Work

Many young people on the Working and Holiday Visa programs come to Australia to fill labour shortages in industries like meat processing and farming, but there are concerns around their health and safety in dangerous workplaces. 

The Dream Again Mentoring Program in Hobart is helping to give local work skills to migrant and refugee women.

Migrant and refugee women often struggle to find employment upon arriving in Australia, even if they have experience and qualifications. A 14-week program is trying to help.

And until someone — redundant workers, big business, the RBA or government — foots the bill, interest rates are unlikely to budge from here. 

Queensland Teachers' Union members vote against an offer of an 8 per cent pay rise, vowing to keep up their campaign for better wages and working conditions.

Having recently ended a seven-year long-distance relationship, Alex Bowyer wasn't keen on repeating history when he met his now-boyfriend Tony in Japan. So he packed up his life and moved overseas — but not without a safety net. 

Life as the caretaker of a tropical island includes gardening and plenty of birdwatching, but the job is not all glamorous.

An ordinary worker puts on a power suit and gains extra strength. It sounds like the plot of a superhero film, but this is no work of fiction.

A man in his 60s died at a property owned by prominent farmer John Nicoletti in Western Australia's Wheatbelt.

Unions are unhappy with the state government's latest public sector pay offer and are planning stop-work actions next week. Schools and health services for non-urgent patients could be affected. 

Art Cooper was almost a year into a panel-beating apprenticeship in Brisbane when he realised it wasn't the career for him, so he packed his belongings and drove 1,300 kilometres to the outback to work as a rouseabout on sheep stations.

One in eight electrical apprentices are being exposed to potentially deadly shocks at work, as the industry struggles with worker shortages, inadequate support and delays in training.

Organisational culture drives worker satisfaction and performance, and it's about more than having a pool table in the lunch room. 

Over the past few years, daily commutes have changed with flexible work arrangements. Most OECD countries' commute times are about 30 minutes. So how does Australia compare?

An Ultra Tune franchisee who left two apprentices unsupervised while he holidayed interstate has been indefinitely prohibited from having trainees over supervision concerns.

Tasmanian plumbers openly admit to inflating prices and charging up to 30 per cent extra on jobs in the Hobart City Council area, as "frustrating" red tape adds lengthy approval delays and costs.

The Queensland Government will support at least 4,000 women return to work with grant program to help upskill, buy new tech and pay for childcare.

Laurie Burgess has dedicated two decades to transporting artwork across the country, and has developed an appreciation and knowledge of the Australian art world few could rival.

The Pacific Labour Mobility, or PALM scheme, brings workers from eight Pacific nations and Timor Leste to work in Australia, and it's now expanding to cover industries like hospitality and aged care.

In the three years that 65-year-old Kerry Forrest has been applying for positions, she has faced repeated rejection. She thinks it is time employers consider older workers more favourably.