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What it's like to be a 'black economy' worker

  • Written by: Miriam Vandenberg, Public Health Lecturer (University of Tasmania) and PhD Candidate, Southgate Institute for Health, Society & Equity, Flinders University
What it's like to be a 'black economy' workerPeople who work in the black economy come from industries as diverse as horticulture, retail, cleaning, construction and childcare.www.shutterstock.com

Nina, not her real name, works for a cleaning company that sends her into private homes, in exchange for about $20 per hour, cash-in-hand.

She’s had numerous cash-in-hand jobs over the past few...

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There is extra funding for aged care in the budget, but not enough to meet demand

  • Written by: Michael Woods, Professor of Health Economics, University of Technology Sydney
There is extra funding for aged care in the budget, but not enough to meet demandMost elderly people want to stay at home for as long as possible.from shutterstock.com

In the 2018-19 budget delivered last week, federal Treasurer Scott Morrison made big promises for the aged care sector. He said the government would prioritise “caring for older Australians” – a direct take from the Productivity...

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Polish Resistance fighter, 'Slavic space age' modernist, legendary Australian artist

  • Written by: Christine Judith Nicholls, Senior Lecturer in Australian Studies, Flinders University
Polish Resistance fighter, 'Slavic space age' modernist, legendary Australian artistWladyslaw Dutkiewicz, 1954, Adelaide, For Stravinsky, oil and enamel on composition board. Photograph Graeme HastwellPolish Resistance fighter, 'Slavic space age' modernist, legendary Australian artistWladyslaw Dutkiewicz, Petrushka, 1962, oil on board, 109.5 x 52.5cm.Photograph: Dieter Eubel.

The relationship between art and life is tricky to navigate. But in the case of the Polish-born Australian artist Wladyslaw Dutkiewicz...

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Why Iceland is set to resume whaling despite international opposition

  • Written by: Julia Jabour, Senior Lecturer, Ocean and Antarctic Governance Research Program, University of Tasmania

After a two-year pause in the fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus) hunt, Icelandic whaling company Hvalur hf. will resume whaling this summer, with a government-issued quota.

Two factors help explain why Iceland and other countries are determined to hunt whales in defiance of international disapproval. The first is demand for the product; the second...

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  1. Why rural Australia is facing a volunteer crisis
  2. A history of the marsupial lion
  3. Small sats are vital to Australia's space industry – and they won't be space junk
  4. If we can't recycle it, why not turn our waste plastic into fuel?
  5. Going Down finds hilarious satire in migrant identity
  6. How information warfare in cyberspace threatens our freedom
  7. 94% of Australians do not read all privacy policies that apply to them – and that’s rational behaviour
  8. what should I eat to improve my skin?
  9. Competing foreign interests trump Syrian aspirations for political change
  10. could constitutional monarchies be important aids to democracy?
  11. will the banking royal commission push down property prices?
  12. a short history of the contraceptive pill
  13. No, women don't need to 'take a break' from the pill every couple of years
  14. Can anyone learn to sing? For most of us, the answer is yes
  15. Is that selfie really worth it? Why face time with wild animals is a bad idea
  16. Mixed messages in post-budget Newspoll and Fairfax-Ipsos
  17. Let's get moving with the affordable medium-speed alternatives to the old dream of high-speed rail
  18. We asked people if they would trust driverless cars
  19. use technology to make the tests more authentic and relevant
  20. Changes to superannuation insurance won't jack up rates – but if anything they don't go far enough
  21. The secret agents protecting our crops and gardens
  22. Archibald winner Yvette Coppersmith channels her inner Jacinda Ardern in an intelligent, classical work
  23. A giant 'singing' cloud in space will help us to understand how star systems form
  24. Why the internet alone can't be blamed for radicalisation
  25. Criminals can't easily edit their DNA out of forensic databases
  26. what is burnout and what can we do about it?
  27. Michelle Grattan on the 2018 budget, tax cuts and the citizenship crisis
  28. Malaysians celebrate the return of Mahathir and hope for a brighter future
  29. For Timor-Leste, another election and hopes for an end to crippling deadlock
  30. Shorten gives Turnbull a character-forming task on tax
  31. how inflation in China and the US could affect Australia
  32. Who are the wealthy retirees targeted in Labor's plans?
  33. Here's why flu vaccinations should be mandatory for Aussie health workers in high-risk areas
  34. Here's how a complex low-pressure system sent temperatures plummeting
  35. the complex, contradictory pleasures of pulp fiction
  36. How Captain Cook became a contested national symbol
  37. Ancient ancestors of modern baleen whales were toothy not-so-gentle giants
  38. Sydney's Chinatown is much more of a modern bridge to Asia than a historic enclave
  39. what Australian schools can do to promote acceptance of gender diversity
  40. Bill Shorten outbids Turnbull's tax cut for lower and middle income earners
  41. we still don't have proof that cutting company taxes will boost jobs and wages
  42. Australia's property boom and bust cycle stretches back to colonial days
  43. Centre Alliance's Rebekha Sharkie most vulnerable at byelections forced by dual citizenship saga
  44. Does it pay to graduate from an ‘elite’ university? Not as much as you'd think
  45. Religious backlash loosens clerics' grip on legacy of 1979 Iranian Revolution
  46. the case of 'Universal Medicine'
  47. Good signage in national parks can save lives. Here's how to do it right
  48. How silent signals from your phone could be recording and tracking you
  49. your guide to the musical styles of Eurovision
  50. how the Australian intelligence community works

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