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July 25, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sue Williamson, Associate Professor, Human Resource Management, UNSW Canberra, UNSW Sydney Getty A push is underway to get employees back into the office. The Commonwealth Bank kick-started this conversation recently, with reports the organisation is requiring staff to work at least half the week on-site. A range ... <a title="Working from home has worked for people with disability. The back-to-the-office push could wind back gains" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/07/25/working-from-home-has-worked-for-people-with-disability-the-back-to-the-office-push-could-wind-back-gains-209870/" aria-label="Read more about Working from home has worked for people with disability. The back-to-the-office push could wind back gains">Read more</a>
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July 25, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ellycia Harrould-Kolieb, Lecturer and Research Fellow in Ocean Governance, University of Melbourne and Postdoctoral Researcher, UEF Law School, University of Eastern Finland, The University of Melbourne Oliver Foerstner, Shutterstock Climate change will wreak havoc on small island developing states in the Pacific and elsewhere. Some will be ... <a title="Could the law of the sea be used to protect small island states from climate change?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/07/25/could-the-law-of-the-sea-be-used-to-protect-small-island-states-from-climate-change-208842/" aria-label="Read more about Could the law of the sea be used to protect small island states from climate change?">Read more</a>
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July 25, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Louise Dorignon, Vice-Chancellor Postdoctoral Research Fellow, RMIT University Shutterstock Huge sporting events come with substantial public investment in housing. After Melbourne hosted the 1956 Olympics, about 600 houses in the athlete village became public housing in West Heidelberg. After Melbourne hosted the 2006 Commonwealth Games, the athlete ... <a title="Building houses in factories for the Commonwealth Games was meant to help the housing crisis. What now?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/07/25/building-houses-in-factories-for-the-commonwealth-games-was-meant-to-help-the-housing-crisis-what-now-210137/" aria-label="Read more about Building houses in factories for the Commonwealth Games was meant to help the housing crisis. What now?">Read more</a>
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July 25, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ameena L. Payne, Doctoral Candidate, Deakin University Karolina Grabowska/Pexels It is really important for students to see the human side of their teachers. They need to see them as real and caring people. This helps students feel like they belong in the classroom, whether in real life ... <a title="‘What would I say to the face of a student?’ Why some teachers are giving feedback via video" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/07/25/what-would-i-say-to-the-face-of-a-student-why-some-teachers-are-giving-feedback-via-video-209235/" aria-label="Read more about ‘What would I say to the face of a student?’ Why some teachers are giving feedback via video">Read more</a>
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July 25, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kantha Dayaram, Professor, School of Management, Curtin University Shuttterstock On Monday, Workplace Relations Minister Tony Burke flagged the government’s plan to legislate to enable casuals who work regular shifts to convert to permanent work. The move, which has been criticised by business groups who said it would ... <a title="Every worker is entitled to be safe at work, but casual workers can fall through the cracks" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/07/25/every-worker-is-entitled-to-be-safe-at-work-but-casual-workers-can-fall-through-the-cracks-208206/" aria-label="Read more about Every worker is entitled to be safe at work, but casual workers can fall through the cracks">Read more</a>
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July 25, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jennifer Stokes, Senior Lecturer in Digital and Information Literacy (Education Futures), University of South Australia Warner Bros. Pictures This article contains spoilers. Finally, the highly anticipated Barbie feature has landed. Barbie is a fabulous spectacle, offering nostalgic delights to audiences, reflexive nods for film buffs and turning ... <a title="Life in plastic, it’s fantastic? How Barbie reimagines a childhood icon through a feminist lens" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/07/25/life-in-plastic-its-fantastic-how-barbie-reimagines-a-childhood-icon-through-a-feminist-lens-208945/" aria-label="Read more about Life in plastic, it’s fantastic? How Barbie reimagines a childhood icon through a feminist lens">Read more</a>
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July 24, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra With the polls showing public support for the Voice flagging, some people believe the referendum should be deferred. There is certainly reason for concern about the fate of the “yes” vote. The polls have been softening for a while, but ... <a title="View from The Hill: It’s just too hard and too late to delay and recalibrate Voice referendum" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/07/24/view-from-the-hill-its-just-too-hard-and-too-late-to-delay-and-recalibrate-voice-referendum-210286/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: It’s just too hard and too late to delay and recalibrate Voice referendum">Read more</a>
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July 24, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Treasurer Jim Chalmers has appointed Chris Barrett, an economist with extensive public service experience, as the new chair of the Productivity Commission. Barrett was former Treasurer Wayne Swan’s chief of staff when Chalmers was the deputy chief of staff. Later ... <a title="Chris Barrett becomes new head of the Productivity Commission, as Jim Chalmers flags fresh focus" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/07/24/chris-barrett-becomes-new-head-of-the-productivity-commission-as-jim-chalmers-flags-fresh-focus-210277/" aria-label="Read more about Chris Barrett becomes new head of the Productivity Commission, as Jim Chalmers flags fresh focus">Read more</a>
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July 24, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Julia Anaf, Postdoctoral research fellow, Stretton Health Equity, Stretton Institute, University of Adelaide Shutterstock Concerns about the use of private consultancy firms advising government – such as PwC, KPMG, Deloitte and EY – has led to a Senate inquiry. Until now, much media interest has centred on ... <a title="It’s not just tax. How PwC, KPMG and other consultants risk influencing public health too" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/07/24/its-not-just-tax-how-pwc-kpmg-and-other-consultants-risk-influencing-public-health-too-209687/" aria-label="Read more about It’s not just tax. How PwC, KPMG and other consultants risk influencing public health too">Read more</a>
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July 24, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Treasurer Jim Chalmers has appointed Chris Barrett, an economist with extensive public service experience, as the new chair of the Productivity Commission. Barrett was former Treasurer Wayne Swan’s chief of staff when Chalmers was the deputy chief of staff. Later ... <a title="Chris Barrett becomes new head of the Productivity Commission, as Jim Chalmers flags new focus" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/07/24/chris-barrett-becomes-new-head-of-the-productivity-commission-as-jim-chalmers-flags-new-focus-210277/" aria-label="Read more about Chris Barrett becomes new head of the Productivity Commission, as Jim Chalmers flags new focus">Read more</a>
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July 24, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nerida Chazal, Lecturer in Criminal Justice and Sociology, University of South Australia Shutterstock Modern slavery is back in the spotlight, after fresh media reports of migrants allegedly being brought to Australia as students but being forced to work long hours under harsh conditions with minimal pay. In ... <a title="‘I’m really stuck’: how visa conditions prevent survivors of modern slavery from getting help" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/07/24/im-really-stuck-how-visa-conditions-prevent-survivors-of-modern-slavery-from-getting-help-209139/" aria-label="Read more about ‘I’m really stuck’: how visa conditions prevent survivors of modern slavery from getting help">Read more</a>
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July 24, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alison Holland, Associate Professor, Macquarie University The Voice to parliament, if established, would not be the first Indigenous advisory body in Australia’s history. In 1973, Gough Whitlam established the National Aboriginal Consultative Committee, which was superseded by Malcolm Fraser’s National Aboriginal Conference in 1978. Both were elected ... <a title="Many claim Australia’s longest-running Indigenous body failed. Here’s why that’s wrong" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/07/24/many-claim-australias-longest-running-indigenous-body-failed-heres-why-thats-wrong-209511/" aria-label="Read more about Many claim Australia’s longest-running Indigenous body failed. Here’s why that’s wrong">Read more</a>
