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Monday, August 19

Report reveals South Australia's youth unemployment hotspots

The areas of South Australia worst hit by youth unemployment over the past year have been identified in a new report by anti-poverty group the Brotherhood of St Lawrence.

Young people left powerless in “callous” employment service system

Young job-seekers in South Australia have described feeling powerless, humiliated and frustrated by an employment service system they say is punitive and one-sided.

Participants of the Miss Mysa Event training course with MYSA CEO Tamara Stewart-Jones, Community Corporate founder Carmen Garcia and Federal Assistant Minister for Science, Jobs and Innovation Zed Seselja. Photo: Supplied

Event planning company sparks job hopes for young refugees

Seven former refugees living in Adelaide have forged new careers as event planners after undertaking an Australian-first training course aimed at curbing the high rate of refugee youth unemployment.

Death of the ‘Fair Go’

Evidence of widespread wage theft and revelations of a rotten culture in the nation’s financial sector point to a social contract in tatters – and will leave a lasting legacy of distrust and decay, writes Malcolm King.