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Against the odds
Fran Baum | February 26, 2021South Australia is a renewable energy powerhouse. How on Earth did they do it?
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Bushfires could change where and how we live
Open Forum | February 26, 2021Climate change-driven extreme weather events, including devastating Australian bushfires, have created the urgent need for a new approach to planning and building in high fire risk areas and a shift to climate-resilient towns and cities.
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Forced fun is no fun at all
Open Forum | February 26, 2021Zoom dress up parties, tug-of-war, ‘trust falls’ and escape rooms – team building exercises have become the go-to tool for managers trying to increase organisational and team rapport and productivity, but many employees resent compulsory bonding and regard these exercises as the bane of their workplace existence.
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Money doesn’t talk, it swears
Georgina Kenyon | February 25, 2021Australia’s casinos have become a hotspot for global money-laundering operations.
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Night owls don’t give a hoot at work
Open Forum | February 25, 2021‘Night owls’ may be twice as likely as ‘morning larks’ to underperform at work, say Finnish researchers, and additionally run a heightened risk of early retirement due to disability.
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Leading a business with purpose
Victoria Tichá | February 25, 2021Purpose-led leadership helps managers navigate difficult times, and can also help leaders celebrate the things that go well, says UNSW Business School’s Leisa Sargent.
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The revelations of a Prime Minister’s home
Sam Malloy | February 24, 2021The recent purchase of former prime minister Gough Whitlam’s home in Cabramatta, south-west Sydney to create a heritage site will interest Australians who are passionate about politics, leadership and social history.
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Order in the House
Abigail Kaplan | February 24, 2021Order in the House is a new podcast created by four university students from Sydney which aims to inform millennial Australians about political ideologies and events in an engaging and relatable way,
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Government focuses on strategic shaping as DFAT drops soft-power review
Graeme Dobell | February 24, 2021Until the last decade, Australia was the pre-eminent international media voice in the South Pacific, but we’re falling behind our allies and competitors.
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Resilience – To be or not to be
Open Forum | February 23, 2021To strengthen our resilience on a global national and individual levels, we should all join forces and work together but leadership will be required to translate this vision into reality.
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Why Eddie and ‘the boys’ need to quit the hubris and do better
Jim McKay | February 23, 2021The ignominious downfall of Eddie McGuire after 23 years as president of Collingwood Football Club dominated media headlines for several weeks but the celebrity hype has distracted attention from the real issue – racism – and the value of providing a framework to change club culture.
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10 lessons from the COVID crisis
Open Forum | February 23, 2021Australia ranked eighth in the world ‘s Top 10 countries to manage their COVID-19 response well, with New Zealand, Vietnam, Taiwan, Thailand, Cyprus, Rwanda and Iceland leading the way in an in-depth study by international experts.
