Mar 27, 2018
by Robert Bolton There’s been another steep fall in the number of people doing apprenticeships – although the government claims there are positive signs in the details. At the end of September, there were 291,925 apprentices in training, that was 5.6 per...
Feb 13, 2018
A YOUNG plumber was only paid one-fifth of what he was owed. When he asked his boss about it, all he got was abuse. Source: Plumbing boss hit with $121k fine for ‘exploitation of a young person’ A MAN who told his employee to “seriously, f**k off” after the worker...
Dec 20, 2017
Originally published: news.com.au AFTER receiving their high school results over the past fortnight, graduates across Australia will be thinking long and hard about their options. But while they’re going through their course options and preparing job applications,...
Dec 2, 2017
If you own, or plan to purchase, a heritage listed place you may have some concerns about how listing will affect your use and enjoyment of it. Some people fear that anything they do to the property will reduce its significance and most people fear the possible...
Nov 3, 2017
Did you know that choosing a bricklaying apprenticeship will put you financially ahead of a 3 Year Bachelor’s Degree by about $110,000 by your 3rd year? You will have earned a training wage while you learned a craft-based skill, plus your training fees are...
Oct 25, 2017
THE first mass hiring at Adelaide’s naval shipyard in seven years will start within days, as 600 jobs are created during a $535 million infrastructure build. Hailing the end of the so-called “valley of death” of shipbuilding jobs, Defence Industry Minister Christopher...
