Employment white paper - what it tells us about work
The new employment white paper says closer to 2.8 million Australians are either underemployed or out of work.
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The new employment white paper says closer to 2.8 million Australians are either underemployed or out of work.
If the Labor government of 2023 actually go for full employment, then it will become a challenge for Michele Bullock’s new-look Reserve Bank.
Philippine Canadian Inquirer The Albanese government blew its shot at setting a historic new unemployment target News
The new paper says closer to 2.8 million Australians are in some way unemployed, equivalent to one-fifth of the current workforce. That’s much more than the official unemployment total of 539,700.
30 years ago, Labor Prime Minister Paul Keating adopted an ambitious official target for Australian unemployment. The Albanese government just passed up a historic opportunity to go even further.