Interests Of Mps To Go Online - It's About Time

There are plenty of good reasons why Parliament requires MPs to publicly disclose their assets and any gifts they receive. But why can't we read the details of this register of members' interests on the internet?

Job Ads Fall By Almost A Quarter

THE latest job advertisements data does not spell bad news just for the economy but underlines the huge pressure on revenues that newspaper publishers across the country face.

Help With Recruitment

DMW Group led from the front recently when it introduced a new online candidate-testing facility to the Illawarra.

Fit For The Job: Alyssa's Got Flex Appeal

AUSTRALIAN model Alyssa Sutherland's latest foray into acting could have been reality meets fiction.

At Work Without A Job

Prepare for the worst to ride out unemployment.

Seek Growth Shudders To Halt

THE spectacular growth of online jobs website Seek has come to a screeching halt, with the company warning its earnings growth will fall from 37 per cent to zero this year in the economic downturn.

Ex-age Editor Decries 'chilling' Job Cuts

A FORMER editor-in-chief of The Age, Michael Gawenda, has criticised the newspaper's management for its "slash and burn" response to declining advertising revenues and described as "chilling" cuts to editorial staff.

Vote Obama For Hammers Job

WEST HAM has drawn up a "shortlist" of 30 candidates to possibly succeed Alan Curbishley as manager, which explains why US presidential candidate Barack Obama has been listed at 10,000-1 to fill this particular hot seat. One punter has laid #10 ($21) on his chances in East London.

Online Liberals Push For Costello

TWO senior Victorian Liberals have been accused of destabilising federal Opposition Leader Brendan Nelson after being caught campaigning for Peter Costello to be drafted to take on Prime Minister Kevin Rudd.

Labor Armed To Attack Costello On 'ir Baggage'

LABOR is preparing to run a Peter Costello scare campaign focusing on his "industrial relations baggage" as online bookmakers up the odds he will take over from Brendan Nelson as Opposition Leader.

Scoring On Email Error

PREMIER Morris Iemma has played down the misdirected emails embarrassment as proof his Government is doing its job.

Rees Needs Premier Kickoff

NATHAN REES, touted by the Labor Party's head office as the man to replace the Premier, Morris Iemma, is so little known that a Herald online readers' poll found more than half the respondents did not know who he was - and 16 per cent thought he was an AFL footballer.

Seek Takes Larger Stake In Chinese Job Site

SEEK has intensified its push into China, spending $US45 million ($47 million) to boost its stake in the employment site Zhaopin and accelerate growth as its Australian business matures.

Fall In Job Ads Shows Rates Policy Is Working

THE first signs of a slowdown in Australia's drum-tight labour market are appearing, with indications the high interest rates are certainly working.

Falling Job Ads Show Rates Are Working And Can Go On Hold

THE first signs of a slowdown in Australia's drum-tight labour market are appearing, with indications the high interest rates are certainly working.

Getup! Pioneer Goes Global On Internet Politics

IF GLOBAL popular opinion is the new international superpower, then Brett Solomon may one day rule the world. The executive director of GetUp!, the online Australian independent, grassroots community advocacy organisation, Mr Solomon, 38, has been appointed a campaign manager for Avaaz.org

Ramos Horta: Contender Or Pretender?

East Timor's President acted as if a top UN job was his for the taking. It wasn't, reports Tom Hyland.

Ninemsn Rocked By Another Departure

THE third senior executive in as many months has quit ninemsn, Australia's biggest online portal. The PBL Media-Microsoft joint venture has lost nearly 400,000 users in the past year.

Travelling Man To Settle Into New Job

DOM Osborn has joined the team at Purser Corporate Communications as a consultant.

Not Out Of A Job Quite Yet

JA will be staying a little longer, writes Michael Evans.