Tag: Unemployment
More Bendigo jobs gone
About 50 jobs will be slashed at a Defence engineering plant in Bendigo.[MORE]
Opposition wary of proposed IR changes
Some federal Opposition members are criticising the Government's industrial relations changes, despite promising to support the bill in the Lower House of Parliament. [MORE]
Portland smelter to cut jobs
The Portland aluminium smelter will cut production and contractor jobs from next week.[MORE]
Global downturn a boon for professional web networks
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The crisis has sparked a spike in professional network usage as people hedge against losing work and laid-off employees seek jobs.[MORE]
Vic mining jobs go
A central Victorian mining company has confirmed it has cut almost 70 jobs this week, in response to a drop in demand for its product.[MORE]
Strained welfare agencies plead for social capital cash
The Federal Government is being urged to shift focus from economic and business bailouts to welfare rescue.[MORE]
Rann under fire over smelter jobs
The South Australian Opposition says Premier Mike Rann is more interested in an emissions trading scheme than protecting jobs at the Port Pirie smelter.[MORE]
Union fears Laminex job losses
The forestry union estimates 15 people will be laid off at a timber products factory in Ballarat.[MORE]
Philips announces job losses
Dutch electronics giant Philips has become the latest international company to announce a big retrenchment.[MORE]
China's unemployment level 'critical'
China's unemployment situation is critical according to a key Government minister. [MORE]
Timber bailout package rejected
The Tasmanian Government has rejected calls for a multi-million dollar bailout package for struggling timber workers.[MORE]
Mine suspends operations amid global credit woes
The Tablelands Regional Council in far north Queensland says it is shocked to hear a mine west of Mareeba has been shutdown with 26 workers laid off.[MORE]
Govt promises to look after sawmill workers
The Queensland Government says workers who have lost their jobs at a Monto sawmill will be looked after.[MORE]
Global credit crisis takes toll on far north jobs
Queensland's peak business body says about 600 construction and tourism jobs have already been lost in the far north because of the global financial crisis.[MORE]
Police Assistant Commissioner confirms job losses
About 60 staff at Wagga Wagga's Police Communications Centre have been told they are out of a job, or will have to move, as the centre is closing.[MORE]
Govt scheme to boost Kimberley Indigenous jobs
Kimberley residents will have a chance to access more than 500 jobs created by the Federal Government to increase Indigenous employment levels in Western Australia.[MORE]
Third Burnett sawmill to close
There has been another blow to the Burnett region, with a third sawmill set to close.[MORE]
Employees pessimistic about future of Ballarat company
Employees of Ballarat manufacturer, John Valves are pessimistic about the company's future.[MORE]
ANZ staff in the dark: union
The Finance Sector Union in SA says the ANZ Bank is leaving workers in the dark about their future.[MORE]
Diverse economy helps Hunter face economic woes: economist
A Hunter economist says the region's diversified economy is helping it weather the global credit crunch.[MORE]
ANZ to slash up to 1,000 jobs
The ANZ Bank is expected to announce that it is cutting between 500 and 1,000 jobs later today.[MORE]
PSA doubts Pillar jobs assurance
The Public Service Association (PSA) has rejected assertions that jobs will not be lost after the sale of the Pillar superannuation organisation at Coniston.[MORE]
Charity desperate for Christmas donations
Hunter charity The Samaritans say it is desperate for donations ahead of Christmas, with more people needing helping due to the current economic crisis.[MORE]
Retrenchments see rise in over-qualified applicants
The Riverland Development Corporation says more people in the region are taking jobs they are over-qualified for.[MORE]
Ballarat factory workers doing it tough: union
A union says workers caught up in the John Valves situation in Ballarat are battling on under very difficult conditions.[MORE]
