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Jobs market is still going strong — strong enough to absorb record migration

Australia’s workforce reached a new record in participation in November, as the jobs market continued to grow.

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Jobs market is still going strong — strong enough to absorb record migration

Australia’s workforce reached a new record in participation in November, as the jobs market continued to grow.

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‘Practically perfect’: Why the media’s focus on ‘top’ Year 12 students needs to change

There’s more to life than your ATAR score. But for many young people it can feel all-consuming.

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On (another) lighter note (or five)…

Today, again, today you’re receiving a special Worm to celebrate a year of finding the light amid the dark times of inflation, war, housing stress and more. This is part two — part one arrived in your inbox yesterday. It’ll be back to normal programming on Monday.

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This isn’t America — covert recordings are admissible in Australian courts. Here’s why

Despite what ‘Law & Order’ may have taught us, the judge in the Bruce Lehrmann defamation case has much to consider regarding secretly recorded conversations related to the trial.

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The stench of WA Inc is back — and it’s wafting over to the rest of us

WA Inc has returned — but this time the corporate interests are far bigger, and the surrender of the WA government much more complete.

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‘Thought they could do what they want’: How PwC went from ‘untouchable’ to pariah

The fall from grace of accounting giant PwC was one of the defining stories of 2023, with the saga forever having shaped the public’s understanding of the billions spent on consultancy.

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Why progressives should get behind the stage three tax cuts — no, really

Failure to deliver stage three tax cuts will derail Labor’s strategy of offering competent, predictable government that voters will reward over the long term. And the argument that they’re unsustainable will no longer wash.

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The Schwartz family’s big quit, and Fox finally covers Paul Kent

In this week’s Media Briefs, the patriarch of Schwartz Media resigns and Fox Sports finally decides to report on a controversy involving one of its own.

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There’s more work to do in IR reform — but how odd! The sky hasn’t fallen in!

Labor’s changes to industrial relations are welcome and righteous, say Crikey readers, but its treatment of refugees and detainees not so much.

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There’s more work to do in IR reform — but how odd! The sky hasn’t fallen in!

Labor’s changes to industrial relations are welcome and righteous, say Crikey readers, but its treatment of refugees and detainees not so much.

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The race is on to transform Australia’s environmental protection laws

Despite talking a big talk on addressing global warming, the laws intended to protect our vital natural habitats do not bind the government to consider climate change.

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There’s a glimmer of hope in the mid-year budget update, but inflation is still a big challenge

While household savings are at their lowest point in a generation, there is cautious optimism to be found in the government’s latest economic outlook report.

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On a lighter note (or five)…

Today you’re receiving a special Worm to celebrate a year of finding the light amid the dark times of inflation, war, housing stress and more. This is part one — part two will arrive in your inbox tomorrow, and then it’s back to normal programming on Monday.

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The most cooked morsels of 2023 politics

Crikey is going to make you earn your break this year, with another rundown of the dumbest moments in the politics of 2023.

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Dutton’s parting gift: Conservative Australia Day outrage, a Christmas tradition

Peter Dutton used his final pre-Christmas press conference to bestow upon us (yet again) the gift of indignation over January 26.

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Dutton demands more immigration, less immigration. In one breath

Peter Dutton wants more migrants and fewer migrants. Is this contradictory? Well, yes, but it doesn’t matter when you’re in opposition.

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Chalmers shrinks debt with revenue windfall, but households tighten their belts

We can relax about the budget deficit for now — extra tax revenue is taking care of government spending, even after the stage three tax cuts.

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Who is Steven Miles, Queensland’s next premier?

He’s not your average Labor politician: a union man with a PhD, Miles has been outspoken on causes such as the environment and fair education.

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‘Labor’s lost interest in transparency’: Another year of a broken FOI scheme

Some gains but many losses in freedom of information requests from Labor as calls for transparency become words used only in opposition.

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Pompeo and Morrison do church, AI is unfailingly woke, and influencers take on Canberra

A dump of FOI docs in the US reveal the early days of Scott Morrison’s bromance with Mike Pompeo, plus more in this week’s Tips and Murmurs.

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Albanese, NZ and Canadian PMs call for Gaza ceasefire

Anthony Albanese, NZ PM Christopher Luxon and Canadian PM Justin Trudeau have jointly issued a strong statement calling for a ‘sustainable ceasefire’ in Gaza, and WA Premier Roger Cook says ‘green’ groups are working to divide Indigenous communities and use them to take big resources projects to court.

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An incel who murdered a woman was convicted as a terrorist. Australia can do the same

Could treating far-right subcultures as terrorist movements help reduce violence against women in Australia?

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Nuclear energy could be a goer in Australia — if we introduced a carbon tax

Let’s shine sunlight on the nuclear ‘debate’, look at the facts and figures, and adopt or abandon the concept once and for all.

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Infrastructure administration might be banal but it’s costing us tens of billions

Administering these projects might be unglamorous, but we’re losing billions of dollars doing it badly.

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