Prime Minister Anthony Albanese (left) meets with employees during a tour of Cerrone Jewellers in Sydney on Monday.Source:AAP/Bianca de Marchi

The official unemployment rate fell to 3.4 per cent in July from 3.5 per cent the month before.

New research has revealed Aussie bosses are quietly beefing up their salary budgets, meaning significant pay rises are up for grabs for workers.

Melbourne restaurant operators who have struggled to find local workers are heading overseas to hire staff with some flying as far as to Dubai to recruit chefs.

Staff shortages never been so desperate. It’s easy to look back to 2018 when hundreds of thousands of people arrived on work, student and holiday visas.

As you drive east out of the WA Goldfields town of Leonora, you head past a sign saying the next pharmacy is in Alice Springs — that's a 1,666-kilometre drive away.

Seek has revealed the number one thing Australian jobseekers are searching for – while job ads suggest employers are reluctant to give it.

Five days a week, Karl* goes to work as a high school teacher, planning lessons, marking tests, and dealing with admin. Then, on Sundays, he puts on his uniform and works a sixth day at a local shop.

New data has revealed where Australia's richest people live - and what they do for a crust.

Australia should look at successful overseas policy options to deliver affordable, quality early childhood education and care (ECEC), a new report from the Australia Institute’s Nordic Policy Centre has recommended.