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Treasurer Jim Chalmers

Why cost-of-living woes will probably linger for years

It’s simplistic to say we’re all going backwards, but this decade’s inflation has dealt a hefty blow to our spending power. There is, however, a path to sustainable wage growth.

  • Clancy Yeates

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The War for The Roar: Daniel Corsello, Dylan Howard and Daniel Simic.

The Roar goes silent, staff unpaid, amid ownership dispute

Journalists who had been writing for the website until it stopped publishing a month ago are demanding answers from the gambling firm that bought it about five years ago.

  • Calum Jaspan
Chriso Chindilas, is a young finance student who is getting ready to enter the workforce.

‘Will we still be a city for young people?’ How Sydney’s jobs will change in the next 10 years

In 2016, Sydney’s CBD was predicted to thrive on the back of a finance boom. The man who accurately tipped that trend expects the next decade to be different.

  • Max Maddison and Aidan Elwig Pollock
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The nine Sydney councils where the CEOs are paid more than $500,000

More than four in five chief executives take home more than NSW Premier Chris Minns. Find out how much your area’s top boss is paid.

  • Cindy Yin

Are you a Sydney workaholic? The areas and jobs with the longest hours

How hard does your suburb work? This map compares weekly work hours across Sydney.

  • Matt Wade and Craig Butt
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Do you work too hard? How many hours people in your job work a week

How do your weekly work hours compare to those of others in your job? Use our online interactive tool to explore the data and see how you stack up.

  • Craig Butt, The Visual Stories Team and Nathanael Scott
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The push to increase pay rates for younger workers.

Generational wage war: Is a 20-year-old worth less than a 21-year-old?

Employers and unions are set to debate a push to end “junior” rates of pay for 18 to 20-year-olds working in retail, fast food and pharmacies.

  • Elizabeth Knight
A Brisbane transport company has been ordered to pay over $30,000 in penalties after refusing to compensate a former employee it unfairly dismissed.

Trucking company penalised for refusing to pay unfairly sacked worker

The employee stopped being given shifts after a dispute over washing a truck in the rain, in what was ruled as an unfair dismissal.

  • Courtney Kruk
Woolworths is setting aside

‘Unions will go looking’: Woolies’, Coles’ $1b wage scandal could spark class action wave

Unions and employment lawyers have warned about the implications of a landmark Federal Court ruling that has forced Coles and Woolworths to set aside millions more for historical underpayments.

  • Jessica Yun
D’Accord OAS’s managing director Gino Carrafa.

‘Totally destructive’: Major mental health provider threatens its counsellors

Gino Carrafa has a penchant for extravagant holidays and inspirational quotes. Now his company is threatening therapists after refusing to pay them for months.

  • Eryk Bagshaw