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Rebecca Cassells
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Gender Equity Insights 2017: inside Australia's gender pay gap
A new analysis of Agency data shows that sizeable gender pay gaps persist across the workforce, but that improving gender balance in leadership teams measurably improves pay equity in organisations.
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FactCheck: has the job market got so bad that ‘people have stopped looking for work’?
When the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) released the September Labour Force Survey data, shadow minister for employment and workplace relations Brendan O'Connor said the labour market participation rate was in “free fall” and that “people have stopped looking for work”. Is that right? Read the full article on The Conversation.
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Is headspace making a difference to young people's lives?
Headspace aims to improve the mental health and social and emotional wellbeing of young people in Australia through the provision of evidence-based, integrated, youth-centred and holistic services. In January 2013, the Australian Government Department of Health (DoH) commissioned a consortium of researchers from the Social Policy Research Centre and the Centre for Social Impact, UNSW...
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Positioned for an ideas boom? Productivity and innovation in Australia
Positioned for an Ideas Boom is the fourth report in the Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre Focus on the States series. The report examines an issue of central importance to maintaining economic growth, improving competitiveness and creating jobs – productivity and innovation.
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Gender Equity Insights 2016: inside Australia's gender pay gap
Seeks to add to and strengthen the evidence base that exists around gender pay gaps throughout Australian workplaces.