By Rachel Clun, an economics correspondent for The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, based at Parliament House in Canberra

Increasing numbers of employers are allowing their staff to work on the Australia Day public holiday in exchange for another day of leave.

The AMA has written to a parliamentary committee warning there are at least 106 unfilled junior medical officer roles across South Australia for 2023.

On January 1, 2023, around 1 million Aussies on Centrelink saw their payments rise by roughly $20 a week.Young people, carers and students received a 6 per cent increase on the first day of the year when the most recent indexation kicked in.

The country closed its borders during COVID and told foreign students and backpackers to go home. It is now facing the West's second-worst employee shortage after Canada, with some companies offering signing bonuses and flying them in from overseas.

Mental health organisations share concerns about how students are coping after pandemic closures

Migrants are returning in droves after the COVID-19 pandemic, but border closures will leave Australia's population older and smaller than predicted, a new report warns.

Australia’s labour shortage is expected to continue in 2023 with employers not expecting a great shift in available talent in the forthcoming year.

Education Ministers from across the Commonwealth met virtually today to endorse the National Teacher Workforce Action Plan, which reflects many of the initiatives already in place in NSW through the $125 million Teacher Supply Strategy.

Australia’s jobless rate remained steady in November even as the economy added about 2,000 jobs a day, underscoring the tight conditions in the labour market.