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The prolonged cost-of-living crisis is continuing into a what is traditionally a period of financial stress, creating fears in the retail sector of increased abuse of workers over Christmas.

The general manager of CBH Resources believes there could be another six to nine months of production at Broken Hill's Rasp Mine, but more jobs could be lost if it does not sell.

Mitch has always been open to new ideas. So when someone suggested sex work, the early-career lawyer decided to try it as a 'side hustle'. It turned into something more.

Six months after BHP admitted to underpaying workers and incorrectly deducting leave, the union has called on the mining giant to directly engage with employees and offer a realistic repayment timeline.

Meet the nurses who are being winched out of helicopters and flying in to help people in some of the most remote parts of the country.

Hafeez Ullah has not had a single application for the chef jobs he advertised in regional South Australia after the federal government cut skilled migration numbers and the state government cut a stream for migrants to move outside Adelaide.

Welfare recipients are often told to "just get a job". But health, economic and structural challenges mean it's not that simple. 

Illustrator Shane Foley traded in his paramedic uniform to draw the costumed crusader, but one thing he won't give up is using pen and paper to bring the world's oldest comic character to life.

More than 20 per cent of businesses across Australia currently have at least one job vacancy, but experts say excellent candidates are often overlooked.

In Parliament the Government scrambles to deal with fallout from the High Court's decision making indefinite immigration detention unlawful.

Families in Western Australia's historic mining city of Kalgoorlie-Boulder have been on waiting lists for childcare placements for more than two years, according to a new survey.   

Tyler Whitton was still legally a child when he went to work at a Brisbane construction site for the final time.

Kirsten Drier says if she can improve other people's skills and help them out then that's a really good day.

New data reveals only 7% of managers across workplaces are employed part-time.

Mikaela Reading loves her job, but she is one of many regional mothers scared her career is being jeopardised by what she calls a "childcare desert" in north-west Victoria. 

Bunnings has announced it will stop selling engineered stone by the end of the year, amid calls for a total ban on the product by unions and Safe Work Australia. 

Pushing back against the wave of meeting invitations at work could improve your mood and your productivity. Here's how to go about it.

Parents in regional Australia are waiting years for places at daycare centres to open up, leaving them with the option of quitting work or hiring private childcare. 

A young harness racing stable worker who did a 20-hour day in the lead up to an early morning crash in which he and four others were injured was on the clock, a tribunal finds, and not — as his employer Ben Yole argued — volunteering and ineligible for worker's compensation.

The owners of the ice creamery pleaded guilty to 16 criminal charges involving breaches of the Child Employment Act, with the magistrate warning the legislation was easy to read and employers needed to educate themselves.

The federal government's attempt to make a raft of major changes to industrial relations laws this year looks set to fail, after some of the crossbench secured support for a different approach.

SA public school teachers are taking part in another strike, in a bid to push the state government for better pay and conditions.

In the outback town of Blackall, low-risk prisoners have been the backbone of community service for decades. They mow lawns, build fences, and paint murals, but can they fill a skills shortage in agriculture?

Vanessa Grady studied to become a dental nurse, but now she drives machinery for an industry ready to embrace women's contributions to construction.

Kununurra's housing crisis is causing havoc with the town's childcare sector, as the local shire reveals plans to attract much-needed workers to the remote town.