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Workplace mental ill-health can cost Australia $27bn: Report

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2026
... director and co-lead Margo Lydon said. "The economic cost of inaction clock is ticking rapidly. Structural shifts in the labour market, including automation and the rise of artificial intelligence (AI), will only intensify psychosocial pressures on workers ...

IMF sees inflation above RBA target through 2027

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 OCT 2026
... add to persistent inflationary pressures, monetary policy will need to tighten further. "Starting levels of inflation, labour market tightness, and technology and commodity exposures remain key policy guideposts. The appropriate stance will differ across ...

Interest rates at highest level in 15 years

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2026
... although housing prices have fallen in most capital cities and new housing loans have declined noticeably," the RBA said. "Labour market conditions have eased broadly as expected in recent months, and labour market leading indicators are broadly stable. ...

Jobs data 'final nail in the coffin' for rate rise

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2026
... Statistics (ABS). "This month there was 39,000 more people in employment, and 28,000 more people in unemployment," ABS head of labour statistics Sean Crick said. Part-time employment rose by 46,000 people in August, while full-time employment fell by ...

Intergenerational Report looks to AI to buoy productivity slump

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 22 SEP 2026
... population primarily stems from falling fertility rates, while the country's older population profile will negatively impact labour force participation. "As the population ages, increased demand for care and support services will reinforce shifts in ...

Fed's rate hike exacerbates Australia's outlook

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 17 SEP 2026
... spending remains reasonably strong," he said. "This data gives the Fed scope to tighten without immediately threatening the labour market. However the more pressing question is whether one rate hike is enough to bring inflation down and if the Fed will ...

Labor moves to kill non-compete clauses in productivity push

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 8 SEP 2026
... competition policy reforms aimed at boosting wages, job mobility and productivity, and aligns with the commitment to promoting labour mobility. Treasury is taking submissions until October 2.

CEDA warns migration cuts will have economic spillover

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2026
... cut in headline migration figures might be seductive, changes at scale will have a spillover in the economy including the labour market. The government's immigration policy recently came under the spotlight regarding whether refugee intake will be reduced. ...

Albanese pushes Trump on tariff exemption

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2026
... 12.5% on the premise of pressuring foreign governments to strengthen bans on "the importation of goods produced with forced labour." On February 20, the US Supreme Court terminated the reciprocal tariffs imposed under the International Emergency Economic ...

RBA on hold but keeps door open for more hikes

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 AUG 2026
... improve," Rynne said. "[The RBA] is trying to bring inflation back to target without causing unnecessary damage to the labour market, but ultimately its primary responsibility is price stability. On balance, we would not be surprised to see another rate ...
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