Push for longer hours makes headlines, but more Australians want to work less

Feb 28, 2017 07:16 am UTC| Insights & Views Life

The Australian Tax Office (ATO) abandoned plans requiring its staff to work 37.5 hours per week following an employee backlash. This would have been an increase of 45 minutes per week, or nine minutes per day, over whats...

Warnings over wine prices are enough to make you hit the bottle

Feb 28, 2017 07:10 am UTC| Insights & Views Life

As uncertainty over the Brexit effect continues, every line of business seems to have its own brand of questions about the future. And maybe it was a coincidence that shortly after the end of that driest of months,...

Kerala was a beacon of hope for India on gender issues, but things are changing for the worse

Feb 28, 2017 06:56 am UTC| Insights & Views Life

The alleged abduction and assault of a well-known actress in the southern Indian state of Kerala has caused outrage among activists who say the case highlights the dangers faced by all women in India and a lack of justice...

Tourist trap: how news of terrorism skews our holiday choices

Feb 28, 2017 06:43 am UTC| Life

Terrorist attacks are designed to intimidate and change behaviour. It should be no surprise then that we allow fear to be a great motivator when we plan trips abroad. News of an attack is a vivid factor as we decide where...

Threats of violent Islamist and far-right extremism: What does the research say?

Feb 25, 2017 13:09 pm UTC| Insights & Views Life

On a Tuesday morning in September 2001, the American experience with terrorism was fundamentally altered. Two thousand, nine hundred and ninety-six people were murdered in New York, Virginia and Pennsylvania. Thousands...

What's most likely to kill you? Measuring how deadly our daily activities are

Feb 25, 2017 12:58 pm UTC| Life

Its always distressing and tragic when we hear a report of shark attack. But what is the actual likelihood of dying due to a shark encounter in Australia? How concerned about this are you as you go swimming? How concerned...

Business students willing to sacrifice future salary for good corporate social responsibility: study

Feb 23, 2017 00:13 am UTC| Insights & Views Life

More than 90% of business students in a study on corporate social responsibility said they would be willing to sacrifice some percentage of their future salary to work for a responsible employer. A surprising number of 14%...