The jobs market is nowhere near as good as you've heard, and it's changing us
- Written by Michael Keating, Visiting Fellow, College of Business & Economics, Australian National University
We are continually being told that more of us are employed than ever before.
Reserve Bank Governor Philip Lowe points out (correctly) that a higher proportion of us are in jobs than at any other time. Prime Minister Scott Morrison says an extra 1.5 million Australians have found jobs since the Coalition took office, 260,000 of them in the past...