Tag: employment
Mental health care is a rewarding career
For Rory Dalton, working as an emergency mental health clinician at Werribee Mercy Hospital means he gets an opportunity to help vulnerable people every...
Industry centre grows new jobs
A new logistics hub at Truganina is gearing up to bring as many as 2000 new jobs to the area.
Earlier this month, Industry and Employment...
New jobs in shopping centre plan for Braybrook Masters
More than 160 new jobs are expected to be created when the former Braybrook Masters store is redeveloped into a new shopping centre.
Plans for...
MPs urge Turnbull government to save steel jobs
Local MPs are putting pressure on the federal government to secure the future of local jobs in steelmaking.
The call comes following today’s announcement that...
Minister praises The Idea Collective
Small Business Minister Philip Dalidakis has praised a Footscray co-working community during a recent visit.
Mr Dalidakis met the people behind The Idea Collective, a...
Footscray tech hub the stuff of dreams
Hundreds of jobs are moving to ‘The Dream Factory’ in Footscray as Melbourne’s first major social and tech start-up opens in an iconic former...
Williamstown shipyard axes 50 more workers
Williamstown’s shipyard on Thursday announced 50 more jobs would be axed in March.
This follows on from 200 jobs cut at BAE Systems before Christmas.
The...
200 more jobs cut at Williamstown naval dockyard
Williamstown’s shipyard on Thursday announced another 200 jobs would be cut before Christmas unless it is awarded new work contracts from the federal government.
BAE...
Special Olympic gold medalist proud to land a job
Despite winning gold for Australia, Special Olympics athlete Michael Van Wilgenburg still faced hurdles getting his first job.
Mr Van Wilgenburg, 20, of Altona North,...
Dozens more jobs lost at Williamstown shipyard
Seventy more job cuts have been announced at BAE Systems naval shipyard in Willliamstown.
It follows the axing of 125 jobs in August and signals...
Positives drawn from Broadmeadows summit
Broadmeadows will finally get its northern city gateway – a tree boulevard and improved road interchanges along its Pascoe Vale Road town entrance.
The oft-neglected...
Manufacturing workers thrown lifeline
La Trobe University is offering retrenched manufacturing workers a jobs lifeline.
The university has tailored a 17-week free program for staff made redundant by Ford,...
Pay catch-up for Myer cleaners
Cleaners at several Myer stores will take home more in their weekly pay after the Fair Work Ombudsman found they had been collectively short-changed...
Workers call on minister to save shipyard
Angry workers protested outside the Melbourne office of Defence Minister Kevin Andrews on Friday, calling on the federal government to save Victoria’s only shipyard.
The...
New model for a healthier workplace
A Laverton North company has become the first in Victoria to complete a state government program aimed at battling soaring obesity rates and chronic...