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Australia will temporarily waive the visa application fees for international students and backpackers, in a move aimed at addressing workforce shortages.
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Property experts have warned a hidden problem is causing serious issues for housing prices, which could have huge flow-on impacts.
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After a year of double digit price growth, many regional residents are wondering whether property price growth will continue.
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Australian job vacancies fell last month after surging in November as the Omicron variant of coronavirus dampened sentiment.
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More Australians are quitting their jobs for better-paid ones as they make the career moves they put on hold earlier in the pandemic.
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Wages in just one part of Australia have largely kept up with property price increases over the past two decades - the Northern Territory.
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Eligible visa holders will be allowed to travel to Australia without applying for a government exemption from 1 December.
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Australia’s unemployment rate ticked up to 4.6 per cent in September as a further 138,000 jobs were lost due to lockdowns in NSW, Victoria and the ACT.
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Australia's employment is strong, but not to the Kiwi level, and set to be held back further by extended lockdowns, meaning different interest rate outlooks.
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Australia’s economic downturn appears to be going from bad to worse as virus lockdowns in the nation’s biggest states become broader.
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The Westpac-Melbourne Institute Index of Consumer Sentiment fell by 4.4 per cent in August to an 11-month low.
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The rental property affordability crisis is hurting the people we’re relying on the most.
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