The right to disconnect is coming to Australia—what does this mean for you?
Next month, changes to the Australian Fair Work Act will give workers the formal right to disconnect from all work communication outside their usual work hours.
Next month, changes to the Australian Fair Work Act will give workers the formal right to disconnect from all work communication outside their usual work hours.
Economics & Business
Jul 30, 2024
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Australians have more pet cats than ever before—more than 5 million in total. With the growing number, expectations on pet owners are shifting.
Ecology
May 15, 2024
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Earlier this month, Queensland became the latest state to pass affirmative consent laws. This means consent is understood as ongoing communication for the purposes of rape and sexual assault offenses.
Social Sciences
Mar 26, 2024
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There can be no analysis without data. In this spirit, researchers from the University of Bonn and the Swiss Federal Institution of Technology (ETH) Zurich have published a database containing over 6,000 agri-environmental ...
Agriculture
Mar 22, 2024
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Big corporations could drive a worldwide shift towards more sustainable supply chains that limit damage caused by deforestation. But progress is being slowed down by weak or non-existent commitments to ensure that supply ...
Earth Sciences
Mar 3, 2024
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There has been a global push to revitalize Indigenous languages since the late 1980s.
Social Sciences
Feb 21, 2024
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Australia's abysmal rates of extinctions and land clearing since European colonization are infamous globally. Our national environmental legislation has largely failed to protect biodiversity, including many threatened plants, ...
Ecology
Nov 17, 2023
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Many U.S. cities are leading the way in cutting emissions of greenhouse gases, with mandates on more efficient buildings, renewable energy and expansion of mass transit. But often these efforts face hurdles in the form of ...
Environment
Nov 10, 2023
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A significant share of voters see the EU as less democratic than it really is and believe the European Commission can steamroll its member states, a new study shows.
Social Sciences
Sep 19, 2023
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The UK government is taking a harsher approach to tackle criminal activity which is blighting local neighborhoods. And recently, government ministers have been talking tough about repeat shoplifting, including the possibility ...
Social Sciences
Aug 14, 2023
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