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Jobless swamp hotline after ending of insulation rebate

10 March 2010

AT LEAST 1500 people have lost their jobs and are applying for government training programs because of the sudden suspension of the $2.45 billion insulation rebate... read full story

Sacked Qantas cleaners fight for jobs

4 March 2010

QANTAS has been accused of sacking 14 female aircraft cleaners and giving their jobs to male baggage handlers... read full story

Why gen Y might not save Foster's

17 February 2010

AFTER detailing how its December half profit was battered by the strength of the dollar, declining beer market share, a grape glut and falling demand for wine in recession-racked Europe and the US, Foster's yesterday suggested generation Y might ride to the rescue... read full story

Union takes on Labor over 'cheap' foreign workers

12 February 2010

ONE of Australia's most powerful trade unions has set itself on a collision course with the Rudd government, backing a campaign against it over the controversial 457 visa scheme for temporary foreign workers... read full story

Help for the overstretched

6 February 2010

A new right to flexible hours aims to make life easier for parents, writes Kim Kind... read full story

Coach's role had to be split: swim officials

4 February 2010

NATIONAL coach Alan Thompson lost his position because the role became "too big for one person" and to make sure other programs were not financially compromised to subsidise the elite team, Swimming Australia said yesterday... read full story

Teachers paid to quit school

27 December 2009

HUNDREDS of bored, stressed or unhappy teachers have jumped at the chance to apply for a payout to leave their jobs, despite applications for the new exit option being open for less than a month... read full story

Future holds more than tests can know

20 October 2009

For almost a decade I've been haunted by a recurring nightmare. In it I'm sitting in a huge examination hall, staring at the cover sheet of my Higher School Certificate Latin exam, pencil poised and ready to go. The examiner gives a signal and a flurry of writing erupts around me. I open my exam paper and stare down, only to realise I do not understand a single word on the page... read full story

Executive mindset

5 September 2009

Unfailing drive propelled a former asylum seeker to gain a masters degree and land a plum job, writes Maria Nguyen... read full story

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