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  • Work and Wellbeing

  Australian companies working to offset $7 billion productivity losses through flu vaccination programs 

  First 5000     |      February 27, 2019

  Employers are bracing themselves for potential repeat productivity losses this flu season with many employees again expected to take multiple sick days to recover from illness. 
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  • Digital transformation

  Business urges caution on regulation of on-demand economy

  First 5000     |      February 27, 2019

  The on-demand sector is benefitting Victoria’s economy and the Victorian Government’s Inquiry into the Victorian On-Demand Workforce should take care to avoid recommending regulatory changes that damage opportunities for on-demand businesses and workers.
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  • Events

  UNSW lecture to discuss how climate change can lead to economic boom

  First 5000     |      February 27, 2019

  By investing in and implementing local solutions to tackle climate change issues, rather than importing technologies, Australia could generate economic development.
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  • Leadership
  • Pacific Development

  Global connections made at the Pacific Connect ‘Women in Business & Digital Delivery’

  Trish Mackie Smith     |      February 26, 2019

  A warm and welcoming hug by the distinguished Special Advisor for the ICDP, Taulapapa Brenda Heather-Latu from Samoa, set the tone for the Pacific Connect dialogue that took place in Brisbane from 17 to 20 February. 
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  • Education and Training

  Community attitudes to higher education revealed

  First 5000     |      February 26, 2019

  Nearly three quarters of Australians say a university education improves career prospects and nine out of 10 want tertiary education to be constantly updated to meet changing workforce needs, according to a new survey.
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  • Women in Business

  2019 leaders in workplace gender equality announced

  First 5000     |      February 25, 2019

  The Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA) has announced the list of 2018-19 WGEA Employer of Choice for Gender Equality (EOCGE) citation holders.
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  • Retail

  Research reveals how our clothes are Made in Poverty

  First 5000     |      February 25, 2019

  The systemic failure of big Australian clothing brands to bring an end to the payment of poverty wages is denying the workers who make our clothes even the basics of a decent life, ground-breaking research released by Oxfam today has revealed.
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  • Health and Safety

  PM urged to accept recommendations to stop workplace deaths

  First 5000     |      February 25, 2019

  The Australian Manufacturing Workers’ Union (AMWU) has urged the Morrison Government to introduce Federal industrial manslaughter laws after the Industrial Relations Ministers’ own inquiry recommended it.
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  • Energy

  Prime Minister commits $56m to Marinus Link progress

  First 5000     |      February 25, 2019

  TasNetworks has released its Initial Feasibility Report considering a second Bass Strait electricity interconnector, Marinus Link. This is the first milestone of the $20 million dollar Project Marinus, supported by ARENA, investigating further Bass Strait interconnection as part of Australia’s future electricity grid.
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  • Consultation

  Have your Say: Remaking the Imported Food Control Regulations

  First 5000     |      February 24, 2019

  The Regulations for the importation of food for commercial purposes into Australia will be automatically repealed on 1 October 2019. Submit your feedback on the draft Regulations by 28 February 2019.
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  • Superannuation

  Super hiatus costs workers millions in interest – new research

  First 5000     |      February 24, 2019

  Australian workers are losing millions of dollars in interest due to laws that allow superannuation to be paid quarterly rather than fortnightly, new research reveals.
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  • Business
  • Finance

  Two decades of lost opportunities in Asia for Australian financial services

  Rob Macpherson     |      February 24, 2019

  As international financial service groups stream into Asia to establish operations, the self-imposed absence and withdrawal by Australia’s leading institutions are lost opportunities with long-term ramifications.