Category: Jobs

Have a BritBox subscription but don’t know what to watch? Here are some shows and films coming to the service this month. 2 May Agatha Christie: The ABC Murders – Season 1 2018 miniseries loosely based on Christie’s 1936 novel of the same name. Starring John Malkovich as Hercule Poirot, alongside Rupert Grint, Andrew Buchan, Tara Fitzgerald and...

The Government is today releasing an issues paper on non‑compete and related restraint clauses that seeks feedback from workers, businesses and the broader community on the use and impact of these clauses across the economy. Surveys of employers and employees suggest that around 1 in 5 workers are subject to a non-compete clause hampering their...

A global company involved in the construction sector and headquartered in Australia has plunged into administration. On Wednesday morning, five companies under the banner of LVX Global Group appointed administrators to drastically turn their fortunes around. LVX is an infrastructure engineering business that offers strategy, engineering and project management in the building sector with its...

What is The Sympathizer about? A new miniseries. As per the blurb: In 1975, at the culmination of the Vietnam War, half-French, half-Vietnamese spy the Captain, who’s been embedded in the South Vietnam army, is forced to flee to the US. Ingratiating himself with the South Vietnamese refugee community, he grapples with his loyalties as he...

A friend of mine, Julie, recently decided to make a complete career change and her fears are all too common. Can this really work out? Will I make any money? Will I end up back in a job in a few months – with my tail between my legs because I didn’t “make it” on...

Have a Binge account but don’t know what to watch? Our April streaming guide is here to help. 4 April American Horror Story: Delicate – Season 12 – Part 2 The 12th instalment in Ryan Murphy’s gripping horror anthology series comes to its conclusion as we finally learn the fate of up-and-coming Hollywood actress Anna...

It’s a miracle. At least, that’s the thinking of a growing number of the world’s greatest minds as they ponder the thorny subject of chucking people on the unemployment scrap heap. In fact, they’ve even coined a new term for it: Immaculate Disinflation. Once again, in what’s become a feature of this weird economic cycle,...

Australia’s Aukus funding will help create more than 1,000 new jobs in Derby in the United Kingdom, according to the beneficiary, Rolls-Royce. The project – which is jointly funded by the UK’s Ministry of Defence – is also expected to see the construction of new office space in addition to manufacturing facilities. The Australian government...

The Australian dream of a stable job that pays the mortgage and the bills is looking increasingly shaky, with millions of Australians now looking to a second job to beat back rising costs. A survey of 1096 respondents found 32 per cent of Australians aged 18 and over, or some 6.7 million people, feel financially...

AUD/USD pitches back down to the base of its range after US data eclipses Aussie employment figures.  The rapid reversal is surprising since the Australian data was stellar whilst the US data was unremarkable. A deeper analysis of the Australian jobs data might reveal why its upside influence was so ephemeral.  AUD/USD is trading back down...

Australian shares fell on Friday as a strong showing in the domestic job market fanned concerns that the Reserve Bank of Australia will delay rate cuts. The S&P/ASX 200 Index retreated 11.40 points, or 0.2%, to 7,770.60. Unemployment in Australia surprisingly dropped in February, with the unemployment rate sliding 0.4 of a percentage point to...

Australia’s unemployment rate has fallen sharply to 3.7 per cent, a large drop from last month’s figure of 4.1 per cent that, while positive news for the economy, lessens the chance of an interest rate cut anytime soon. The decrease comes on the back of the economy adding a significant 116,000 new jobs in February,...