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Minimum wage to rise 3.5%

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUN 2025
... happened over the last four years..." "We are satisfied that the level of wage increase we have determined is sustainable. The labour market remains strong overall, with continuing employment growth, low unemployment and historically high rates of participation ...

UK treasury provides guidance on local pension consolidation

MATT TOLEDO  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAY 2025
... multi-employer defined contribution pension funds that collectively manage $822 billion (£392bn) in assets. The ruling Labour Party's Treasury wants to consolidate the LGPS funds from 86 to six "megafunds" to scale their investments. On Thursday ...

COVID 'masked' issues at core of productivity problem: PC

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2025
The COVID-19 pandemic led to a "productivity bubble", in which measured labour productivity rose to a record high between January 2020 and March 2022 before returning to pre-pandemic levels in June 2023, the Productivity Commission (PC) has revealed. ...

Small construction firms drag productivity: CEDA

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAY 2025
... be a key driver in the report, Size matters: Why construction productivity. In the 29 years to 2023-24, CEDA found that labour productivity in construction as measured by output per hour worked grew by just 17%. Conversely, labour productivity grew by ...

Bangarra Group awards real estate mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAY 2025
... of the real estate portfolio by retaining many golfing facilities and aligning housing opportunities with the UK's Labour Party's pledge to build 1.5 million new homes over its first five years in power. The redevelopment touted to be worth £1.25 ...

Former Qualitas duo launch funds management shop

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAY 2025
... in-house, launching their own building arms to regain cost and program control amid contractor failures and escalating labour costs. Industry commentary refers to this as a "strategic delivery trend" that more developers in South-East Queensland are ...

Work from home saves employees $5308

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 APR 2025
... Committee for Economic Development of Australia (CEDA) found. CEDA analysis of the latest data from the Household Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) survey found people who work from home commuted on average 15.7% less than if they worked ...

Inflation figures point to May rate cut

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 APR 2025
... the most likely outcome, we don't believe it is strictly necessary based on current macro conditions, including the tight labour market, resilient retail sales and rebound in house prices," Chesler said. "We would like to see a longer run of the trimmed ...

WA takes the economic crown: CBA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 29 APR 2025
... Australia performed strongly across multiple economic indicators, as 'The West's' strong relative population growth has boosted labour and housing markets, encouraging consumers to spend," CommSec chief economist Ryan Felsman said. "Overall, the economic ...

RBA opens door to May rate cut

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 APR 2025
... an opportune time to revisit the monetary policy setting with the benefit of additional data about inflation, wages, the labour market and trends in economic activity, along with a fresh set of economic forecasts and further information about the likely ...