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The Australian economy generated 111,000 new jobs in August, lowering the unemployment rate to 6.8% from its 22 year high of 7.5% in July. The shock result sees full-time employment lift from 36,200 to 8.58 million people, while part-time employment ... More

Around a million Australians were working a second job before the pandemic hit. While that number reportedly has fallen by almost 20% since March as jobs dried up, many workers are still relying on multiple jobs in order to make ends meet. If you have ... More

COVID-19 has triggered a perfect storm for women's finances. It has hit their typical work industries - travel, retail and hospitality - particularly hard. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) has shown that women have suffered a disproportionate ... More

The government support you are relieved to receive - or irked not to receive - has come at a cost of $289 billion. The help this has provided in weathering the COVID-19 storm is yet to be seen. Still, that hasn't stopped the government taking us ... More

With no end to the COVID-19 pandemic in sight, the government has made the call to extend but also reduce JobKeeper and JobSeeker, and boost the small business loans scheme. Here's what you need to know. JobKeeper The current JobKeeper scheme is ... More

People who withdraw money from their super fund without being eligible could face heavy fines, the tax office has warned. The ATO has announced fines of up to $12,000 for anyone making false and misleading statements in order to withdraw $10,000 under ... More

The ATO has extended the deadline for JobKeeper applications until May 31 as employees and business owners around the country demand more information about who is eligible. We've been inundated with questions over who can receive the $1500/fortnight ... More

More than a million working Australians including staff at local councils, state governments, universities, construction sites, arts and entertainment may not be covered by the $1500 fortnightly JobKeeper payment . Instead if their employers lay them ... More

The growing concern and uncertainty amongst Australians caused by the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic is exacerbated for many separated parents. This is particularly so for those facing significant difficulty in meeting not only their business or living ... More

Desperate Australians have queued outside Centrelink offices and overwhelmed the MyGov website in the wake of massive job losses as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. The government last week boosted the JobSeeker payment with a coronavirus supplement ... More