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With mobile phone use on the rise, some people are turning to simpler devices to help them cut down on their screen time.

Sir Bruce Small had a bold plan to revive tourism on the Gold Coast. All he needed was a bevy of beautiful women and a captive audience in cold southern states.

Registered providers who fail to show genuine commitment to vocational education and training and don't offer any courses over 12 months would be automatically stripped of their registration.

Working long hours can be stressful. While a break can help, what happens when the holiday is over, you've returned to work, and that sense of tiredness still lingers? 

After months of protests against offshore wind farm projects, people have gathered in support of turbines being developed off Australia's east coast, hopeful of more work and job security.

Legislation will be debated in parliament this week that would make it legal to be uncontactable outside of work hours.

The Fair Work Ombudsman says the operators of two Adelaide Vietnamese restaurants allegedly underpaid staff more than $400,000 and unlawfully punished them for incorrectly charging customers. 

Big clothing brands have been criticised over conditions in their suppliers' Myanmar factories, but now that some are pulling out of the country entirely, advocates warn workers will be left even worse off. 

The Kalumburu Aboriginal Corporation CEO says she had no choice but to employ her close family members in additional youth worker roles amid ongoing welfare dependency, feuding, and substance abuse in the East Kimberley.

There are benefits to paying timely attention to your super early in your working life to get the most from this publicly mandated form of financial self-discipline, writes Susan Thorp.

When a workplace safety regulator is accused by workers, inspectors, unions and victims of being timid, ineffectual and suffering from systemic cultural and operational issues, it's time for a massive overhaul, writes Adele Ferguson.

As another school year begins, the ABC speaks to 10 recent high school graduates from all over country Australia about their hopes, dreams and fears for the future. 

Apollo Bay is a tourist mecca whose population explodes roughly 10 times in the peak visitor season. But locals and workers without deep pockets say they're struggling to stay, exacerbating the pressures on those who remain year-round.

The small population of Ceduna may be located on the edge of the Nullarbor and be eight hours drive from the nearest capital city, but it offers the second most affordable beachside suburb in the country and those seeking a sea change aren't hesitating.

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The Queensland government has announced it's to increase the graduate salaries of child safety officers as experts say heavy caseloads and a lack of staff are creating delays in response times.

Commuters are facing journeys extended by up to 50 minutes in some parts of the city.

A lack of workers and apprentices, long waits for parts and an increasingly complex market are driving waiting times for car repairs through the roof, leaving mechanics under siege.

The discomfort of change can be better than the discomfort of not changing, and living a dissatisfied life. It's a lesson these people learnt through personal experience.

Would you quit your job if your boss told you that you must go back into the office? Or would you adhere to the new rule, especially if it meant a potential pay rise? This is a question more workers may have to contemplate in the year ahead as employers ask their staff to stop working from home.

After going to the rescue of countless residents and businesses for decades, it's a job this man is unable to stop doing.

Desperate to keep the Barcaldine Sandgoannas from folding, the club president's method to lure players is also scoring wins off the field.

Problems for Russell Vale coal mine in Wollongong have escalated with the state's Resources Regulator shutting down work on the site because of safety concerns.

Antoinette Lattouf claims she was unlawfully dismissed by the public broadcaster over an Instagram post when she was terminated three days into a five-day contract to present on ABC Radio Sydney.

The Australian Catholic University reveals it underpaid approximately 1,100 casual staff over a seven-year period.