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Dramatic Drop In Job Prospects

9 December 2008

ALARMING figures show the jobs market "falling off a cliff" as the Government implores Australians to spend their $8.7billion in stimulus payments due over the next two weeks... read full story

Us Unemployment Surges

7 December 2008

THE United States hemorrhaged more than half a million jobs last month and Germany has become the latest country to approve an emergency stimulus package as the global economy slipped deeper into crisis... read full story

$3.4m The Average 'golden Condom' For Ceos

27 November 2008

WHILE Australian workers fret about losing their jobs in the economic downturn, their bosses can expect a soft landing: the average chief executive in Australia's top 100 companies walks away with $3.4 million, or two years' pay, a corporate governance study showed yesterday... read full story

$420m In Projects

19 November 2008

THE State Government approved more than $420 million worth of major projects in the Hunter Region last financial year, which had the potential to create 1336 new jobs... read full story

Rudd's Plans To Bring Us Back From The Brink

2 November 2008

JOBS will be lost and economic growth will falter as Australia tries desperately to surf ahead of the world financial firestorm, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd says... read full story

Indigenous Jobs Plan Launched

31 October 2008

YESTERDAY will go down as the last day that indigenous Australians had to worry about finding a job, the West Australian mining magnate Andrew Forrest vowed yesterday... read full story

Act Fast On Emissions: Swan

30 October 2008

AUSTRALIA could lower the cost of tackling global warming by 15% if it moves quickly rather than waiting until the world is ready to act, according to Treasury modelling to be released today... read full story

Break Election Promises, Save Jobs

14 October 2008

Kevin Rudd is a dedicated follower of the former Labor prime minister Gough Whitlam. He restated his position when delivering the Gough Whitlam Lecture at Sydney University last month. The Prime Minister acknowledged that "the Whitlam government had its failures"... read full story

Financial Crisis Shows How Politicians Could Act To Stem Tide Of Climate Change

9 October 2008

The danger signs are clear and the need for an urgent response is undeniable, writes Laurence Gray... read full story

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