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The Global Risks Report 2017
editor | January 17, 2017The World Economic Forum has released its interim Global Risks Report for this year. Now in its 12th edition, The Global Risks Report 2017 highlights the most significant long-term risks worldwide.
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Anniversary of apology to the Stolen Generations
editor | January 15, 201713 February 2017 marks the ninth anniversary of former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd’s official apology to the Stolen Generations at Parliament House.
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Placing Emotional Fitness at the forefront of innovation
Linda Simonsen | January 13, 2017Emotional Fitness is the latest core competency for recruiting and retaining talent. Linda Simonsen from FuturePeople explains.
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Mothers returning to work – a husband’s perspective
Joel McInnes | January 11, 2017FlexCareers CoFounder Joel McInnes recently watched his wife going through the return-to-work process first hand. This is for the husbands, the partners, the fathers out there.
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In the modern workplace, age 50 is considered old
Jenny Brice | January 10, 2017Ageism at work is rife, but fear is stopping people from talking about it openly, says executive coach Jenny Brice.
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Looking back on 2016
Svetlana Stankovic | December 14, 2016An eventful year is coming to an end. Thank you for your blogs, your comments and your support. Here’s an overview of our discussion topics and the most popular blogs written this year.
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Building homes, building hope
Adrian Arndt | December 13, 2016When Tropical Cyclone Winston ravaged over Fiji last year, it left devastating ruin in its wake. Adrian Arndt went to the village of Nailawa to help with the rebuild and found incredible resilience amid the destruction.
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GAP – Year in Review 2016
Catherine Fritz-Kalish | December 11, 2016The end of the year is a time to reflect and gives us an opportunity to share with you how the GAP process has delivered to its members and to society as a whole.
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The world of work is changing – what hopes for ‘productive ageing’?
Veronica Sheen | December 9, 2016Age discrimination, tough performance criteria, funding cuts and offshoring of jobs – Veronica Sheen says we need a full understanding of what the ageing workforce is up against in order to improve things.
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Too many candles on the birthday cake?
Caroline Howe | December 5, 2016Australia is ageing. Between 2002 and 2042 the number of Australians over the age of 65 will increase from 2.2m to 6.2m. Dr Caroline Howe has tips to manage an ageing workforce.
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The impact of population ageing and immigration on the Australian housing market
George Kudrna | December 2, 2016As the elderly begins to downsize and spend their housing wealth (increasing housing supply), and a relatively smaller working-age cohort is generating demand, a decline in house prices should ensue.
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Should we cancel Christmas?
Jenny Brockis | December 2, 2016At such a busy time of year should we be worrying about the Christmas stress? Dr Jenny Brockis shares her thoughts.