Archived News for Human Resource Professionals
Governments have almost nothing to show from $200 billion worth of gas investment...
Report reveals Kalgoorlie chaos
WA’s Education Department has released a damning review after a horror semester at the Kalgoorlie-Boulder Community High School.
Skills Minister pledges no TAFEs to close
ACT gag bill slammed
Public servants in the ACT have been banned from criticising the government, and will have to dob in colleagues that.
NT council takes big steps on breastfeeding
The Darwin council of Palmerston has voted in favour of putting “breastfeeding friendly” stickers and signs up in the local library and other government spaces.
Call for report on Airservices sacking
Big concerns have been raised with the planned sacking of up to 600 Airservices staff.
Innovation expected in renewed era
Some of Australia’s top minds want the new Turnbull cabinet to maintain its focus.
Obeid's legal worries deepen
Former Labor MP Eddie Obeid will soon defend a new criminal case over ...
Barnett backing up on power sale
WA’s Premier is inching away from power privatisation, but the Treasurer is not...
ASFA urges action
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) wants Australia’s leaders to stop politicking and make some decisions.
Kick drums to kill imbalance
Australia’s top eight universities have launched a new music video to highlight engineering as a career for women.
Moody's warns big four
Moody's says that Australian banks are facing a potential storm of increasing household leverage and persistently low interest rates, which are leaves the banks more sensitive to shocks.
TPP held up by Australian desires
One of the biggest roadblocks to the passage of the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) has criticised Australian pharmaceutical companies.
Unique court case hears bold claims
The ACCC’s legal case against the training group Unique International College continues this week.
Job stats show dips and shifts
Unemployment is up to 5.8 per cent, though 7,900 jobs have been created.
Kiwis closing Panama loopholes
New Zealand is moving for more transparency in the wake of the Panama Papers leak.
Top folks not fussed on pay
Some of Australia’s top public servants have refused to pay themselves generous bonuses.
Money giants linked to tax grift
Insiders say the big four accounting firms are involved in “perpetrating the greatest tax crimes in history”.
Pokies dispersal decried
New research has revealed that gamblers in poorer suburbs can lose over three times more money to poker machines than those in more advantaged areas.