Source-linked country record
Layoffs in Australia
This page lists every layoff event we hold for Australia that still links to its original source. It is a record of what we have verified, not a complete count of layoffs in this country.
43 recorded events
45,039 jobs across 33 employers
8 events the employer attributed to AI in its own words
Covering 2015 to 2026
Counted by where the jobs were located. The tracker's own results list additionally matches on employer headquarters, so it returns a slightly higher count for the same country. Rollup records and the per-site notices they absorb are counted once. Open this filter in the full tracker.
Industries affected here
- Finance & Insurance 23,209 jobs
- Telecom 9,788 jobs
- Technology 4,020 jobs
- Government & Nonprofit 2,892 jobs
- Retail & E-commerce 1,480 jobs
- Media & Entertainment 1,431 jobs
- Airlines & Travel 610 jobs
- Energy 585 jobs
- Education 490 jobs
- Manufacturing 474 jobs
Employers with more than one recorded round here
- Commonwealth Bank 4 recorded rounds
- Telstra 3 recorded rounds
- National Australia Bank 2 recorded rounds
- NAB 2 recorded rounds
- Atlassian 2 recorded rounds
- Optus 2 recorded rounds
- University of Wollongong 2 recorded rounds
Recorded events
Opal Australian Paper · 84 jobs
Culture Amp · 70 jobs
Southern Cross Media · 200 jobs
Brotherhood of St Laurence · 45 jobs
CSIRO · 92 jobs
Government of Tasmania · 1,700 jobs
Commonwealth Bank · 119 jobs
Atlassian · 1,600 jobs
The employer attributed this to AI.
“attributing them to AI”
Envato · 200 jobs
The employer attributed this to AI.
“reduce operational costs to ensure we can invest further in product, marketing and AI (SmartCompany)”
WiseTech Global · 2,000 jobs
Telstra · 650 jobs
The employer attributed this to AI.
“Telstra announced about 650 job cuts in early 2026 with AI-driven restructuring cited in the announcement coverage (ACS Information Age)”
Commonwealth Bank · 300 jobs
The employer attributed this to AI.
“it won’t hire more people unless the job cannot be done by artificial intelligence”
Victorian Public Service · 1,000 jobs
Western Sydney University · 191 jobs
Anglo American · 200 jobs
QCOAL · 85 jobs
NAB · 400 jobs
ANZ · 3,500 jobs
Atlassian · 150 jobs
The employer attributed this to AI.
“replacing them with AI technology”
Bank of Queensland · 200 jobs
Commonwealth Bank · 45 jobs
The employer attributed this to AI.
“describing its decision to axe 45 roles due to artificial intelligence”
Telstra · 500 jobs
Australian National University · 59 jobs
GFG Alliance · 350 jobs
University of Wollongong · 90 jobs
Commonwealth Bank · 45 jobs
The employer attributed this to AI.
“it won’t hire more people unless the job cannot be done by artificial intelligence”
Rex Airlines · 610 jobs
Nine Entertainment · 200 jobs
Royal Children’s Hospital · 15 jobs
Crown Casino · 1,000 jobs
Optus · 198 jobs
League of Geeks · 31 jobs
Woolworths · 1,350 jobs
University of Wollongong · 150 jobs
National Australia Bank · 6,000 jobs
Cadbury · 40 jobs
Optus · 440 jobs
Telstra · 8,000 jobs
Department of Home Affairs · 100 jobs
The employer attributed this to AI.
“Plans to automate simple visa applications threaten Tasmanian jobs”
NAB · 6,000 jobs
National Australia Bank · 6,600 jobs
Marcs, David Lawrence · 130 jobs
Peabody Energy Corp · 300 jobs
Other countries
- United States 43,024 events
- United Kingdom 2,816 events
- France 2,323 events
- Germany 2,272 events
- Sweden 985 events
- Spain 974 events
- Poland 956 events
- Italy 906 events
- Netherlands 904 events
- Belgium 732 events
- Finland 732 events
- Czechia 495 events
- Ireland 484 events
- Denmark 456 events
- Austria 428 events
- Romania 404 events
- Hungary 370 events
- Norway 313 events
- Slovenia 310 events
- Portugal 295 events
- Slovakia 248 events
- Lithuania 201 events
- Greece 179 events
- Canada 161 events
- Estonia 134 events
- Croatia 81 events
- Bulgaria 69 events
- India 69 events
- Latvia 58 events
- Luxembourg 51 events
- Cyprus 28 events
- Malta 23 events
- Brazil 17 events
- Israel 12 events
- Singapore 11 events
- China 10 events
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