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Job mobility falls to 7.2 per cent as Australia’s post-pandemic churn recedes
Australia’s workforce has become less mobile, with the proportion of employed people changing employer or business falling to 7.2 per cent in the year to February 2026. New figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics show just over one million employed Australians changed jobs during the period, compared with a mobility rate of 7.7 per cent in…
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Morocco pitches itself as Australia’s bridge to Africa at 50-year milestone
At Canberra’s Throne Day reception, Ambassador Wassane Zailachi called for a more ambitious commercial and strategic relationship, presenting Morocco’s industrial expansion and continental reach as a platform for deeper Australian engagement with Africa. Morocco has used the fiftieth anniversary of diplomatic relations with Australia to make a concerted case for a more expansive bilateral partnership,…
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Hilton defends CSIRO cuts while setting out sovereign science agenda
The CSIRO chief says a sharper research focus, domestic technological capability and greater public accountability will be essential as Australia confronts artificial intelligence, change and a more precarious global order. CSIRO Chief Executive Dr Doug Hilton has defended the national science agency’s contentious restructuring as an unavoidable response to decades of deteriorating infrastructure and increasingly…