The Latest Breaking News from JobSeeker

One month into the rollout of the new $7 billion Workforce Australia system, jobseekers and students are reporting mass confusion and inconsistencies.

National's new leader reached for tried conservative policy at a conference low on thrills but rich with talk of unity and discipline.

Employment Minister Tony Burke says it is "too late" to scrap controversial changes to unemployment benefits due to be introduced next month, so the government will look to alter the scheme instead.

Major changes to employment services begin in under a month – but many of the 800,000 jobseekers who’ll be affected are still unclear on exactly how.

Advocacy groups say Albanese is giving "false hope" to welfare recipients by sharing his mum's story without raising JobSeeker.

No matter who wins, most of us stand to lose.

The cost of living is on the rise. The recent Consumer Price Index (a measure of inflation of a standard basket of goods) revealed Australians’ grocery baskets are one of the biggest casualties.

'People on low incomes don't stand a chance,' Anglicare executive director says.

So low is Australia’s unemployment rate, the official count says there are now just 580,300 people unemployed – the least since 2009, when Australia’s population was one-sixth smaller than it is today. Compared to just before the start of the pandemic, 184,800 fewer Australians are now unemployed.