Oil down as interest rate hike cues fuel demand fears

ANKARA – Oil prices decreased on Tuesday as signs of more aggressive interest rate hikes by central banks fuel recession and demand fears. International benchmark Brent...

As the jobs summit talks skills – we predict which occupations will have shortages and surpluses in the next 2 years

This article is part of The Conversation’s series looking at Labor’s jobs summit. Read the other articles in the series here. Skills shortages are set to...

The summit needs to get us switching jobs. It’d make most of us better off

This article is part of The Conversation’s series looking at Labor’s jobs summit. Read the other articles in the series here. After 20 years of declining...

Want to get more women to start their own businesses? Here’s what it takes

Globally, men are twice as likely as women to start a business. Most research into how to start a business has been focused on men. Not...

If productivity was the magical fix some claim, we wouldn’t need a jobs summit

This article is part of The Conversation’s series looking at Labor’s jobs summit. Read the other articles in the series here. The Treasury issues paper published...

Yes, we know there is a ‘skills shortage’. Here are 3 jobs summit ideas to start fixing it right away

This article is part of The Conversation’s series looking at Labor’s jobs summit. Read the other articles in the series here. Next Thursday, union, business and...

DOT, DOLE to ink deal on tourism job fair

MANILA – A Philippine government-led tourism job fair is going to proceed with the upcoming signing of a memorandum of understanding this month, the Department of Tourism...

Cost of living crisis: what are your rights if your landlord wants to increase your rent?

A lack of affordable housing and growing demand for rental properties have sent the rental market into a state of crisis, and young people are particularly...

Why clean, affordable water should not be in the hands of private companies targeting profit – new research

Child poverty estimates point to a record low in 2021 – here’s how it could have been even lower

The U.S. government will likely report in September 2022 that for 2021 its most accurate measure of child poverty was the lowest on record. This was...