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Storm brewing in Newcastle over Vaile appointment
In a city that is trying to wean itself off coal, Mark Vaile’s appointment as chancellor of the university has been met with a grim response.
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- Julie Hare
Personal files on researchers at ARC smacks of ‘McCarthyism’: Carr
The Australian Research Council is keeping files on individual researchers which could threaten their careers, Senate estimates heard.
- Julie Hare
- Exclusive
- University
Charles Sturt University under scrutiny from regulator
The beleaguered Charles Sturt University was given unprecedented dispensation from publishing its annual report, sparking speculation the institution’s finances and operations are in crisis.
- Julie Hare
No penalty or overtime for well-paid chefs
Restaurants and cafes could exclude senior managers and chefs from the award if they earn more than $82,000 a year, in a significant step towards the Morrison government’s bid for award flexibility.
- David Marin-Guzman
- Exclusive
- Minimum wage
Employers use lockdown to justify low wage rise
Employers say because Victoria’s shutdown is a risk to economic recovery, anything above a 1.1 per cent minimum pay increase would be ‘completely unreasonable’.
- David Marin-Guzman
- Exclusive
- Coronavirus pandemic
CEOs battle Melbourne’s lockdown blues
ANZ boss Shayne Elliott is battling to keep his 7000-plus Melbourne staff – and himself – motivated as mental health experts warn this lockdown is harder to take than others.
- Patrick Durkin
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Three of the most influential chairmen in Australian business have gone unplugged at the Australian Shareholders’ Association Investor Conference.
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Appetite for Keypath’s online education offerings was lacklustre after it slipped below its listing price and stayed there all day.
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Male investors more likely to go to extremes
Men are more likely to make very risky or very risk-averse decisions and are either very short-term or very long-term focused. That has investment implications.
- Julie Hare
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How The Financial Review has covered David Hains through the years
Melbourne-based billionaire David Hains’ name has appeared in the Financial Review’s pages in every decade since this masthead’s inception.
- Natasha Gillezeau
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Headline-grabbing gimmick backfires on icare
The country’s biggest workers’ compensation scheme tried to get on the front foot with some positive spin, but staff see it as a stunt that threw them under the bus.
- Adele Ferguson
Regional placements essential to beat health worker shortfall
A study will help inform university selection strategies and curriculum design to encourage allied health and nursing students to work in rural areas.
- Julie Hare
‘Crack cocaine’ of politics undermining universities: Oxford expert
Governments are overlooking the strategic role universities play in healthy democracies, says Oxford University’s Ngaire Woods.
- Julie Hare
Attracting the best and brightest needs lower income thresholds
Australia’s skilled migration program is overlooking talented individuals by being too prescriptive, according to Atlassian.
- Julie Hare
Outside the urban jungle, education takes on a different perspective
Creative thinking that decentralises education and training should be at the top of our priority list as we seek to explore new solutions.
- Kristian Jenkins
One in five women get less than six hours sleep a night
Office workers suffering increased fatigue and sleeping less thanks to hybrid working.
- Sally Patten
Four tips on what women can do to enter (and stay in) the tech sector
The scale of the problem around the lack of gender diversity in technology means companies and female candidates must act.
- Sally Patten
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- Team building
Tilley’s pipe dream ends in frozen company
Tubi is an unusual failure for Latitude chairman Mike Tilley, who says it was humbling trying to build a manufacturer that would make mining cheaper.
- Aaron Patrick
Accenture CEO rarely deviates from a champion’s breakfast
Tara Brady, chief of the company in Australia and New Zealand, talks about his morning meal, five espressos a day and why he doesn’t get stressed.
- Sally Patten
Lawyers in line for generous pay rises
After pausing salary increases in 2020, law, accounting, property and consultancy firms are bringing forward mid-year salary reviews.
- Tess Bennett
Lack of pre-school learning affecting primary education performance
Too few trained teachers and social disadvantage are undermining Australia’s efforts to improve students’ maths and science outcomes.
- Julie Hare
