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COVID-19 and private health insurance


The COVID-19 pandemic presents both opportunities and challenges to private health insurers, with short-term and long-term impacts and questions being raised about its role and relevance during this time.
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Measuring overlap between the unemployed and people 'on the dole'


This article demonstrates the care required when interpreting ‘job seeker’ data, as this term can relate to a number of different groups covered by a range of data sources.
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Online political communication—does this post need to be authorised?


While it seems unlikely that unaware members of the public will face big fines from the AEC for their political Facebook posts, voters, donors and campaigners should familiarise themselves with the new rules, writes Damon Muller.
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Community attitudes towards violence against women


The National Community Attitudes toward Violence against Women Survey (NCAS) is the world’s longest-running survey of community attitudes towards violence against women. Results from the latest survey are mixed; levels of awareness have generally risen but there are still areas of concern.
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Pregnancy and childbirth's impact on work


The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) has released the next instalment of data from the survey of Pregnancy and Employment Transitions. This little known survey is conducted every six years as a special topic in the November Labour Force Survey. The first survey was undertaken in 2005 and the most recent survey in 2017. The...

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