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Call for more support for regional apprentices facing city cost barriers
By Duncan Bailey

Regional apprentices are out of pocket for frequent travel and accommodation costs to attend city-based TAFE studies.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11-26/regional-sa-apprentices-travel-accommodation-costs-tafe/106044280

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Calls for greater financial support as regional apprentices left short-changed while attending TAFE

Regional apprentices are out of pocket for frequent travel and accommodation costs to attend city-based TAFE studies.

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Nonilex 8h ago

There have been high-profile announcements of #layoffs in recent weeks, but that doesn’t immediately translate into higher #unemployment, which was at a low 4.4% rate in Sept, acc/to the latest Labor Department “data”.

#Trump #economy #inflation #tariffs #CCI #affordability #CostOfLiving #recession #trumpcession

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Nonilex 8h ago

The survey also showed growing pessimism among respondents about #job availability & #income prospects in the next 6 months.

“Mid-2026 expectations for #labor market conditions remained decidedly negative, & expectations for increased household incomes shrunk dramatically, after 6 months of strongly positive readings,” Peterson said.

#Trump #economy #inflation #tariffs #CCI #affordability #CostOfLiving #recession #trumpcession

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Nonilex 8h ago

“Consumers’ write-in responses pertaining to factors affecting the #economy continued to be led by references to #prices & #inflation, #tariffs & #trade, & #politics, with increased mentions of the federal government shutdown,” Dana Peterson, the Conference Board’s chief economist, said in a release. The government shutdown ended earlier this month, so #ConsumerConfidence *could* rebound in December.

#Trump #CCI #affordability #CostOfLiving #recession #trumpcession

Nonilex 8h ago

#ConsumerConfidence falls to lowest in 7 months as concerns grow about the #economy

America’s economic mood is souring as worries about the #labor market mount.

The Conference Board’s latest survey of American consumers, released Tuesday, showed that consumer confidence declined sharply this month to a reading of 88.7, the lowest level since April, when #Trump unveiled sweeping #tariffs.

#inflation #affordability #CostOfLiving #recession #trumpcession
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Here’s what the latest inflation and spending data reveals about the US economy

Key monthly metrics from the US government continue to be released now that the shutdown has ended. Here’s what September wholesale inflation and retail sales reveal about the economy.

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