Where gays hide their pride

Sexual identity can be complicated in India, where few men are brave enough to call themselves gay, writes Matt Wade.

Still the dunce in the economy class

THE NSW economy is not "leading the national recovery", as the acting State Treasurer, John Hatzistergos, claimed yesterday. On many measures NSW's decade as Australia's economic dunce continues.

Coalition Takes Aim At Jobs For The Boys

SPARE a thought for John Aquilina. After 25 years in Parliament - many of them in high-paying jobs - he was promised by Labor's former general-secretary Mark Arbib that he would remain in the Speaker's role, complete with $231,605 salary, should he run in the seat of Riverstone again in 2007.

Think Long Term, Don't Slash Jobs, Bosses Urged

ACTING Prime Minister Julia Gillard has called on bosses to think carefully and take the long-term view when considering sacking employees because of this year's economic downturn.

Australia's Love Affair With Our Acting Pm

AMANDA TANGAS, 12, is one of many female supporters who has "bowled over" Julia Gillard since she first assumed the role of Acting Prime Minister a year ago.

Up To 55 Age Jobs To Go

BETWEEN 45 and 55 editorial staff at The Age and The Sunday Age will be made redundant over the next two months, acting editor-in-chief Paul Ramadge said yesterday.

Jobs Surge Tipped To Steam Along

THE remarkable growth in jobs is set to continue, with official figures to be released today expected to show an increase of up to 25,000 and unemployment remaining at a 32-year low.

Surprise Jobs Rise Again Defies Lagging Growth

AN UNEXPECTED increase in jobs last month will leave the Reserve Bank with the same conundrums it has faced for the past year. How can employment keep expanding while economic growth is slowing? And will the 30-year-low unemployment rate continue to fuel inflation and force the central bank to raise rates again?

Police Chief Challenged On Force Jobs

VICTORIA'S police union is fighting Chief Commissioner Christine Nixon as she tries to find new jobs within the police force for anti-corruption investigators.

250 Jobs Canned Tin Plate Production Cut At Port Kembla

THE closure of BlueScope Steel's Port Kembla tin mill with the loss of 250 jobs will be an economic disaster for the Illawarra, unions said.

Jobs Vanish As Blackened Grampians Licks Its Wounds

MORE than 100 jobs have been lost as a result of the devastating January bushfires in the Grampians region.

Stressed Dad Was Told To Shift Jobs

THE father who committed Monday's murder-suicide at Oak Flats had shifted jobs under doctor's orders to work in a less-stressful environment.

Mater Jobs Safe Carr's Pledge On $132m Health Plan

THE State Government guaranteed about 300 Mater Hospital health workers yesterday that their jobs would be safe even if a controversial plan to redevelop the hospital went ahead.