About 3 million Australian workers lack job security. An estimated 2.4 million—20% to 25% of the total workforce—are casual workers, with no paid leave entitlements. A further 500,000 are on fixed-term contracts.
Economics & Business
Feb 22, 2022
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With hospitals under strain from COVID-19, we need to safeguard them against another threat set to increase as the world warms.
Environment
Jan 31, 2022
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Insects are sustainable, nutritious and delicious. They're eaten by more than two billion people worldwide, mostly in the tropics, and have been a staple in Indigenous Australians' diets for tens of thousands of years.
Plants & Animals
Jan 26, 2022
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Meet Methuselah, the fish that likes to eat fresh figs, get belly rubs and is believed to be the oldest living aquarium fish in the world.
Plants & Animals
Jan 26, 2022
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Indigenous people across Australia place tremendous cultural and customary value on many species and ecological communities. The very presence of a plant or animal species can trigger an Indigenous person to recall and share ...
Ecology
Jan 25, 2022
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When I first became a mother in 2013, I realized my experiences of motherhood did not match the kinds of messages circulating around me.
Social Sciences
Jan 17, 2022
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(First Nations people, please be advised this article speaks of racially discriminating moments in history, including the distress and death of First Nations people.)
Social Sciences
Jan 11, 2022
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Student evaluations, in the form of anonymous online surveys, are ubiquitous in Australian universities. Most students in most courses are offered the opportunity to rate the "quality" of their teachers and the course they ...
Education
Jan 10, 2022
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From October 2019 to February 2020, fire ripped through the Australian bush with unprecedented intensity, killing 34 people and more than 3 billion animals. In a new study, Graham et al. seek to quantify the health impacts ...
Earth Sciences
Jan 10, 2022
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If you're heading to the beach this summer, the thought of sharks might cross your mind. I don't mean wondering whether a shark will take you for dinner (that's very, very unlikely) but rather, how these remarkable creatures ...
Plants & Animals
Dec 22, 2021
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