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Keeping mature-age workers on the job

  • Written by: Carol T Kulik, Research Professor of Human Resource Management, University of South Australia

To make Australian workplaces supportive and productive environments for all employees, it has never been more important to engage mature-age workers and will only become more so.

When Australia’s Age Pension was introduced in 1909, only 4% of our population lived long enough to claim it.

Today, the average Australian is expected to live 15...

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Come hide with us – bean counters raid big law firms

  • Written by: Michael West, Adjunct Associate Professor, School of Social and Political Sciences, University of Sydney

It is strange that none of the major law firms are kicking up a fuss about the exodus of senior lawyers to the Big Four accounting firms. It is a matter of significant public interest and, more to the point, the bean counters are pinching hundreds of millions of dollars of their business.

Aren’t lawyers meant to be special? Don’t they...

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Do computers make better bank managers than humans?

  • Written by: Saurav Dutta, Head of School at the School of Accounting, Curtin University

You may have heard that algorithms will take over the world. But how are they operating right now? We take a look in our series on Algorithms at Work.


Algorithms are increasingly making decisions that affect ordinary people’s lives. One example of this is so-called “algorithmic lending”, with some companies claiming to have...

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Gerhard Richter: The Life of Images is an unmissable show

  • Written by: Sasha Grishin, Adjunct Professor of Art History, Australian National University
imageDetail from Gerhard Richter's Reader (804), 1994 Oil on canvas 72 x 102cm.Collection: San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, USA Purchase through the gifts of Mimi and Peter Haas and Helen and Charles Schwab, and the Accessions Committee Fund: Barbara and Gerson Bakar, Collectors Forum, Evelyn D. Haas, Elaine McKeon, Byron R. Meye

Of the three giants...

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  2. Wi-Fi can be KRACK-ed. Here's what to do next
  3. Australia's Human Rights Council election comes with a challenge to improve its domestic record
  4. Tropical thunderstorms are set to grow stronger as the world warms
  5. Why the end of auto manufacturing won't be as apocalyptic as previous mass layoffs
  6. In Trump we trust: why continual disasters fail to shake the president's loyalists
  7. We all have to die of something, so why bother being healthy?
  8. Three strategies to help students navigate dodgy online content
  9. City-by-city analysis shows our capitals aren’t liveable for many residents
  10. Decoding the music masterpieces: Rachmaninoff’s Symphonic Dances
  11. At last, we've found gravitational waves from a collapsing pair of neutron stars
  12. After the alert: radio 'eyes' hunt the source of the gravitational waves
  13. We beat a cyber attack to see the 'kilonova' glow from a collapsing pair of neutron stars
  14. Subsidies for renewables will go under Malcolm Turnbull's power plan
  15. Middle-income earners probably won't be paying as much tax as the government expects
  16. Good data/bad data: ethically designed databases can help police without reducing privacy
  17. Is it too cheap to visit the 'priceless' Great Barrier Reef?
  18. We just Black matter: Australia's indifference to Aboriginal lives and land
  19. Taking the pulse of a city: Melbourne's Vital Signs
  20. Health Check: why are some people afraid of heights?
  21. Here’s how Australia can act to target racist behaviour online
  22. Filters: a cigarette engineering hoax that harms both smokers and the environment
  23. How marketers use algorithms to (try to) read your mind
  24. Expect a shakeup of China’s military elite at the 19th Party Congress
  25. How Melbourne's west was greened
  26. Noble horses and 'black monsters': the politics of colonial compassion
  27. More sightings of an endangered species don't always mean it's recovering
  28. Translation technology is useful, but should not replace learning languages
  29. Turnbull's ratings fall in another bad Newspoll
  30. Power bills can fall – but the main attention must be on affordability: ACCC
  31. Why Trump's decertification of the Iran nuclear deal may prove a costly mistake
  32. NSW ReachTEL: Coalition leads 52-48 as One Nation slumps. Xenophon tied or ahead in SA's Hartley
  33. Shorten promises $1 billion fund to finance manufacturing enterprises
  34. VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the government reneging on a clean energy target
  35. #LstTxt Tstmnt: an unsent text message can count as a will, in the right circumstances
  36. Research suggests Tony Abbott's climate views are welcome in the Hunter Valley
  37. As the Clean Energy Target fizzles, what might replace it?
  38. Changes to lure young people into private health insurance won't slow increase in premiums
  39. What the Harvey Weinstein case tells us about sexual assault disclosure
  40. Satellites are giving us a commanding view of Earth's carbon cycle
  41. A matter of trust: the checks and balances schools must have to ensure fair funding for disability
  42. Psychology holds key to getting people out before disaster strikes
  43. Friday essay: the cultural meanings of wild horses
  44. Three areas to reform federal-state financial relations
  45. Vital Signs: the spooky mortgage risk signs our bankers are ignoring
  46. How the Liberals can fix their gender problem
  47. Don't ignore the mobility scooter. It may just be the future of transport
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  49. Grattan on Friday: Turnbull close to finalising energy package but can he sell it?
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Designing Eco-Friendly Custom Water Bottles for Your Next Event

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The Business Case for Choosing Australian Fabricators Over Imported Alternatives

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Australian organisations are relying on business continuity plans built for a far more predictable world

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How to Rent a Car for Uber in Melbourne: What Every New Driver Needs to Know

Starting out as an Uber driver in Melbourne is not as complicated as it sounds but getting the vehicle right is where most new drivers get stuck. Uber has strict requirements around vehicle age, condi...

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When Should You Speak to a Lawyer About a Legal Issue?

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If you have ever arranged for stock, equipment or materials to travel from one Australian state to a...

How AEC Firms Can Scale Faster Without Sacrificing Project Quality

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Correct Sleeping Posture to Minimize Back Strain

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