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The workplace challenge facing Australia (spoiler alert – it’s not technology)

  • Written by: Sarah Kaine, Associate Professor UTS Centre for Business and Social Innovation, University of Technology Sydney
The workplace challenge facing Australia (spoiler alert – it’s not technology)Power imbalances are doing far more to change the way we work than are apps.Shutterstock

This is part of a major series called Advancing Australia, in which leading academics examine the key issues facing Australia in the lead-up to the 2019 federal election and beyond. Read the other pieces in the series here.

With all the hype around the future of...

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Chemical restraint has no place in aged care, but poorly designed reforms can easily go wrong

  • Written by: Juanita Westbury, Senior Lecturer in Dementia Care, University of Tasmania
Chemical restraint has no place in aged care, but poorly designed reforms can easily go wrongChemical restraint occurs more often than we think in Australia's aged care system.From shutterstock.com

Last month the aged care minister Ken Wyatt announced he would introduce regulations to address the use of “chemical restraint” in residential aged care – a practice where residents are given psychotropic drugs which affect...

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  2. One in three principals are seriously stressed, here's what we need to do about it
  3. Solving the 'population problem' through policy
  4. Regulating Facebook could hinder small businesses with overseas customers
  5. We can 'rewild' swathes of Australia by focusing on what makes it unique
  6. New laws can shine light on foreign influence, but agents will remain in the shadows
  7. After Pell, the Catholic Church must undergo genuine reform
  8. We knew George Pell was guilty of child sex abuse. Why couldn't we say it until now?
  9. Sharma calls for Australia to play a bigger international role on climate
  10. what is a home care package and who is eligible?
  11. How to Rule the World is a biting and urgent satire of Australian politics
  12. Why your face looks the way it does
  13. Kids need to learn about cybersecurity, but teachers only have so much time in the day
  14. Newspoll steady at 53-47 despite boats, and Abbott and Dutton trailing in their seats
  15. Explainer: what does 'intersectionality' mean?
  16. Now is the time to plan how to fight the next recession
  17. a rebadged rehash of old mistakes
  18. what is Murray Valley encephalitis virus?
  19. Could Tassie devils help control feral cats on the mainland? Fossils say yes
  20. Win or lose the next election, it may be time for the Liberals to rethink their economic narrative
  21. A Shorten government could shift the country on important issues and show a little spunk
  22. Eighteen countries showing the way to carbon zero
  23. What 1,100 Australians told us about the experience of living with debt they can't repay
  24. Early sowing can help save Australia's wheat from climate change
  25. Koalas can learn to live the city life if we give them the trees and safe spaces they need
  26. #Oscars2019 play it safe with Green Book
  27. The law is closing in on Facebook and the 'digital gangsters'
  28. Your Q&A with Michelle Grattan in Melbourne
  29. how often do people have sex?
  30. Toughen up snowflake! Sports coaches can be emotionally abusive – here's how to recognise it
  31. Trust in politicians and government is at an all-time low. The next government must work to fix that
  32. Australia’s populist moment has arrived
  33. how does my tummy turn food into poo?
  34. Our Advancing Australia series is about starting a conversation about what really matters
  35. Five top tips to succeed in your first year of university
  36. All publicly funded research could soon be free for you, the taxpayer, to read
  37. Did you look forward to last night's bottle of wine a bit too much? Ladies, you're not alone
  38. The end of uncertainty? How the 2019 federal election might bring stability at last to Australian politics
  39. Rethinking traffic congestion to make our cities more like the places we want them to be
  40. Isabel Letham, daring Australian surfing pioneer
  41. Our culture of overtime is costing us dearly
  42. Morrison to announce $2 billion over 10 years for climate fund
  43. ALP retains 53-47% lead in Newspoll despite government scare campaign on boats
  44. Warrigal greens are tasty, salty, and covered in tiny balloon-like hairs
  45. Economics needs to get real if we want more young Australians to study it
  46. how to create a level playing field
  47. Don't bank on Dollarmites to teach financial literacy: here are our alternatives
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