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The university degrees delivering six-figure salaries for fresh graduates

2026-05-20 FreeNews

New research released today has revealed the university degrees giving fresh Australian graduates the best pathway towards earning six-figure salaries.

The Social Research Centre's Graduate Outcomes Survey for 2025 looked at the employment outcomes for about 50,000 undergraduates.

Their median salary was $91,000, an increase of 31 per cent from 2022.

But graduates in fields such as medicine, software engineering, dentistry and civil engineering were earning a six-figure salary ahead of others.

Figures comparing what they earned about four months after graduating with what they took home three years later showed their pay rose by $30,000 or more.

Graduates in dentistry earned $89.700 upon leaving university, but three years later their salary swelled to almost $129,000.

From a starting salary of $80,00, graduates in medicine were being paid $115,000 after three years.

Engineers also recorded significant wage increases, starting at $71,000 soon after graduation, before their salary rises to $103,000.

Graduates in law and computing and information systems were also paid $100,000 within three years of graduation.

Researchers say the results reflect a strong demand for higher education qualifications in Australia's tight jobs market.

The survey also found employment outcomes in the short-term for were stronger for graduates from more vocational study areas, but this gap narrowed after three years.

For example, more than 90 per cent of undergraduates from areas such as rehabilitation, pharmacy, and teacher education were employed full-time in managerial or professional jobs shortly after they finished their course.

By contrast, 54 per cent of full-time employed undergraduates from law and paralegal studies were working in managerial or professional jobs in the short-term – but this increased to 79 per cent after three years.

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Shocking footage of attack on Coles worker

2026-05-20 FreeNews

Coles has launched a partnership with Crime Stoppers Victoria in a bid to stop violence against supermarket workers.

It comes as CCTV footage reveals shocking incidents of assault and violence against workers, with one clip showing a worker being thrown to the ground and dragged by a shopper.

The attack only stopped once bystanders intervened.

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The shocking assault of a Coles worker was caught on camera.

Coles' state general manager Chris McKellar said the shocking footage is a sad reality of the experiences workers face.

"The incidents our workers face in store are awful," he said.

"Anything from spitting, to hitting, petty crime we see on a day-to-day basis."

New stats reveal retail theft is climbing in Victoria, rising by 6.1 per cent in the last year, with over 41,000 incidents recorded.

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Coles' Chris McKellar said workers deserve to go to work everyday and know that they will be safe.

The partnership between the supermarket giant and the state's crime watchdog will educate Victorians on gift card scams, organised retail crime, and how to de-escalate harmful behaviour.

It is designed to raise awareness of the risk retail workers face.

"[It's] important to remember retail workers are mums and dads, bros and sisters, aunts and uncles," McKellar said.

"They deserve the right to get out of bed each morning, go to work and be safe."

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Police hunt for youth behind random attack on lollypop man

2026-05-20 FreeNews

Police have released vision of a random assault on an elderly lollipop man outside a Perth school in a bid to track down his attacker.

Colin, 87, was finishing up his traffic warden shift in Rossmoyne, in the city's south, this morning when he was attacked.

A man dressed in black shoved him to the ground and stole his hat and whistle.

Those nearby patched up his grazed head before calling for help.

"I hope he is OK. He's a very good man, we love him," one local said.

The attacker, who took off in a Toyota Prado, remained on the run tonight, prompting police to release vision of the aftermath to help track him down.

He was described as 183 centimetres tall and aged between 17 to 19 with a black mullet and dark complexion.

Rossmoyne Primary School teachers stepped in to fill Colin's shift this afternoon as he recovered.

"It's very important for them to know that it's going to be safe for them to keep our kids safe on the streets and what has happened to Colin is really sad," City of Canning Councillor Shen Sekhon said.