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2024-11-20 |
Safety and convenience features but no privacy, welcome to the connected-car joyride Connected cars transmit personal and vehicle data continuously to their manufacturers and by 2031 it is predicted they could make up 93% of the new car market in Australia.While connected cars have increased safety and convenience features, a new repor... |
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2024-11-20 | Australia's workforce is still highly gender-segregated in key industries.Men work in trade and construction while caring professions like nursing, teaching, and early childhood education are female-dominated.At the same time, Australia is suffering cr... |
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2024-11-19 |
More than meets the eye: Why tour guiding might be the ideal mature-age career A nation-wide shortage of tour guides has compelled the Federal Government to include the role in its Occupation Shortage List for the first time. Thousands of tour guide roles remain unfilled, with many operators turning to foreign workers to fill the... |
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2024-11-19 | When older children go back to babytalk, it can puzzle and even irritate parents, but the reasons are often hiding in plain sight.if your child starts the babytalk and even baby behaviour, How concerned should you be? What should you avoid, and how do ... |
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2024-11-19 |
Critics argue consumers may remain unprotected after privacy reforms The Senate has handed down its report into the Federal Government's proposed changes to Australia's privacy laws. The changes will enable individuals to sue for damages for serious invasions of privacy and provide a framework for a children's privacy c... |
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2024-11-18 | Nila Rezaei is an industrial designer who was for a long time focused on creating things from post-consumer waste, like the textile waste from Australia's fast-fashion habit. Then in 2023, she saw the news from her home country Iran, of a female-led up... |
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2024-11-18 |
Thinking of quitting social media? Here's what that could look like As the Federal Government seeks to ban under 16s from social media, the legislation is likely to introduce barriers for adults' access to these platforms. If you've been trying to spend less time in the endless scroll, that might be a good thing. Many ... |
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2024-11-18 | Tittle-tattle, scuttlebutt, dishing the dirt, spilling the tea: Whatever you call it... there's no doubt gossip can be seductive.Gossip has long had a bad reputation and gossipers have been seen as untrustworthy.But does gossip have another function? A... |
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2024-11-15 | A friendship you formed twenty years ago always had an element of competitiveness to it, particularly coming from her. Whether it be making comments about weight, or comparing how successful she was to you. You would let it slide. Reconnecting later i... |
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2024-11-15 | Mistakes are made all over the place, everyday. After all, to err is human. So why are we in such fear of making them? And what are the best ways to recover from a mistake after the damage is done? |
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