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- Environment, Government VIC
- 26/11/2024
- 07:32
Dismay at Allan Government’s ongoing failure to deliver new promised national parks
Victorian community and nature conservation groups are furious with the state Labor Government’s inability to legislate new central west national parks in central Victoria. Despite repeated public statements and letters to constituents committing to protect the areas by the end of 2024, there’s no mention of the Wombat-Lerderderg and Mount Buangor national parks on the final sitting week's parliamentary schedule. “As wildlife and habitats continue their rapid decline, our elected leaders are stuck in slow motion. After years of unnecessary delays, this government is once again twiddling their thumbs, defying both environmental experts and the wishes of the Victorian community,”…
- Disability, Employment Relations
- 26/11/2024
- 07:28
New report reveals practical strategies to unlock a workforce of 110,000 skilled jobseekers with disability
Businesses can help unlock a talent pool of more than 110,000 jobseekers with disability and do their part in building disability-positive workplaces by making four practical commitments, according to a new report produced by non-profit SSI. Pathways to Possibilities: Harnessing the economic potential of people with disability translates data and real-life experiences of people with disability into a practical guide employers can use to maximise the skills and talents of people with disability and dismantle barriers to their employment. At a time when one in three businesses are struggling to fill roles, highly qualified professionals with disability, like accountant Abrahim…
- Agriculture Farming Rural, Energy
- 26/11/2024
- 07:26
PRESS CONFERENCE – Dr Rebecca Huntley and FCA CEO Natalie Collard talk about regional support for clean energy projects
Leading social researcher Dr Rebecca Huntley will join Farmers for Climate Action CEO Natalie Collard and farmers who have developed clean energy projects in their communities.The talent will discuss results of recent research into the attitudes of country people into clean energy on local farmland in their communities. Location: Mural Hall, Parliament House, CanberraTime: 0930 AEDT Tuesday 26 November MEDIA INQUIRIES: Les White 0409 805 122
- Agriculture Farming Rural, Energy
- 26/11/2024
- 07:17
The quiet majority: Australians in Renewable Energy Zones support the energy shift
89 Degrees East polled 1001 people across energy shift regions 70% support clean energy projects on farmland in their community, 17% oppose Most don’t…
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- Education Training, Government Federal
- 26/11/2024
- 07:17
Ending uni boss pay bonanza and wage theft a massive win: Union
The National Tertiary Education Union has strongly welcomed the federal government’s plans to end million-dollar vice-chancellor pay and crack down on wage theft. The NTEU last week released a damning report into university governance, which has now sparked a major announcement from Education Minister Jason Clare. A new watchdog will rein in bulging university executive pay packets and action will be taken on wage theft, which has seen more than 140,000 workers underpaid an estimated $400 million. More than 300 senior university executives get paid more than their state premier. NTEU National President Dr Alison Barnes paid tribute to union…
- Finance Investment
- 26/11/2024
- 07:00
New study explores negative effect of unethical practices on buyer-supplier relationships
In a Business-to-Business (B2B) supply chain context, business customers who conduct unfair and socially irresponsible business practices have been shown to have significantly decreased suppliers’ intentions to continue their business relationships, according to researchers from Monash University and Northeastern University. Published in the Journal of Business Ethics, the study is the first to examine the effect of customers’ unethical practices on their suppliers’ intention to continue their business relationships, offering new insights for businesses seeking to navigate ethical dilemmas. This study is in a Business-To-Business (B2B) context; focusing on the relationship between firms, for example suppliers and customers. Professor Daniel…
- Government Federal, Youth
- 26/11/2024
- 06:01
Children and young people locked out of housing options by ‘perverse’ youth housing penalty
New research from the University of New South Wales (UNSW) commissioned by the Home Time Youth Housing Coalition has revealed the full extent of systemic financial barriers preventing 16-24 year-olds experiencing homelessness from accessing safe housing options around Australia. Dubbed the ‘youth housing penalty’, these barriers discourage community housing providers from offering tenancies to unaccompanied young people without a home. Providers stand to lose 46% of the possible rental income if they choose a young person over an adult on a higher social security payment. This youth housing penalty is one of the factors behind the low rate of social…
- Indigenous, International News
- 26/11/2024
- 06:01
NASA calling: New funding to fuel next Indigenous STEM stars
A substantial funding boost from the Australian Government has renewed the Monash University National Indigenous Space Academy’s call for stellar Indigenous STEM students to apply for an internship with NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab (JPL). Now in its fourth year, the National Indigenous Space Academy (NISA) – led by Monash’s Faculty of Information Technology (IT) and Faculty of Engineering – has received almost half-a-million dollars from the Australian Space Agency. The new funding injection will see NISA send five First Nations students to the United States for a 10-week internship at NASA JPL in Pasadena, California each year until 2027. The…
- Government TAS, Union
- 26/11/2024
- 06:00
METRO TASMANIA CRISIS SHOWS STATE GOVERNMENT HAS GIVEN UP GOVERNING
Metro Tasmania bus drivers in Southern Tasmania will take two work stoppages this Friday, in another escalation of their dispute with Metro management and the State Government over wages and conditions. Drivers will stop work for two hours on Friday morning (29 November 2024) from 5am to 7am, and again in the evening between 5pm and 7pm. Rail, Tram and Bus Union (RTBU) Tasmania Secretary Byron Cubit said drivers were getting increasingly frustrated with the State Government’s failure to finalise a new Enterprise Agreement. “Transport Minister Eric Abetz and Treasurer Guy Barnett are completely Missing In Action. “The State Government…
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