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Shutdown anxiety drives shortage of job applications
Government-mandated business shutdowns in response to COVID-19 are making people more hesitant to change jobs, despite online job advertisements surging to a record high.
- John Kehoe
Zoo lodge hunts for staff in skills drought
With unemployment plunging to a stunning 5.1 per cent, ongoing border closures are making it hard for tourism and hospitality operators to recruit staff.
- Andrew Tillett and Mark Ludlow
Interest rate rise in early 2023: Westpac
Westpac chief economist Bill Evans has brought forward his interest rate rise prediction to early 2023, after the ‘game changer’ fall in the unemployment rate.
- John Kehoe
AFL players, bankers members of underperforming super funds
New figures reveal 21 super funds that could soon be labelled underperformers, a move experts say could be a ‘death sentence’ for these funds.
- Michael Read
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- University
As uni heads’ salaries nosedive, Nobel Laureate takes bottom spot
Australian vice-chancellors are very well paid by global standards - with the exception of one.
- Julie Hare
‘Politically brave’ Marshall gets sign-off for international students
South Australia is the first state to receive federal sign-off for its plan to return international students by as early as July.
- Julie Hare
Opinion & Analysis
Stellar economy depends on driving the jabs
Closed borders and bottlenecks could lead to the V-shaped rebound turning into something more tepid. There is no time to lose in vaccinating and lifting restrictions.
Editorial
Ben Roberts-Smith forced to explain a day that defines the SAS
For the first time in public, the decorated ex-soldier was forced to explain what happened when the SAS went hunting an Afghan soldier who had killed Australians.
Senior correspondent
The world the G7 forgot about
Australia now has a number on its back in the international game. That’s more reason to live up to promises by the West to the virus-hit developing world.
Contributor
PEP’s ESG revolution is all about returns
PEP will use aggressive incentives to drive better ESG performance in portfolio companies, as ESG success adds a bigger premium to valuations.
Columnist
Yesterday
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- The AFR View
Stellar economy depends on driving the jabs
Closed borders and bottlenecks could lead to the V-shaped rebound turning into something more tepid. There is no time to lose in vaccinating and lifting restrictions.
- The AFR View
- Analysis
- Defamation nation
Ben Roberts-Smith forced to explain a day that defines the SAS
For the first time in public, the decorated ex-soldier was forced to explain what happened when the SAS went hunting an Afghan soldier who had killed Australians.
- Aaron Patrick
- Opinion
- China relations
The world the G7 forgot about
Australia now has a number on its back in the international game. That’s more reason to live up to promises by the West to the virus-hit developing world.
- John McCarthy
$US213b Dutch bond fund targets Australia over climate change
Unlike established asset manager groups that pressure companies such as BHP, bond investors pushing governments to mitigate ESG risks is a new concept.
- Mattew Burgess
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- Cyber security
AFP muscles up to go after ransomware gangs
A new ransomware operation will centralise law enforcement efforts against criminal gangs using digital means to extort money out of Australian businesses and organisations.
- Max Mason
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
PEP’s ESG revolution is all about returns
PEP will use aggressive incentives to drive better ESG performance in portfolio companies, as ESG success adds a bigger premium to valuations.
- James Thomson
- Exclusive
- NSW budget
Big business in NSW faces stricter subcontractor payment deadlines
Businesses with NSW government contracts worth more than $7.5 million will need to pay subcontractors within 20 business days under proposed changes.
- Finbar O'Mallon
This Month
Markets tip earlier rate rise as jobs surge
Economists say the exceptional employment result in May might compel the Reserve Bank of Australia to raise the cash rate before its stated date of mid-2024.
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- Ronald Mizen
- Opinion
- The AFR View
RBA, Fair Work and business at odds over wages and costs
There is a confusion between the central bank’s desire to engineer wages growth and the reality that the cost structure is too high, amid lagging productivity and a mandatory 2.5 per cent wage increase.
- The AFR View
- Analysis
- Defamation nation
Roberts-Smith survives first day of cross-examination uninjured
For a former Army corporal, Ben Roberts-Smith knows how to handle himself in a court.
- Aaron Patrick
Australia’s competitiveness hits 25-year low
Australia ranked 22nd out of 64 nations for competitiveness, marking the country’s worst performance since 1996 in the Swiss-based survey.
- Michael Read and Jacob Greber
- Opinion
- Coronavirus pandemic
Another COVID-19 cluster, another excuse, another risk
The good economic news keeps on coming, with a further dramatic fall in the unemployment rate, but the virus threat will continue to stalk a largely unvaccinated population.
- Jennifer Hewett
NSW stamp duty changes could take 50 years to recover lost revenue
A submission to the NSW government’s stamp duty consultation paper estimated it could take nearly 50 years to recover stamp duty fees via an annual land tax.
- Finbar O'Mallon
School holidays in disarray after fresh travel bans
Sydneysiders are being told to avoid the eastern suburbs and Melburnians continue to have national pariah status as Australia faces a fresh outbreak in NSW.
- Finbar O'Mallon
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
No easy solutions to RBA’s business lament
Philip Lowe doesn’t seem to feel he’s getting much help from business on lifting investment and wages. But a real-life example shows solutions are difficult.Â
- James Thomson
- Opinion
- Jobs
Jobs boom to test RBA on interest rate hikes
The incredible jobs boom has the unemployment rate on track to have a four in front of it before the next election and will test the RBA’s guidance that interest rates will not rise until 2024.
- John Kehoe
- Opinion
- Super wars
Default super dented but far from dead
The government’s superannuation reforms make good on long-held dreams of anti-union warriors, but the $800 billion industry fund movement will still reign supreme.
- Aleks Vickovich
Fed signals first rate rises will come in 2023
Federal Reserve officials expect to start raising interest rates in 2023, earlier than previously forecast, due to faster economic growth and rising inflation.
- Updated
- Matthew Cranston and Richard Henderson
- Explainer
- Super wars
What the biggest shake-up to super in years means for you
Australians no longer risk getting a new super fund each time they switch jobs, and will now be told directly by their fund if it is delivering poor returns.
- Michael Read
