500m boost for north qld nickel refinery and 2,800km of ferries route between Hobart to Fremantle
Australia's economy is growing faster than ever. The latest figures, which came out just before the federal budget was released, say that over the past six months the economy has grew by 2.2%. Unemployment is still well below the 10% threshold (that is, it would seem that the majority of Australians have given up hope of finding a job); yet, the economy is growing faster than it has in at least the past four decades.
Economists have also argued that productivity growth has been very strong. The figure for the month of May this year was 7.6% compared to a national average of 5.4% over the same period last year. In the six months to April, the economy grew by a more than 1% annual growth rate.
But what is productivity growth? That is a complicated question and is not fully clear. How much of a rise in the economy can you create by doing nothing but sitting around doing nothing? What if people are not happy?
A new survey by NAB (the National Australia Bank) has shed some light on the situation for some Australians who do not have a decent salary.
In the survey, 70% of Australian households were experiencing job insecurity last month – the highest percentage since the NAB began measuring this measure in 1996.
And, although households were most likely to feel the effects of their job insecurity in terms of lower wages, the median weekly salary of those without jobs, was $3,077, down 7% on a year earlier.
Overall median weekly salaries were down 7% (or $28) between April and May.
Job insecurity is the feeling that someone, especially someone under 25, may be not being treated fairly by their employer, so is not being offered enough, and thus not being able to find the kind of employment that pays enough in wages.
The figures are from the latest National Job Insurance Survey, which is used by employers to collect and analyse data on their employees' earnings. In the last two financial years, a new wave of survey data from the NAB found that a massive shift in employment was taking place in many aspects of the economy.
In a report by the Australian Council of Social Service, it found that in terms of the share of employment by women, for example, there has been a dramatic drop, from 42.3% in April to 38.8% in May this year, which has taken place in tandem with the rise of the "women's generation".
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Ugly vege gets a fair go as food scientists strive to cut waste as we head into a peak winter food year. More than 20 species of animals and plants will be hit with the biggest winter bug hunt yet this year.
The South Korean government has launched a campaign to identify and kill winter bug nests for the first time since 2009 – a move aimed at improving public health and conservation efforts for all the country's species.
The Seoul City Wildlife Park is one of eight animal conservation organizations and one of four bird conservation organisations in South Korea that are participating in the campaign.
The Seoul City Wildlife Park (SCWPO) is a 30-acre forest in Seoul, South Korea, that is home to more than 10,000 species of birds, reptiles, insects and amphibians.
In a statement, the park said that one species of winter insect and its larvae are being targeted by the campaign, and its annual distribution is estimated at around 1,600 eggs every single day.
If the birds are still available around the time they hatch, the winter bug will feed off their bodies for its egg layer.
The insects are thought to be attracted to light, which is reflected by the sun during the fall. Winter bugs can also feed by digging into rotting garbage, so the aim is to kill all of the nesting nests in one go, according to the campaign's website.
"This campaign hopes that it can cut waste by making more sense of the number of eggs and adults produced, and increase public awareness about nature's great waste," said Lee Jae-yung, one of the five participants of the campaign.
South Korea is one of the five countries to have implemented the "Snoop it on its own" law against online child pornography, which allows the authorities to seize online file-sharing networks deemed responsible for sharing or uploading the images.
South Korea has been one of the most active countries to implement the law. It has introduced laws that criminalize websites and streaming services that distribute, stream or rent child pornography in several of the country's major cities.
On Sept. 2, the city of Seoul also launched a public awareness campaign regarding a public nuisance. In collaboration with the Wildlife Park, the city announced that a public disturbance event would occur every Saturday between 6 p.m. and 9 p.m. local time. The event was designed to target and eliminate illegal wildlife use during the period of May 15 and Oct. 28.
For more information about the Seoul City Wildlife Park campaign, contact:
Park Min-hee, press office