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- General News
- 03/12/2025
- 08:00
Why flexible work alone isn’t enough: Preferences matter more than policy
New research shows that workers benefit from flexible work arrangements when employers align policies with individual preferences rather than uniform mandates Employees leave employers when their work arrangements fail to match their preferences, according to new research that tracked 482 workers over two years across Australia and Europe. While research on working from home has grown substantially since the COVID-19 pandemic, this study is the first to consider the implications of actual and preferred work arrangements together. Published in the Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, the research study found that one-third of employees experienced a mismatch between their actual…
- Medical Health Aged Care
- 03/12/2025
- 07:00
Breaking down barriers to accessing dementia-friendly eyecare
New accessible resources aim to make it easier for people with dementia and their families to access dementia-friendly eyecare. People living with dementia are more likely to experience treatable sight problems, which could be prevented through simple interventions such as updating or replacing spectacles, or cataract surgery. Poor eyesight makes living with dementia harder, and increases risk of falling; however, some people with dementia are less likely to see their optometrist regularly. To help people with dementia see as well as possible, the researchers aimed to find out how to improve their eye test experience, thereby supporting their wellbeing and…
- Information Technology
- 03/12/2025
- 06:55
Telnyx and CommsPlus Partner to Expand Carrier-Grade Voice and AI Across ANZ
Austin, TX, Dec. 02, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Telnyx, the full-stack communications platform powering global connectivity and Voice AI, today announced a new value-added distribution partnership with CommsPlus, a leading distributor of communications solutions serving Australia, Fiji, and Papua New Guinea. The partnership strengthens Telnyx’s expansion across the ANZ region while giving local resellers direct access to carrier-grade voice infrastructure designed for modern cloud and AI applications.As an authorised Telnyx Value Added Distributor, CommsPlus will deliver Telnyx’s full portfolio—including low-latency Voice AI Agents—alongside established integrations for Yeastar, Microsoft Teams, and other leading UC platforms, as well as SIP Trunking, Programmable…
- General News
- 03/12/2025
- 06:37
CA ANZ DEI SURVEY: REPORTS OF DISCRIMINATORY BEHAVIOUR DECLINING, BUT WOMEN STILL EXPERIENCE NEGATIVE BEHAVIOUR AT A GREATER RATE THAN MEN
Chartered Accountants ANZ’s latest biennial Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Survey Report reveals that while reports of discriminatory behaviour have declined since 2021, women are still more than 2.5 times as likely to experience sexual harassment than men. The survey of nearly 2,000 CA ANZ members revealed that 13% of women respondents reported experiencing sexual harassment in the workplace in the past five years, compared to 5% of men. “While the survey findings reflect broader and persistent societal issues, the data makes it clear why we must continue to focus on addressing these negative behaviours, regardless of who they are directed…
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- CharitiesAidWelfare, Government VIC
- 03/12/2025
- 06:09
Council to Homeless Persons urges government to decriminalise begging
Council to Homeless Persons is urging the Victorian Government to support a private member’s bill to abolish the offence of begging. Legalise Cannabis MP Rachel Payne will deliver her second reading speech on the bill to state parliament on Wednesday, proposing to remove begging from the Summary Offences Act 1996. CHP CEO Deborah Di Natale said all MPs should support the reform, which would bring the state into line with NSW, Western Australia, Queensland and Tasmania. "Homelessness and poverty should not be crimes," she said. "We don't want to live in a society that criminalises vulnerable people pushed to the…
- Community, General News
- 03/12/2025
- 06:08
More space and less red tape to boost the city’s outdoor dining revolution
The City of Sydney is proposing key changes to its successful outdoor dining program to ensure the outdoor dining revolution is here to stay.…
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- Business Company News, CharitiesAidWelfare
- 03/12/2025
- 06:00
More companies produce quality Modern Slavery Statements, with some room for improvement: report
Key points Modern Slavery Statements are compulsory for organisations operating in Australia with $100 million or more in annual consolidated revenue Since they became mandatory in 2020, more companies are complying well However, some continue to lag in their reporting Australia’s first Anti-Slavery Commissioner Chris Evans has welcomed Monash University’s fifth report on ASX100 companies’ Modern Slavery Statements and committed to engage with those that need to improve their reporting. The annual assessment byMonash Centre for Financial Studies in the Monash Business School has found most big Australian companies produced high-quality Modern Slavery Statements, five years after they became compulsory…
- Business Finance
- 03/12/2025
- 05:41
NetApp Collaborates with AWS to bring Enterprise Data to AWS AI Services
Amazon S3 Access Points for FSx for NetApp ONTAP connects ONTAP data to AWS’s wide range of AI, ML, and Analytics services SAN JOSE,…
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- Education Training
- 03/12/2025
- 05:30
NSW public schools celebrate growing success on national stage in NAPLAN
NSW public schools have scored significantly above the national average in the 2025 NAPLAN assessment for the second year in a row. NSW public schools represent more than one-third of the 183 schools across Australia who scored above the national average in NAPLAN, with NSW schools achieving good results in all areas tested and across all year groups. Department of Education Secretary, Murat Dizdar, has congratulated NSW public sector teachers and school leaders on their strong NAPLAN performance. Mr Dizdar said the test results for NSW public schools showed that a focus on explicit teaching in public schools, backed by…
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