a golden ticket to the jobs and skills summit?

Who got a golden ticket to the jobs and skills summit?

The full attendees list for the jobs summit shows a balancing act between different interests and political ideologies. Organising the seating chart would not be for the faint-hearted.

  • byShane Wright andRachel Clun
Qld to push for more workforce diversity to plug staff shortages

Qld to push for more workforce diversity to plug staff shortages

The Qld government will spend $34 million to encourage businesses to employ more women,migrants and disabled people as part of its plan to fill vacant jobs.

  • byMarty Silk
‘Nobody wants to work’:Farmers leave oranges,limes and lemons to rot

‘Nobody wants to work’:Farmers leave oranges,limes and lemons to rot

Australia’s agricultural industry says it needs a helping hand to help its recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.

  • byBenjamin Preiss,Ben Schneiders andBillie Eder