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LIFE SIGNS: Tasmanian wages are showing some signs of life and full-time jobs have started to increase. Picture: Simon Sturzaker. Tasmania is back into ...
JOBS in Tasmanias tourism sector may be booming but it appears fly-in labour is being used at some locations as employers struggle to find enough local ...
Ageing population and changes within industries seem to be factors in why Tasmania has lost thousands of jobs despite a relatively strong economy.
JOBS CONUNDRUM: Despite performing strongly, Tasmania's economy has spat out thousands of jobs, especially full-time jobs. A social media comment from ...
At a cafe in the Bell Bay industrial precinct in Tasmania's north, Chris Hogan doles out chips, coffee and an intimidating double-patty hamburger called the ...
THE health union has urged the Tasmanian Health *Service* to stop trekking overseas for talent and invest instead in Tasmanians after a 25000 trip failed to ...
There are signs the employment market may be responding to lower interest rates with the first lift in internet job advertisements in seven months but the ...
TASMANIA is seeing a growing number of domestic and international student enrolments in the IT field and more Tasmanians are working in the IT sector than ...
Tasmania has climbed to outright third on a ladder ranking state and territory economic performance, but the analyst identified softness in the jobs market.
The ANZ's Stateometer June Quarter Report has revealed that under Will Hodgman and Peter Gutwein, Tasmania's economy is growing below trend and ...
WHEN Jenny Dodd landed in the state to lead TasTAFE a year and a half ago, she had her work cut out for her.
Renewed demand for workers and a signal of improved Australian economic activity later this year have provided some encouraging signs at a time of a ...
When a member of the public complained to me that Will Hodgman and the State Government only care about jobs for the boys, I didnt think she meant it literally.
Guy Barnett,Minister for Primary Industries and Water The Hodgman majority Liberal Government is committed to strengthening Tasmania's biosecurity...
Circular Head is hiring. The problem, according to Mayor Daryl Quilliam, is that many jobseekers don't want to take the jobs on offer. Cr Quilliam said sometimes ...
New Senator Claire Chandler is looking to create more opportunity for young Tasmanians.
Tasmania is in pole position to lead the world in hosting a new generation of opportunities in innovation. And Tasmanians from every community will have the ...
Peter Gutwein,Treasurer Today, Rebecca White and Labor confirmed they do not have a single economic policy other than to talking down Tasmania's growing.
Former leader of the Greens, Bob Brown, has come out swinging against a new wind farm planned for Tasmania, saying it will kill endangered birds. But the ...
A new employment report shows the number of job ads has dramatically dropped in recent times, while essential industries are those enjoying the greatest pay ...
*FRESH* details have been revealed on a wind farm proposal for Tasmanias Central Highlands.
The internet at Wally Douglass's house is slow, so he uses the computer at his community centre to apply for jobs. He's about to turn the *service* off altogether so ...
The state government is expected to press on with a public *service* efficiency drive despite a $60 million budget windfall. The government expects a surplus of ...
Emergency *service* workers and volunteers fear their mental health is not being adequately monitored after attending traumatic jobs, due to a lack of funding and ...
TASMANIA has been battered by strong winds and heavy rain overnight. Bureau of Meteorology duty forecaster Anna Forrest said there were “some quite windy ...
AMBULANCE Tasmania wilderness paramedics live life on the edge — but they have the training and tools to stay out of strife.
YESTERDAY'S announcement by the South Australian Government looks likely to spell the end to the state's moratorium on genetically modified (GM) crops, ...
The government-run program identifies the needs of horticulture employers and links them with job seekers.
It's been a steep learning curve for treechangers Ina Ansmann and Timothy Noonan since buying a truffiere and agritourism business at Lower Barrington.
The number of jobs advertised online dipped 0.6 per cent in June, marking a sixth consecutive month of falls recorded by the federal government's Internet ...
... ⦁ In trend terms, the IVI decreased by 6.7% over the year to June 2019. ⦁ Job advertisements fell in six of the eight occupational groups, with the strongest ...
FOR 75 years the northwest Tasmanian town of Burnie was synonymous with paper.
Legislation to introduce tough new penalties for serious bullying will be debated in Parliament this week.
Merri Sims has been looking for a job since July. She's finished year 12 and completed vocational courses, but says it's hard to find a job without experience.
Tasmania's tentative return to jobs growth continued in May, but weakness in female and full-time employment persisted. The state gained 200 jobs for the ...
TASMANIAN MP Gavin Pearce has vowed to fight for veterans during his time in politics.
Tasmanian full-time jobs continued to vanish in June, with modest overall growth only due to part-time work. In trend terms, the Australian Bureau of Statistics ...
It is anticipated there will be 50 job losses in Tasmania as the company embarks on a major business restructure.
Tasmanian whisky producers will be promoted on the world stage at the prestigious Whisky and Craft Beer Showcase, to be held in Kyoto, on Sunday 25 August ...
In St Helens, a tourist hotspot on Tasmania's east coast, locals say job opportunities for young people are limited, and they're losing out to bigger cities.
In the past 18 months Julie Kent has applied for jobs almost daily, but despite strong economic times the odds are against her and she's now alone.
As Tasmania deals with increasing demands on the health system, unions say it is impossible to get positions filled — but the Government denies there is a ...
Young health professional Manning Mitchell is the type of resident Launceston is desperate to attract, and he loves the perks of life in a regional town. But while ...
Tasmania's Speaker concedes admonishing a member of parliament for "unladylike" behaviour was probably not a politically correct thing to do. Liberal Sue ...
Young Australians are twice as likely to be unemployed, and they're battling the trends of casualisation and the loss of manufacturing jobs. It's hardest in ...
Federal Labor has pledged to drive the creation of up to 70,000 renewable energy jobs by 2030 with the rollout of a $75 million Renewables Training Package, ...
Tasmania's farmers say economic activity, including jobs, had been lost to the mainland as the number of abattoirs on the island consolidates.
JOBS FOCUS: Braddon Liberals candidate Gavin Pearce, seen here with Prime Minister Scott Morrison (left) and Senator Richard Colbeck, says unemployment ...
Hobart-registered nursing graduate Tracy Barton is due to start her dream job in one week's time — a graduate position with Tasmania's Health *Service*.
Tourism is booming in Tasmania, and with tree changes all the rage, it's no surprise visitors to Australia's island state are pondering a move to the Apple Isle.
Apple Wang has an accounting degree from an Australian university, but in Hobart, the only job she could get was driving for Uber. Experts say it's cases like this ...
South Australia's unemployment rate has soared to become the nation's highest at 6.9 per cent, new data shows. The seasonally-adjusted figure rose 0.9 per ...
Jobs in hospitality and retail are among the occupations in Tasmania most vulnerable to automation, according to a new report into the future of jobs in regional ...
More than 300 jobs could be lost in the state's North, with a review underway into future operations of the Tasmanian Electro Metallurgical Company.
Tasmanian renewable energy jobs have surged by 10.6 per cent in a year, with wind energy jobs more than doubling. The growth came before several of the big ...
Multi-million dollar wind farms are springing to life in Tasmania, and there are billions of dollars more in the pipeline. How will that affect the power security of the ...
There are concerns for 300 jobs and the broader economy of northern Tasmania, with news a manganese alloy smelter, in the marginal seat of Bass, will be sold ...
An online petition has been launched calling for nine cleaners to have their jobs reinstated, following a contract change at the University of Tasmania.
The unemployment rate remains stuck at 5.2 per cent, despite a marginal increase of 500 jobs in June. Key points: In seasonally adjusted terms, the ...
Online job ads are in a steep decline, with construction-related sectors posting the biggest fall in vacancies, and when job ads decrease unemployment usually ...
A major cabinet reshuffle sees Michael Ferguson dumped from Tasmania's embattled health portfolio and Speaker Sue Hickey considering her future after being ...
A nickel mining project in Tasmania's west that promised to breathe new life into the Zeehan area and create hundreds of new jobs stalls, with the owners ...
Nearly 30 staff at Hobart hotel which has been sold off for university accommodation will lose their jobs, but the operator says the company held off telling ...
Devonport abattoir workers say they are devastated by news that more than 100 jobs could be lost after the abattoir announced plans to close by mid-November.
Tasmanian Quality Meats wants to double its capacity.
DAILY BRIEFING: Glenorchy RSL staff say they had no idea they lost their jobs, three people allegedly involved in an assault at a church plead not guilty.
The North-West appears to be getting marginal jobs gains, but Launceston and the North-East have fallen back into jobs decline. The South is still getting solid ...
The funding would cover the existing gap in training costs.
FEDERAL Government plans to privatise visa processing would put 100 public sector jobs in Hobart at risk, Labor says. The Home Affairs Department is seeking ...
Two ambitious projects are helping Tasmania make moves to become the 'battery of the nation'. With a location south of the 40th latitude line, Tasmania sits ...
Police union says computer system records number of ambulance jobs police sent to.
The search for a Victorian hiker who has spent his fourth night lost in the Tasmanian wilderness resumed on Tuesday morning, as the weather bureau warned ...
FEWER Tasmanians are participating in the workforce and the state has the highest unemployment rate in the nation at 6.8 per cent, according to the latest data ...
George Town deputy mayor Tim Harris said there was a lot of angst in the community in light of more than 300 potential job losses.
A St Helens job recruitment consultant says employment services need to be run by the government rather than for profit after a Senate Inquiry found Jobactive ...
Australia's sprawling outer suburbs have rapidly growing populations, but most of the new residents have a very long commute to get to jobs that are mainly ...
There's nothing new in conservationists needing to win over working people. The Adani campaign can learn from the proposed Franklin Dam.
Pharmacists, like doctors, are finding it hard to attract qualified staff — just ask Terry Travers, who forked out thousands of dollars for a locum when he fell ill.
PUBLIC *service* jobs would be moved to outer suburban growth areas under a plan by an urban developer to reduce congestion on Hobarts roads.
A deal is struck for Tasmanian Quality Meats to take over pork processing at the Devonport abattoir in the state's north-west, but just 18 people out of the facility's ...
THE Coalition has tried to woo Tasmanian voters with promises of jobs and roads — but there was little clarity on when infrastructure funding would flow and no ...
Tasmania could gain about 3000 jobs and new mines if federal politicians backed a proposed project at the Burnie Port, former premier Paul Lennon says.
THE Tasmanian Treasurer has defended his record on the economy under attack in Question Time as he prepares to deliver the State Budget in parliament ...
Sensationalist claims that 40% of jobs in Australia won't exist in the future are unhelpful for young Australians thinking about entering the workforce. The reality is ...
This month one group of paramedics spent 10 hours of their shift waiting with patients at the Royal Hobart Hospital. They say it's symptomatic of a system ready ...
TIMBER: The Pentarch CEO said they may offer voluntary redundancies following a staff meeting about the company's future. Picture: Simon Sturzaker. A major ...
The number of jobs vacant at Ambulance Tasmania was not readily available.
There are concerns for 300 jobs and the broader economy of northern Tasmania, with news a manganese alloy smelter in the marginal seat of Bass will be sold, ...
THE State Governments budget cuts could strip more than 2200 jobs from the public sector over the next three years, an analysis by the main public sector union ...
Labor leader Bill Shorten is continuing to focus his campaign on renewable energy, with a promise to put $7...
Chocolate-maker Cadbury's decision to shed 40 jobs from its Tasmanian factory, replacing workers with machines, is met with anger, disappointment and ...
Tasmanian Parliament's newest member John Tucker says he aims to be a tireless voice for rural and regional areas of the state, given his long understanding ...
QANTAS will shrink its Hobart call centre by about one-third as customers shift to online forms of contact. Around 60 jobs will go from the 200-seat call centre at ...
Employment company SEEK has revealed that the mining, resources and energy sector was the third-strongest contributor to the Australian employment market ...
Tasmania's population growth is a "runaway train", with health services and roads struggling to cope with increasing demand, planning expert Irene Duckett says ...
BUILDING jobs under the supervision of a collapsed surveying firm will be outsourced, as the State Government scrambles to cope with an insurance crisis ...
The long-awaited third stage of the Tasmanian Irrigation Scheme is set to be rolled out under a joint funding arrangement between the federal Coalition and the ...
Hospitality worker Kim Parker is just one of the Tasmanians who has a job but not enough hours to make ends meet.
There's a clear answer on how Tasmania's long-running public sector wages row can be resolved to the benefit of workers, the state government and the public.
Anita Donald has a job working for a disability enterprise but there are warnings jobs like hers may be at risk unless the Tasmanian Government does more to ...