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WAtoday | Lost his job, about to lose his house – and this WA man is not alone WAtoday Ray* is a rural West Australian who lost his job around 18 months ago and hasn't been able to find another one. He had to move out of his house and rent a room from a friend, as the Newstart unemployment allowance, which is well below minimum wage and ... |
The Sydney Morning Herald | Perth glimpses end of landfill age as Kwinana waste plant build begins The Sydney Morning Herald Construction is starting on Australia's first big waste to energy plant in Kwinana, creating jobs and propelling Perth towards the end of the landfill age. The facility will transform waste treatment in Perth and enable eight councils to stop their ... Work set to start in Kwinana on Australia's first thermal waste-to-enegery plant “Australian-first” big waste-to-energy plant reaches financial close in WA |
Business Insider Australia | Australia's jobless rate falls to 5%, the lowest level in six years Business Insider Australia Australia's unemployment rate fell to the lowest level since April 2012 in September. A modest increase in employment, along with a sharp drop in the size of Australia's labour force, saw the number of unemployed Australians fall by 37,200 to 665,800 ... Jobless rate falls to 6-year lows |
NEWS.com.au | Fresh faces of regional WA: How migrants are adding value and jobs to the economy NEWS.com.au A quick glance at job websites reveal the many and varied employment prospects throughout country WA; a $50,000 sales job, an anaesthetist position that pays $500,000, a landscape gardener with a Shire who can earn $65,000 a year. For Parminder ... |
WAtoday | WA jobs in the pipeline as kingfish farm tipped for Abrolhos waters WAtoday Major aquaculture company Huon has secured a lease to operate a big yellowtail kingfish farm off Geraldton, in what's been touted as a game-changer for WA's underperforming aquaculture sector. Publicly listed Huon, which has trout and salmon farms in ... |
ABC News | WA losing Australia's renewable energy race, Climate Council report finds ABC News A new Climate Council report has found despite 27 per cent of West Australian households having solar panels installed, the state is lagging far behind the rest of the country in its renewable energy generation. States and territories lead way on renewables, climate |
NEWS.com.au | More full-time work cuts WA jobless rate NEWS.com.au The Australian Bureau of Statistics reported this morning that the State's jobless rate edged down to 6 per cent in September. It was on the back of the creation of 6900 full-time jobs over the past month. There are now 922,600 full-time jobs in the State. |
The West Australian | Hotel lobby ups ante in fight against Airbnb The West Australian “The unprecedented growth of unregulated short-stay accommodation is putting thousands of jobs in WA at risk,” AHA WA chief executive Bradley Woods said. “It is time for policymakers to recognise the scale of the problem confronting legitimate ... |
The Canberra Times | 'We are broken': Camping family crushed by tree appeal for help The Canberra Times The trio were on a camping trip with family to celebrate their recent return to Western Australia and nephew's first birthday. Max, Brenda and Luna Robins ... The family said they had recently returned to WA to start new jobs. “As many of you know, we ... |
WAtoday | Perth McDonald's manager found guilty of conspiring with thief over inside job WAtoday A McDonald's employee's plan to stage an armed robbery at the store netted him and a mate about $5000, but it also got them sentenced to more than three years in a West Australian prison. Patrick Francis Egan, 29, was working at the Beldon eatery in ... |