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High jobless youth numbers fit under the health umbrella, too

23 March 2010

Kevin Rudd challenged Tony Abbott to a debate on health at the National Press Club today, the invitation was accepted and no fewer than 11 journalists decided to join in.Gerard Henderson is executive director of of The Sydney Institute... read full story

Restricted access: when and how to dip into your super

19 March 2010

ACCESS to superannuation is heavily restricted. In addition to age restrictions there are also restrictions depending on the type of superannuation a person has... read full story

The crime factory is one place where full employment is not ideal

19 March 2010

After 30 years at the NSW bar and 10 years as a Supreme Court judge, Harold Sperling, QC, is retired. He gets out of bed and does what he damn well wants to do. No more trials, no more appeals, no more writing judgments... read full story

Full-time jobs boom as firms start hiring

12 March 2010

EMPLOYERS have switched to hiring full-time, pushing the unemployment rate as low as 5.2 per cent and piling on tens of millions of new work hours as part of the biggest "return to work" in 20 years... read full story

Fit for retirement

10 March 2010

Transition-to-retirement strategies have become popular with financial planners for people 55 or older with a reasonable amount in retirement savings. But the halving of the super contributions caps has made TTR strategies less effective... read full story

Neal to conquer? A tough battle in Labor's tightest seat

5 March 2010

A MONTH ago, there was no doubt Belinda Neal would win preselection in the seat of Robertson. At least, not in the mind of Katie Smith, the president of the electoral council overseeing Labor branches in the pelican-dotted electorate... read full story

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