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National Affairs
Skill up or sink
Peter Mares
28 April 2023
Labor has taken bold steps towards recasting Australia’s migration system, but difficult questions remain
Books & Arts
On not burning out
Frances Flanagan
16 February 2023
Is the workplace malaise bigger than two organisational psychologists believe?
Books & Arts
Quo vadis, doctor?
Jacinta Halloran
21 October 2022
Is technology endangering the doctor–patient relationship?
National Affairs
The curious case of the missing election issue
John Edwards
13 December 2021
An urgent economic challenge will scarcely get a mention when Labor and the Coalition go head to head
From the archive
Coffee first, then care
Diana Bagnall
8 October 2021
Buurtzorg provides more humane care for elderly people at a lower cost. So what’s stopping it from being adopted in Australia?
From the archive
New tricks
Nick Haslam
30 July 2021
We might not be able to change who we are, but we can certainly change what we do
National Affairs
Bylines and bygones
Margaret Simons
16 July 2021
No longer “crazy universities,” newsrooms are slowly adapting to a more challenging environment
Essays & Reportage
Bitter harvest
Hamish McDonald
28 May 2021
The pandemic has increased the bargaining power of seasonal workers in rural Australia. But how long will that last?
National Affairs
Come in spinner
Judith Ireland
28 May 2021
Announcing five inquiries in response to Brittany Higgins’s allegations was the easy bit. Now the government is trying to manage their impact
Books & Arts
Server servitude
Brett Evans
9 April 2021
Books
| Our brains weren’t designed for 126 emails a day
National Affairs
Fully, partly, in principle — or not at all?
Judith Ireland
8 April 2021
Has the government missed another opportunity to genuinely tackle sexual harassment?
National Affairs
A place of greater safety
Jane Goodall
16 March 2021
Does the media’s stress on “rage” really capture what’s driving the resurgent women’s movement?
National Affairs
Build back fairer
Danielle Wood, Kate Griffiths and Tom Crowley
8 March 2021
For many women, “Covid normal” isn’t working
International
“Yes, I know we disobey orders. But what else can I do?”
Antonio Castillo
1 March 2021
Informal workers in Latin America search for ways to survive during the pandemic
National Affairs
Dealing with toxic parliaments
Marian Sawer
1 March 2021
Can Australia learn from how legislatures in other countries are tackling the problem?
Books & Arts
Foiled expectations
Kerrie Davies
12 February 2021
Books
| Despite the discouraging news reaching London, hundreds of women ventured from Britain to the colonies in search of work
National Affairs
How casual became predictable
David Peetz
17 December 2020
Casual employment can be fixed, but not the way the government wants to do it
Books & Arts
Is it the end of the office as we know it?
Pilita Clark
30 November 2020
Books
| Or are reports of its demise premature?
Essays & Reportage
Can we make work work?
Andrew Leigh
27 November 2020
Books
| Are myths about jobs stopping us from seeing our working lives clearly?
National Affairs
Out of the office
Andrew Leigh
20 October 2020
Covid-19 could change how we work, for the better and — if we’re not careful — the worse
Essays & Reportage
The end of the city? No, not quite
Sarah Barns
16 September 2020
All of a sudden, proximity to the city may no longer be a critical driver of innovation and job creation
National Affairs
Post-pandemic, here’s the case for a participation income
John Quiggin
18 June 2020
For less than the cost of the Coalition’s Stage 3 tax cuts, Australians can be paid adequately to look for work or participate in socially useful activities
National Affairs
The powerful case for a participation income
John Quiggin
6 May 2020
Now the pandemic has shown “workplace reform” to be a dead end, let’s take JobSeeker and JobKeeper to their logical conclusion
Essays & Reportage
Is history our post-pandemic guide?
Frank Bongiorno
6 May 2020
What can previous crises tell us about the prospects for progressive reform after Covid-19?
Essays & Reportage
What Ada Lovelace can teach us about digital technology
Lizzie O’Shea
9 September 2019
Extract
| How collaborative work can be liberating and effective
Books & Arts
Can “the commons” save us from ourselves?
Tim Dunlop
2 August 2019
Books
| A new pattern of ownership implies a new relationship to work
Essays & Reportage
Expecting the unexpected
Peter Whiteford
30 April 2019
Australia does better than the United States in helping households cope with volatile incomes and unforeseen expenses — but there’s plenty of room for improvement
Essays & Reportage
Computer says no
Ellen Broad
29 April 2019
The hazards of being a woman in technology
Books & Arts
A spectre is haunting the workplace
Brett Evans
11 April 2019
Books
| Employers are exercising an extraordinary level of control — overt and covert — over their workers
Essays & Reportage
Climate change and the new work order
Frances Flanagan
28 February 2019
We won’t solve the biggest challenges if they’re not reflected in the work we do
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