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A new economic report by consultancy firm Deloitte says the AI "winners" will be organisations that combine human and machine strengths, with recruiters saying human judgement will still be key. 

Australia's minimum wage will increase by 5.97 per cent, and minimum award workers will get a 4.75 per cent pay boost, in the Fair Work Commission's (FWC) annual wage review.

The hospitality sector is grappling with "unprecedented" cost increases, according to a national peak body, with many being forced to close their doors.

The company says it wants a "globally connected team", but disgruntled staff say plans to offshore jobs is about replacing them with cheap labour.

"We've seen this movie before" is a phrase that sums up the way many people feel about the Whyalla steelworks' financial predicament but the community is hopeful of a promising new sequel.

Whyalla locals welcome more certainty about the future ownership of the city's steelworks, but say it is still not enough to warrant business investment and workers coming back to the Spencer Gulf. 

Jobseeker services will shift away from a one-size-fits-all approach to a new tiered model, to be unveiled by the government later today. 

Peter Malinauskas has announced M Resources and Jindal Steel are the two bidders remaining for the financially stricken Whyalla steelworks, while BlueScope Steel retains its right of last offer.

A Japanese mayor will take maternity leave this year, becoming the first in the country's history to do so while in office. 

A bill amending the Fair Work Act 2009 to include the right to work from home is too narrow in its focus and could lead to discrimination, according to submissions in a federal inquiry.

People are less mobile, less dynamic and more risk-averse than we used to be, a series of economic indicators shows.

Victoria Police announces plans to trial its first regional police training academy in Mildura next year before moving the program to other regional centres in the following years.

A former staffer for Northern Territory government backbencher Clinton Howe is claiming she was sacked for refusing to falsify constituent information in a database, and was bullied and micromanaged by the politician's full-time electorate officer.

AI-perfected CVs are becoming the norm as more job applicants and employers use artificial intelligence, but recruiters say the technology could be making hiring trickier.

Bega Cheese's Strathmerton factory, which employed more than 300 workers, is set to close its doors on June 30, leaving residents in the small Victorian town wondering what's next.

The rural town of Cleve in SA is getting a much-needed boost to its health system with a pilot program sponsoring five nurses from the Philippines to undertake traineeships to become enrolled nurses. 

Students are using tiny, programmable robots to code in a bid to encourage them to consider careers in renewable energy due to predicted skill shortages.

Burnout is everywhere — in resignation letters, therapy sessions and late-night emails. Yet the debate over what it is reveals a bigger question: Should workplaces bear responsibility for the damage modern work can cause?

As Australia weans itself away from coal, aging power stations across the country have been reduced to smoke and rubble. But for communities at the coalface, there are serious and dramatic consequences.

Disability support organisation Endeavour Foundation in Bundaberg is changing its business model away from growing flowers to packaging solutions.