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Thorburn warns workers face being cancelled over religion
Expelled Essendon CEO Andrew Thorburn has warned that workers with religious beliefs are concerned about their jobs, as a workplace lawyer said he may have a claim against the club of up to $1 million.
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- Patrick Durkin
Got a new job? There’s a good chance your boss thinks you’re overpaid
Almost half of managers surveyed in a new study believe their companies had to overpay for new hires in the past year.
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- Euan Black
Rich Lister Shaun Bonett reveals his secrets to staying effective
The Precision Group property developer and entrepreneur makes sure he controls his mind and his phone – and doesn’t let his device control him.
- Sally Patten
Commission slams Labor’s free TAFE, Coalition’s Job Ready Graduates
Education and skills are fundamental to productivity growth, but we need more bang for our $100 billion annual spend, says the Productivity Commission.
- Julie Hare
Andrew Thorburn cancelled as Essendon CEO after 24 hours
Former NAB CEO Andrew Thorburn has quit as Essendon chief just a day after being appointed following a backlash over the beliefs of the church he also chairs.
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- Patrick Durkin
Australians better educated but missing out on money: OECD
Australia has among the most educated young people in the OECD, with 54 per cent holding an advanced qualification in 2021, but they languish near the bottom of the pile when it comes to earnings relative to their education.
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- Julie Hare
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School policies preference anecdote over evidence
For the first time in five years the annual education Power List includes someone from a school. This is incredibly important.
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Leg-lengthening surgery is a career step too far
Men who pay to have their legs broken for a few more inches in height are not being entirely irrational. But nor are they being remotely sensible.
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Employers are increasingly offering subsidised private health insurance to retain staff and win over prospective hires in a tight labour market.
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School policies preference anecdote over evidence
For the first time in five years the annual education Power List includes someone from a school. This is incredibly important.
- Jenny Donovan
Migrants attend uni at more than double the rate of locals
The children of skilled migrants are going to university at far greater rates than their Australian-born, English-speaking peers.
- Julie Hare
Variety the missing ingredient in university sector
Specialisation and diversity are missing in the Australian university landscape. That needs to be fixed.
- Julie Hare
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Remi Capital liquidators investigate $2.8m property transfer
The liquidator of suspected Ponzi scheme Remi Capital is investigating the fund’s transfer of hotel properties to a trustee founded by a former hedge fund director.
- David Marin-Guzman
Give a bad kid social skills, watch the adult thrive: study
A new study has found long-term benefits, including economic, of training violent and hyperactive children in non-cognitive skills like self-control or social skills.
- Julie Hare
Employers risk being sued by asking job applicants if they are gay
The firms say the information helps them develop their diversity and inclusion policies and is not shared with hiring managers. But other companies ask fewer questions.
- Euan Black
Why Australia’s students keep falling behind
Education policies need to be judged by students’ results rather than good intentions and political expediency.
- Julie Hare
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Uni-industry partnerships bolstering economic growth
A collaboration between QUT and a Silicon Valley tech giant typifies how partnerships can benefit students, industry and the wider economy.
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‘At least as good as home’: WFH raises the bar for offices
Companies are being creative to bring home-loving staff back to the office. However, pot plants and whiteboards on wheels may not be enough to restore pre-pandemic occupancy.
- Jenny Wiggins
Bargaining deal would introduce new wages safeguard
The Albanese government is leaning into an ACTU-BCA deal that would introduce a new wages safeguard in return for simplifying and speeding up the bargaining system.
- David Marin-Guzman
Builder must pay unions $290k for denying entry
Richard Crookes engaged in “flagrant and deliberate” breaches of entry laws, a judge says, including when a guard barged into a unionist.
- David Marin-Guzman
Why ‘fake it until you make it’ is terrible advice
Experts offer five tips to overcome impostor syndrome. ‘Fake it until you make it’ is not one of them.
- Euan Black
Australia’s 10 most powerful business leaders in 2022
In a market as small as Australia, big is powerful. So it’s no surprise that the leaders of the largest companies again dominate the annual corporate power list.
- James Thomson
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Fine-tuning the role of business in society
An MBA used to be focused almost solely on delivering benefits for career-minded graduates, but these days the objective is more universal.
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These bosses tried a four-day workweek. This is what they learnt
The four-day workweek is gaining momentum after the pandemic upended the world of work. These bosses share what they have learnt after two months of trying it.
- Euan Black
Good behaviour and respect are back on the school agenda: Perrottet
Dominic Perrottet has outlined a list of school education reforms that are reminiscent of the 1950s in a speech to a major policy institute.
- Julie Hare
Life hacks from a Young Rich Lister
Sabri Suby, the 37-year-old behind marketing agency King Kong, explains why he fasts for 18 hours a day and why if it is not in his calendar, it doesn’t exist.
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- Patrick Durkin
