Archived News for Human Resource Professionals
The Albanese government is being urged to drop prosecutions against whistleblowers ...
Police seek facial scans
South Australia Police says it will use the facial recognition capability of new security cameras despite a council’s request not to.
Secular school help coming
The Federal Government says it will allow schools to hire secular workers under its chaplaincy program.
Forrest doubts recession concern
Australia’s richest man says there is “not a snowflake’s chance in hell” of a global recession this year.
Musk talks to Twitter base
Elon Musk has held an hour-long question-and-answer session with Twitter’s 8,000 employees.
AEMO caps gas rort
AEMO has suspended the wholesale electricity spot market after companies failed to supply ...
Big spend on early education
The Victorian Government says it will spend almost a billion dollars a year overhauling early childhood education and care.
Blame flung in dole shift
The former Coalition government has been accused of mismanaging the accuracy of welfare payments.
Building bribes detailed
A former Sydney councillor accepted bribes from a Chinese developer in exchange for supporting ...
SA sport grants questioned
The SA Government has denied allegations of pork-barrelling despite skipping a step in the provision of sports grants.
Wages rise for now
The Fair Work Commission has announced a 5.2 per cent increase in the minimum wage, keeping it barely ahead of inflation, for now.
ACCC eyes rail deal
The competition regulator has some concerns about Aurizon’s proposed One Rail acquisition.
Airbnb faces dollar allegations
Airbnb is being taken to court for allegedly suggesting prices were in Australian dollars, when they were actually displaying US dollar prices.
Caution urged on gender words
Using gender-neutral words such as “businessperson” may not be gender-neutral after all, according to a US expert.
Centrelink outsourcing trimmed
Services Australia says it is cutting its outsourced workload by 30 per cent.
Coal crunch forces response
Australia’s energy woes are being exacerbated by coal-fired generator outages.
Cyber immaturity revealed
An audit has found most Commonwealth agencies are failing to hit required cyber maturity levels.
EU enforcing USB-C
The European Union has ruled that all smartphones will require the same charger from 2024.