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From slushie machines to megalitres of alchohol spray, the Tokyo Olympics are a logistical nightmare
Kyodo/APThe postponed Tokyo Olympics are about to start, albeit with no hugging or high-fives. More than 11,000 athletes will compete in 339 sporting events across 40+ venues. They will be…
The 3 problems with fines for not reporting positive COVID tests
Shutterstock/The ConversationThe NSW government this week decreed that anyone returning a positive COVID-19 reading using a rapid antigen test must report their result (through the Service NSW app or website)…
Why COVID-19 means the era of ever cheaper air travel could be over
ShutterstockAfter its worst two years since the second world war, 2022 is looking brighter for the global airline industry. For passengers, though, the chance to travel at low cost again…
RECRUITMENT CHALLENGES DURING COVID-19
Every industry is experiencing significant shifts in their operating and functioning protocols due to the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. These sudden changes have caused a real stir, and businesses…
Sure, interest rates are negative, but so are some prices, and when you look around, they're everywhere
Pushkin/ShutterstockOn December 10, it finally happened. Instead of demanding an interest payment from the government in return for lending it money, a group of investors offered to pay the government…
boosting JobSeeker wouldn't keep Australians away from paid work
fizkes/ShutterstockIncentives, the Freakonomics author Steven Levitt once quipped, are the “cornerstone of modern life”. To this I would add: only if the incentive is big enough.In Australia at present there…
it's really about permanent insecurity
ShutterstockThe federal government’s industrial relations “reform” bill offers a new definition of “casual” employment that creates more problems than it solves. It effectively defines a casual job as anything…
Going electric and banning new petrol-powered cars could be Australia’s next big light bulb moment
ParabolStudio/ShutterstockIn 2007 Malcolm Turnbull turned off an industry’s life support without blinking.The industry made light bulbs, of the traditional kind — so energy-inefficient they lost most of it as heat…

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