South Australian employers are more likely to select staff through personal networks, a parliamentary committee has been told. Image: John Jones / Flickr

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It's who you know, if you want a job in Adelaide

South Australian employers are more likely than their interstate counterparts to choose staff through personal networks rather than by advertising positions, a parliamentary inquiry has been told.

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Call to scrap 'eastern states-equivalent' minimum wage for migrants to SA

Regulations forcing South Australian employers to pay eastern states-equivalent wages to migrants and preventing many international students from working here should be scrapped, the migration industry’s peak body says.

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"I really don't care": First lady sends mixed messages

Melania Trump’s visit to a Texas shelter housing migrant children separated from their parents has been overshadowed by a jacket she wore with the words: “I really don’t care, do u?” scrawled in white brush strokes on the back.

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Population shock: "Past the point of no return for some regional towns"

Population growth in regional South Australia has not merely stalled but gone backwards, with the latest Australian Bureau of Statistics data showing an alarming decline in the 12 months to June last year.

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Broaden 457 threshold or leave “below par” SA’s economic potential “untapped”

South Australia’s ageing workforce and dwindling regional populations are exacerbating skills shortages that are hitting regional businesses hard, according to forthcoming research that urges the Federal Government to broaden – rather than restrict – access to 457 visas.