In just eight years time, the Labor government wants Australia to be 82% powered by renewable energy. That means a rapid, historic shift, given only 24% of our power was supplied by renewables as of last year.
Economics & Business
Aug 18, 2022
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Knowledge of multiple languages has long been shown to have lifelong benefits, from enhancing communication skills to boosting professional opportunities to staving off the cognitive effects of aging.
Education
Jan 23, 2020
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Economists have urged African countries to shift to low-cost manufacturing—the path that led countries such as Hong Kong, Singapore, South Korea and Taiwan—to industrial prosperity. These East Asian economies—which ...
Social Sciences
Mar 7, 2023
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Every day, families across the U.S. have to make difficult decisions about budgeting, spending, insurance, investments, savings, retirement and on and on. When faced with these choices, financial literacy—that is, knowing ...
Economics & Business
Nov 30, 2023
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Many college graduates are starting their careers and applying what they've learned to a position in their field. Regardless of their chosen professions, there are certain skills every student needs to be a successful employee, ...
Social Sciences
Jun 1, 2016
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When high school freshmen's teachers give them lower scores on communication skills, the students receive four times as many disciplinary referrals as some of their peers, a new study found.
Education
Jun 9, 2020
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Teachers might be more motivated to help students engage with their emotions and build their resilience when this work is part of lessons, rather than as an add-on intervention, a new study has found.
Education
Mar 13, 2024
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It's a devastating figure, more than one million Australians have found themselves unemployed in the space of just a fortnight, as the impacts of COVID-19 force more business and industry closures and lay-offs.
Economics & Business
Apr 6, 2020
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A year on from when many governments began directing people to work at home wherever possible because of the pandemic, few anticipated that it would become so normalized, or that the shift to productivity would be so rapid ...
Social Sciences
Mar 24, 2021
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The future occupations of U.S. immigrant children are influenced by how similar their native language is to English, finds a new study by scholars at Duke University and the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School.
Social Sciences
Mar 23, 2017
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