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There are expectations a new TAFE course on cultural tourism will get more Indigenous people in far-west New South Wales employed in the industry.
Topics: indigenous-culture, rural-tourism, rural-youth, education, lifestyle-and-leisure, community-and-society, work, travel-and-tourism, broken-hill-2880
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| UpdatedPeople with disabilities, including Adelaide man Nick Schumi, say it is hard to land a job when you head to an interview only to find the building cannot accommodate your wheelchair.
Topics: disabilities, activism-and-lobbying, states-and-territories, work, community-and-society, government-and-politics, adelaide-5000, sa
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| UpdatedMany companies are encouraging their workers to be happy, but psychologists argue this fixation can be more stressful than liberating.
Topics: happiness, emotions, community-and-society, work, management, business-economics-and-finance, australia
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| UpdatedThere are calls to formalise the so-called "backpacker au pair" role and create a specific visa to ensure safeguards are in place for workers and families.
Topics: immigration, work, child-care, australia
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| UpdatedSecurity guards that patrol Melbourne's train stations and depots claim they are being underpaid for risky and dangerous work.
Topics: work, industrial-relations, rail-transport, community-and-society, melbourne-3000, vic, australia
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| UpdatedSchool principal Paul Browning says the education system is crushing creativity, so he's on a mission to convince the Federal Government to take a closer look at the issue.
Topics: education, work, government-and-politics, bald-hills-4036, australia, qld
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Videos showing workers being forced to simulate sex acts for not meeting sales targets have emerged as part of an $60 million class action against leading charity fundraiser, Appco Group Australia, February 14, 2017.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, charities, work, australia
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| UpdatedShocking new videos showing workers being forced to simulate sex acts for not meeting sales targets have emerged as part of a $60 million class action against leading charity fundraiser Appco Group Australia.
Topics: courts-and-trials, charities, work, australia
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Topics: donald-trump, world-politics, government-and-politics, women, work, united-states
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A Victorian abattoir upgrades its facility despite a drop in livestock to process, making the most of overseas markets.
Topics: food-processing, livestock, beef-cattle, sheep-production, agricultural-prices, work, swan-hill-3585
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New low-emission buses are about to go into service in Adelaide, with dozens more to be built to fill interstate orders, as part of manufacturing efforts to fill the jobs hole when Holden closes in northern Adelaide.
Topics: programs-and-initiatives, states-and-territories, government-and-politics, work, community-and-society, manufacturing, industry, business-economics-and-finance, sa, adelaide-5000
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Jayne Finch contracted meningococcal as a 21-year-old student and lost her hearing overnight, but it has not stopped her building a diverse career in the mining industry.
Topics: mining-rural, human-interest, rural-women, work, kalgoorlie-6430
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Pharmaceutical company Pfizer will close its Adelaide manufacturing plant, which makes and exports a chemotherapy drug, in less than five years, despite plans as little as a year ago to expand the site into a "state-of-the-art" facility.
Topics: company-news, chemicals-and-pharmaceuticals, pharmaceuticals, work, thebarton-5031, adelaide-5000, sa
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A restaurant was a chance for Chinese migrant Zhongcui Fan to improve his family's future in Australia but the constant search for a chef has left him struggling to stay open.
Topics: immigration, community-and-society, work, food-and-cooking, regional-development, regional, berri-5343, renmark-5341, adelaide-5000, china
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| UpdatedFrom working class England where education was of little significance, to leading one of Australia's largest universities, Scott Bowman is changing people's attitudes towards education and championing the underdog.
Topics: university-and-further-education, access-to-education, immigration, work, human-interest, people, rockhampton-4700, bathurst-2795, united-kingdom
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| UpdatedAustralian Border Force officers find 27 suspected illegal workers at a Stanthorpe farm, south-west of Brisbane, which supplies strawberries to Coles and Woolworths.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, courts-and-trials, work, fruit, farm-labour, stanthorpe-4380
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Griffin Coal has fronted up to allegations that scrapping a pay deal for its maintenance staff has adversely affected the West Australian town of Collie.
Topics: mining-rural, community-and-society, work, unions, government-and-politics, collie-6225, wa
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Documents obtained by the ABC reveal just how bad the situation has become in Victoria's troubled youth justice system, as workplace safety inspectors raise concerns workers' lives are at risk.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, prisons-and-punishment, safety, workplace, accidents, work, community-and-society, youth, parkville-3052, vic, malmsbury-3446, melbourne-3000
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| UpdatedSeeking a career unaffected by recession, John Peddar became a coffin maker — more than 20 years on he is finding Australians' final resting places are changing to meet their increasing size and unique tastes.
Topics: death, offbeat, community-and-society, work, sa, adelaide-5000
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The New South Wales Premier Gladys Berejiklian is committed to providing better death and disability insurance cover to paramedics.
Topics: health, state-parliament, parliament, unions, community-and-society, doctors-and-medical-professionals, workplace, work, tamworth-2340, nsw
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| UpdatedBetter care services, better public transport and stronger regulation on employers are all part of the solution to Australia's labour market problems, an Australia Institute economist says.
Topics: lifestyle, work, mental-health, health, australia
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| UpdatedThe end of the mining boom in Western Australia has seen house prices and rentals fall — but the poorest people in the state are yet to see any benefit.
Topics: poverty, housing, work, unemployment, perth-6000, wa
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| UpdatedPeople shouldn't be working any more than 39 hours a week if they want to protect their wellbeing, a new study finds.
Topics: work, community-and-society, health, australian-national-university-0200, canberra-2600, act, australia
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| UpdatedOne of Australia's largest fruit growing regions is on the brink of a labour shortage at its most critical time during harvest.
Topics: fruit, fruits, farm-labour, work, shepparton-3630, ardmona-3629, mooroopna-3629, cobram-3644
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| UpdatedKhuzema Adamjee, who is among the more than 2,500 Toyota workers set to lose their jobs in October, is calling on both sides of Parliament to work together to create jobs.
Topics: manufacturing, community-and-society, work, government-and-politics, federal-parliament, altona-3018