Australian unemployment increases to 9.2% in August as workforce swells to 14.8 million Australians

Australian unemployment increases to 9.2% in August as workforce swells to 14.8 million Australians

Economic : Finding No: 9074

In August unemployment increased 0.7% points to 9.2%, according to the latest Roy Morgan employment series data. The rise in unemployment was due to more people entering the workforce, but unable to find jobs, as both overall employment and unemployment increased.
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Despite lower unemployment rates and decreased restrictions from the pandemic in 2022, stress remains high in Australia

Despite lower unemployment rates and decreased restrictions from the pandemic in 2022, stress remains high in Australia

Social : Finding No: 9067

The Taking the Pulse of the Nation has tracked financial stress and mental distress throughout the pandemic. Financially, some workers were laid off due to lockdown restrictions, there were changes in demand and supply, in addition to several other factors that have changed how we work and the need for workers. Emotionally, we spent much of 2020 and 2021 in isolation and engaging in social distancing. Both changes in the workplace and the restrictions we faced resulted in high levels of financial stress and/or high levels of mental distress.
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Women closing the superannuation gap

October 12 2018

New research from Roy Morgan shows that over the last decade, women have closed the gap considerably to men on superannuation, both for ownership levels and average balances. In 2008 only 57.4% of females had superannuation, compared to males with 66...

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Wonder Woman top superhero for Young Australians

September 24 2018

Wonder Woman is now the favourite superhero for Australian kids. An estimated 368,000 kids aged 6-13 years old in the year to June 2018 pick Wonder Woman as their favourite superhero flying ahead of former leader Batman on 303,000 new research fro...

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Wonder Woman on top and Captain Marvel one to watch

March 07 2019

Wonder Woman is again Australia’s favourite superhero for kids aged 6-13 years old. An estimated 394,000 Aussie kids picked Wonder Woman as their favourite superhero in the year to December 2018, up a stunning 137,000 from a year ago. W...

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