Close Search
 
MEDIA, JOBS & RESOURCES for the COMMON GOOD

Careers

Aged care worker with patient hands on cane

Govt Urged to Take Action on Aged Care Workforce

Wendy Williams, Monday, 3rd October 2016 -  Aged care providers, workers and experts are calling on the Turnbull government to take action to ensure there is an adequately skilled and equipped workforce to care for a rapidly ageing population.
Man breaking pencil

Unions Call on UN to Follow Australia’s Lead for Workplace Violence

Wendy Williams, Monday, 3rd October 2016 -  The peak union body is calling on the United Nations to follow Australia’s lead in preventing violence in the workplace and providing domestic violence leave.

Opinion

Doctor in ipad

Lack of Specialist Clinicians Failing Australians with an Intellectual Disability

Simon Wardale, Monday, 3rd October 2016 -  There is a huge gap in learning and expertise for Australians working with people with an intellectual disability that needs to be bridged, writes Simon Wardale, manager of Endeavour Foundation’s Specialist Behaviour Service.
Centrelink sign

Union Canvassing to Sue Centrelink Over Privatisation of Job Schemes

Wendy Williams, Monday, 26th September 2016 -  An organisation “by the unemployed, for the unemployed” is canvassing to take legal action against Centrelink amidst claims the “privatisation” of job schemes is penalising unemployed workers.

Analysis

The More Work-Life Balance We Have The More We Want: Global Study

Leah Ruppanner, Monday, 26th September 2016 -  A global study has found that when it comes to work-life balance, if you give people more of something, it increases their expectations, writes report co-author and senior lecturer in Sociology at the University of Melbourne, Leah Ruppanner, in this
women unpaid work

Women Work Four More Years Than Men

Ellie Cooper, Friday, 23rd September 2016 -  Women globally are working an average of four years longer than men over their lifetime, largely due to women’s additional unpaid housework and care work.

Organisations Need to Embrace a Flexible Future

Wendy Williams, Monday, 19th September 2016 -  Businesses are missing “a major opportunity” and could be left behind if they don’t embrace flexibility, according to a new report.

Scholarships Help Refugees Overcome Financial Barriers to Work

Wendy Williams, Monday, 19th September 2016 -  Refugees looking to get their foot on the career ladder are getting a step up with new scholarships worth more than $90,000 that will help them overcome the financial barriers to the workforce.

NDIS Gives the ACT a Jobs Boost

Wendy Williams, Friday, 16th September 2016 -  The arrival of the National Disability Insurance Scheme is tipped to create more than 1,000 jobs in the ACT and boost the territory economy by up to $160 million a year, according to a new report.

Concerns 18C Reform Could Lead to Workplace Bullying

Ellie Cooper, Tuesday, 13th September 2016 -  Reducing the strength of the Racial Discrimination Act could lead to racial and religious vilification in the workplace, according to Australia’s Not for Profit workplace diversity advisor.
pba inverse logo
Subscribe Twitter Facebook
×