Dressed in high-vis and working on a roof, Meliha Birkett is the one per cent. She is one of roughly 65 female roof tilers in Australia, among 6500 people employed in the trade. Ms Birkett, 19, began working with her dad Paul to save up for an...
A new survey will provide information for fossil fuel industry workers who need an exit strategy for themselves and their communities. Energy Minister Chris Bowen said on Monday over 60,000 clean energy jobs could be created in Australia by 2025, most of them in regional areas,...
An one-stop app to store Australians’ government information and identifications is being flagged to help improve services. The government’s myGov app, which spans services like Centrelink, Medicare and the tax office, is set for a revamp. Government Services Minister Bill Shorten said he envisaged a simple, go-to...
It’s wheels up for Australia’s newest airline as Bonza hopes to fill an aviation niche by offering low-cost flights on under-serviced routes. Speaking from the carrier’s base on the Sunshine Coast, CEO Tim Jordan said the first flight has been 14 years in the making. “We’re here,...
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Welfare advocates are putting a spotlight on the federal government’s planned tax cuts for the wealthy, urging them to be scrapped in favour of lifting the rate of JobSeeker and other support payments. Anglicare Australia has released its submission to the government ahead of the May...
Interest in electric vehicles is rising in Australia and Baby Boomers have become the most likely generation to buy one of the next-generation vehicles, according to new research. The survey of 1040 Australian drivers found electric cars had become the third most sought-after vehicle in Australia...
Australia is being proposed as a solution to Europe’s energy woes with the energy minister pushing for closer ties. Delivering a speech in Brussels, Energy Minister Chris Bowen said Australia will be a renewables superpower and could step in to plug energy gaps. “Europe has huge energy...
The local bourse has resumed its winning ways, finishing at a key level ahead of an all-important meeting by the world’s biggest central bank. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index on Wednesday closed up 25 points, or 0.33 per cent, to 7,501.7, its first close of more than...