How visas for social care workers may be exacerbating exploitation in the sector
Apr 27, 2024 06:45 am UTC| Insights & Views Life
The health and social care visa route was introduced in August 2020 as a response to labour shortages after Brexit and the COVID pandemic. Now, the independent chief inspector of borders and immigration has found that the...
What kind of diner are you? 6 types of diners who avoid plant-based meat dishes
Apr 25, 2024 06:09 am UTC| Insights & Views Life
Imagine having dinner at a restaurant. The menu offers plant-based meat alternatives made mostly from vegetables, mushrooms, legumes and wheat that mimic meat in taste, texture and smell. Despite being given that choice,...
How Anzac deaths changed the way we mourn to this day
Apr 25, 2024 06:07 am UTC| Insights & Views Life
Victor Farr, a private in the 1st Infantry Battalion, was among the first to land at Anzac Cove just before dawn on April 25 1915. Victor Farr was 20 when he died. Commonwealth of Australia (National Archives of...
TikTok and Instagram are full of misleading information about birth control
Apr 24, 2024 09:34 am UTC| Insights & Views Life
Theres been an increase in content posted on TikTok and Instagram recently discussing the alleged dangers of birth control. Content creators have shared concerns about the pills side-effects ranging from weight gain to low...
Passover: The festival of freedom and the ambivalence of exile
Apr 23, 2024 07:59 am UTC| Insights & Views Life
The Jewish holiday cycle is, to a large extent, an exploration and commemoration of the experience of exile. The fall festival of Sukkot, for example, is celebrated in small booths, temporary shelters that recall the...
Apr 22, 2024 03:31 am UTC| Insights & Views Life
As they kick off their careers, young people often have to navigate a maze of short-term and casual jobs. In Australia, many of them also wish to work more hours than their current jobs allow, leading to a situation...
Gym hygiene guide: the dangerous bacteria that lurk in dirty fitness equipment and clothes
Apr 18, 2024 06:25 am UTC| Insights & Views Life
A friend of mine, on a recent trip to the gym, declined to use the machine for drying his trunks that gym equivalent of a salad spinner which removes excess water from your swimming costume. His reason? The amount of...
Electricity from farm waste: how biogas could help Malawians with no power
What the Supreme Court is doing right in considering Trump’s immunity case
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