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Australia’s labour market remains highly segregated: UNSW report

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Efforts to reduce segregation by gender in Australia’s labour market face persistent resistance, say researchers for the Fair Work Commission. Many occupations and industries remain highly feminised despite significant government, business and community effort to promote workplace gender equality, says a new report published by the Fair Work Commission, ‘Gender-based Occupational Segregation: A National Data Profile‘. Researchers from … Continued

Funding disparity disadvantages rural residents

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Rural health researchers at La Trobe University say the funding disparity between rural and metropolitan Australians is “inequitable and unfair” and are calling for greater investment in rural health research.   Professor Jane Mills, Dean of the La Trobe Rural Health School, co-authored an opinion piece with Dr Leesa Hooker and Dr Fiona Burgemeister.   They say … Continued

ALL FORMS OF HATE SPEECH CONDEMNED

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Call for Upstanders for inclusion and acceptance. Courage to Care Victoria today called for the condemnation of all forms of hate speech in our community. “Racism, antisemitism and hate speech are never OK,” said Courage to Care Victoria CEO, Mike Zervos. “We condemn all forms of hate speech. We urge everyone in the community to … Continued

Intelligence and Security Committee supports Nazi symbols ban

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The Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security (PJCIS) today presented its Advisory Report on the Counter-Terrorism Legislation Amendment (Prohibited Hate Symbols and Other Measures) Bill 2023. The Bill would amend the Criminal Code Act 1995 to: create offences for publicly displaying prohibited Nazi or Islamic State symbols, and trading in items bearing these symbols create offences for using a … Continued

PJCIS to review relisting of two terrorist organisations under the Criminal Code

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The Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security (PJCIS) has commenced a review of the relisting of Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin and Islamic State Khorasan Province as terrorist organisations under the Criminal Code Act 1995 (Criminal Code). Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM) is an al-Qa’ida aligned Salafi-Jihadist organisation based in Mali and active in West Africa. JNIM was first listed as a terrorist … Continued

All systems go for Seeds for Snapper first harvest to make a splash

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More than 550 volunteers are set to take part in Australia’s largest community driven seagrass restoration program on Tuesday 14 November.    The annual Seeds for Snapper will get their harvest underway in Cockburn Sound with seagrass fruit collection dives taking place daily for the next 4 to 6 weeks. The volunteers are attempting to … Continued

Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales are back, and this year they come with a new warning.

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A finance expert from RMIT is available to comment on the upcoming sales season, warning consumers to not let the excitement of Black Friday blind them to potential scams.  Dr Angel Zong, Associate Professor, Finance  Topics: sales tricks, Black Friday, Cyber Monday, scams  “While Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales encourage spending for their perceived savings, … Continued

Maritime Cyber Incidents: expert comment

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Professor Matthew Warren, Director RMIT Centre for Cyber Security Research and Innovation “The ongoing cyber incident at DP World Australia highlights the importance of maritime cyber security (in particular dock cyber security) and the disruption that a cyber incident causes the whole country across a number of states. “The cyber incident is an ongoing investigation and not much … Continued