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Five questions (and answers) about casual employment

  • Written by: Jeff Borland, Professor of Economics, University of Melbourne
Five questions (and answers) about casual employmentIn recent years casual work has been a fairly stable part of the labour market, one that provides a pathway to permanent work.Shutterstock

Right now, it seems as if everyone’s talking about casual work.

Claims about what is (or is not) happening to casual employment are at the fore in debates about working conditions. Claims about what...

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The Conversation wins a UN Day Media Award

  • Written by: Misha Ketchell, Editor, The Conversation

Everybody now knows we live in a time when public debate is increasingly partisan and shrill, with people retreating to their corners to seek out ideas that confirm their pre-existing views. We have all watched in dismay as this trend gathered pace, driving the collapse of trust in media, public institutions, experts.

But it hasn’t all been...

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how political donations could be reformed to reduce potential influence

  • Written by: Simon Chapple, Director, Institute for Governance and Policy Studies, Victoria University of Wellington
how political donations could be reformed to reduce potential influenceNew Zealand's government is considering looking into changes to the way political parties are funded, and areas such as donation transparency could be part of the discussion.from www.shutterstock.com, CC BY-ND

In the aftermath of the controversy surrounding former MP Jami-Lee Ross and opposition National party leader Simon Bridges, discussions have...

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Indian diaspora in New Zealand and Australia

  • Written by: Sekhar Bandyopadhyay, Professor of Asian History , Victoria University of Wellington
Indian diaspora in New Zealand and AustraliaAuckland, New Zealand's largest city, celebrates the Indian Diwali festival.from www.shutterstock.com, CC BY-ND

More than half a million people of Indian descent live in Australia and New Zealand. The history of the Indian diaspora in these countries is older than many might imagine, going back 250 years.

Indians are today widely acknowledged as a...

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  1. If we're to have another inquiry into mental health, it should look at why the others have been ignored
  2. Why Australia should be wary of the Proud Boys and their violent, alt-right views on race
  3. Expecting autistic people to 'fit in' is cruel and unproductive; value us for our strengths
  4. How flashing lights and catchy tunes make gamblers take more risks
  5. Infrastructure splurge ignores smarter ways to keep growing cities moving
  6. It's clear why coal struggles for finance – and the government can't change that
  7. how to tell the difference between hay fever and the common cold
  8. Some questions for Simon Birmingham, from two researchers whose ARC grant he quashed
  9. Uncomfortable comparisons. Why Rod Sims broke the ACCC record
  10. Dancing Grandmothers offers a moment of communion
  11. Morrison's ratings slump in Newspoll; Wentworth's huge difference in on-the-day and early voting
  12. diverting population growth to the regions
  13. Is there anything hotter than the Sun?
  14. Shorten proposes investment bank to help Pacific nations' development
  15. State governments are vital for Australian democracy: here's why
  16. Grattan Institute Orange Book 2018. State governments matter, vote wisely
  17. Ensuring children get enough physical activity while being safe is a delicate balancing act
  18. Why car sharing had a slow start in Australia
  19. How a near-perfect rectangular iceberg formed
  20. Crowd-mapping gender equality – a powerful tool for shaping a better city launches in Melbourne
  21. The ancient origins of werewolves
  22. Simon Birmingham's intervention in research funding is not unprecedented, but dangerous
  23. The rise of sponges in Anthropocene reef ecosystems
  24. Spinifex grass would like us to stop putting out bushfires, please
  25. Michelle Grattan on the Wentworth washup
  26. Three charts on: how and what Australians eat (hint: it's not good)
  27. Heart attacks more frequent in colder weather
  28. Imagining your own SeaChange – how media inspire our great escapes
  29. Inside the world of million-dollar beauty pageants – for camels
  30. More than a century on, the battle fought by Australia's suffragists is yet to be won
  31. Being in nature is good for learning, here's how to get kids off screens and outside
  32. can you cut your cancer risk by eating organic?
  33. Government to set up new multi-billion Future Drought Fund
  34. Australia's 5% jobless rate is not full employment; pushing up interest rates would be wrong
  35. Please, not another super scheme, Mr Keating. It's what the pension is for
  36. Ancient fish evolved in shallow seas – the very places humans threaten today
  37. a fresh perspective on Leonard Cohen and the island that inspired him
  38. Morrison fights political fire with leaky buckets
  39. Want to improve care in nursing homes? Mandate minimum staffing levels
  40. We have so many ways to pursue a healthy climate – it's insane to wait any longer
  41. Can your actions really save the planet? 'Planetary accounting' has the answer
  42. Why we need more than just data to create ethical driverless cars
  43. why removing sex from birth certificates matters to gender diverse people
  44. Working to reclaim and rebuild our food systems from the ground up
  45. add bars to the window dressing and make them legally binding
  46. Pianist Sir András Schiff returns to Sydney for a sublime recital
  47. launch of The Conversation 2018 Yearbook
  48. Why Australia needs a Religious Discrimination Act
  49. things to consider before going that extra mile for your smile
  50. Why DNA tests for Indigenous heritage mean different things in Australia and the US

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