Young Aussies left behind by “troubled economy”

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By Leith van Onselen

Economist Callam Pickering has provided the ABC with great analysis explaining why younger Australians have been left behind over the past decade, shunted into part-time employment:

1.85 million new jobs were created between 2008 and 2018… All of which is great news, unless you are a young worker looking for full-time work, in which case the past decade has not been so kind…

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About the author
Leith van Onselen is Chief Economist at the MB Fund and MB Super. He is also a co-founder of MacroBusiness. Leith has previously worked at the Australian Treasury, Victorian Treasury and Goldman Sachs.