Economic

09/22/2026

FWC's AI disclosure rules reshape Australian employer grievance risk

From 20 October 2026, the Fair Work Commission (FWC) requires every party lodging an unfair dismissal or general protections claim to declare whether, and how, they used generative AI to prepare their case. The rule arrives against a claims ...

09/22/2026

10 min

Safe Work Australia's December limits and the smart-glasses ban: two compliance tests land at once

Two workplace regulatory changes are converging on Australian employers before the year is out, and neither offers much room to delay. Safe Work Australia's new Workplace Exposure Limit (WEL) system, covering more than 600 substances, takes ...

09/22/2026

7 min

Australia’s Direction 119 reshapes skilled visa planning for employers

Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke's 17 September address at the National Press Club in Canberra has restructured the processing queue that determines which employers get sponsored skilled workers first. Under Ministerial Direction 119, ...

08/19/2026

7 min

ABS Wage Price Index: 79% of Australian jobs below 4% rise as FWC review looms

If your last pay review landed somewhere in the 3% range, you are squarely in the Australian mainstream. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) Wage Price Index (WPI) for the June 2026 quarter shows annual wage growth settling at 3.2%, with ...

08/18/2026

6 min

Australia's gender pay gap falls to record low 11.3%

Australia's gender pay gap has dropped to 11.3% in May 2026, the lowest figure the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) has recorded since it began measuring average weekly ordinary time earnings by sex. The number fell from 11.5% in November ...

08/14/2026

7 min

Only 1 in 4 Australian workers feel their job is safe

The headline labour market figures look solid. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) Labour Force Survey recorded an unemployment rate of 4.4% in June, with 14.8 million people in work. Then one number from ADP Research cuts through the ...

08/14/2026

6 min

Fair Work Commission sets Australia's first gig delivery pay floor

From Monday 18 August 2026, food delivery riders in Australia have a legally guaranteed pay floor for the first time. The Fair Work Commission (FWC) approved a minimum standards order covering on-demand food, drink, and grocery delivery workers, ...

08/13/2026

8 min

1.5m Australian workers now trust AI over their managers

One in seven Australian workers now turns to an AI tool for work advice before asking a manager or a colleague. That figure, drawn from ELMO Software's Employee Sentiment Index based on a YouGov survey of 1,068 Australian employees conducted ...

08/13/2026

6 min

Female-dominated Australian jobs most exposed to AI risk

Around 1.4 million women in Australia work in clerical and administrative roles, and the vacancy data for June 2026 confirms what the exposure modelling had been flagging for months: displacement is already underway. Jobs and Skills Australia ...

08/13/2026

6 min

Productivity Commission data frames EY's 44,000 AU jobs forecast for 2036

New modelling from EY-Parthenon puts a concrete number on what AI will do to Australian employment over the next decade: somewhere between 36,000 and 44,000 additional full-time jobs by 2036. The headline is net positive. The reality sitting ...

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