Workers switching industries en masse as COVID-19 prompts career transitions, LinkedIn finds
Retail and tourism workers are considering switching industries en masse on social media platform LinkedIn, according to a new report.
“Crippling”: Victoria’s Lucky Penny Cafe forced to cancel events as Daniel Andrews scuppers coronavirus easing
Victorian businesses are reeling after Premier Daniel Andrews scuppered a planned easing of coronavirus trading restrictions over the weekend.
Livelihoods on the line: CBD businesses struggle with mass exodus of white-collar customers
The reluctance of city-based workers to return to their offices is having a flow-on effect for many small CBD businesses that rely on their custom.
Pass the parcel: How the rise of Instagram, Facebook and email has changed the game for Australia Post
As fewer people write handwritten letters and more of us use social media to stay in touch, where does that leave Australia Post?
“Amazon will not be accepting wooden dollars”: How one mayor is countering the economic crisis by printing his own cash
Rather than watching his townspeople struggle through the COVID-19 economic crisis, one US mayor has created a novel way to reboot local trade.
Buy From the Bush delivers $5 million to regional small business, and two crises later, they’re still feeling the love
The Buy From the Bush campaign has delivered $5 million in revenues to small businesses. And they're still feeling the positive effects.
Where has Australia relied most on JobKeeper? Treasury reveals application numbers by postcode
A postcode by postcode analysis of JobKeeper applications reveals the areas most reliant on wage subsidies as Morrison draws a line under the package.
Counting the cost: Australia’s most vulnerable people have been hardest hit by COVID-19 economic downturn, research shows
The latest HILDA Survey shines a light on those most vulnerable to the COVID-19 economic downturn: low-wage workers, women and young people.
A trust issue: Is the financial distress caused by COVID-19 putting beneficiaries’ interests at risk?
Some beneficiaries of trusts are finding that traditional protections insulating their funds are at risk, as the economy reels in the wake of COVID-19.
How reintroducing childcare fees will put a ‘handbrake’ on women’s participation in the workforce
Australian families will soon start paying for childcare again, but as childcare becomes unaffordable for so many families who need it, women’s workforce participation that suffers.
What lies ahead for the economy when the government-subsidy bubble bursts in October?
Businesses will face new challenges when government subsidies end in late September. But there are some changes owners can make that could help them survive.
COVID-19 delivers both pain and gain for Aussie retailers, ABS figures reveal
Retail sales plummeted in April despite an explosion in e-commerce spending as COVID-19 lockdowns forced Australians to shop from home.
