Finance

New recruits to the workforce remain at least as happy with their jobs as they have been over the past two decades, despite being paid less for harder work.

Cash still needs to be collected and moved around — there’s just a lot less of it, the RBA says. As a result businesses involved in its logistics and distribution are in a spot of bother.

The September quarter national accounts released on Wednesday are a statement of their time — they show what things were like when NSW, Victoria and the ACT were locked down.

It is unlikely the COVID-related labour shortages are enough to make a permanent difference to wages.

Victorians could live further away from their workplaces as remote habits become entrenched in the coming decade, the state’s infrastructure advisor says.

The CSIRO used a new economic approach to quantify the return on investment in overall research and development spending for Australia.

It looks as if the job market is, in fact, turning in favour of employees and job-seekers. But securing wages growth after years of stagnation might actually be the easy part.

Aussie businesses are still facing a growing tech talent gap, with small businesses and startups struggling to find skilled staff.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison is promising hundreds of thousands of new jobs in the lead-up to Christmas. But as the so-called Great Resignation looms and businesses struggle to find the staff they desperately need, employers can't go back to a pre-COVID 'normal'.

Parker will be bringing her passion for diversity and inclusion into her new role, building a tech hub that celebrates diversity, culture and creativity as much as innovation.