Underemployment 'dampening' SA economy as JobKeeper nears end

Casual and part-time work may be slowing South Australia’s economic demand despite positive headline employment figures in the wake of the pandemic’s initial big hit to business and jobs, according to an economic analyst.

"I don't want to be in hospitality all my life"

A historically high proportion of young Australians are struggling to set themselves up for the future because they are not getting enough hours at work, a new report says.

David Pisoni (right), pictured with Premier Steven Marshall, will be sworn in as employment minister today. Photo: AAP/Tracey Nearmy

SA's jobless rate the worst in the nation - again

South Australia has reclaimed the unwanted mantle as the worst Australian state for unemployment, with the jobless rate jumping to 6.3 per cent in February.

The fall of the Australian working class

Australia’s working class faces a bleak future but their plight barely registers in the leafy suburbs, argues Malcolm King.

Trumping inequality: increasing fairness without damaging the economy

Donald Trump’s ascension has been fulled by growing inequality – a problem that can only be solved by created higher-quality jobs, writes InDaily’s economics commentator Richard Blandy.

Why SA is prime territory for a Trump revolution

Lampooned by the media, thrown out of regular work into Centrelink queues or insecure and casual jobs, ignored by contemporary politics – South Australia’s vast working class has the chance to create real political change, writes Malcolm King.