Nearly 1.1 million Australians - or 7.8% of the workforce - were unemployed in October and to compound the bad news an additional 1.2 million (8.9% of the workforce) are now under-employed.

Australian Cyber Week 2019 has launched with a week-long series of events and activities nationally coordinated by AustCyber – the Australian Cyber Security Growth Network - and with a focus on cybercrime and Australia's growing cyber security sector.

Customer relationship management software provider Salesforce is planning to add 1,000 new jobs in Sydney over the next five years, and will house its employees in a new building – Salesforce Tower – which it is developing in the city.