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The Victorian Government plans to legalise Uber by imposing a $2 levy on all taxi and ride-sharing trips.
Weather-watchers turning off
Bureau of Meteorology (BoM) staff nationwide are beginning a fortnight of industrial action.
Gender pay gap dips, still growing
New figures show even the finance sector is not immune to the gender pay gap.
VET cap in the works
The Federal Education Minister has indicated he might cap loans to vocational education students.
ASIC sale stirs strong concern
Tens of thousands of people are trying to stop the Turnbull government from trying to privatise ASIC’s corporate registry.
Public execs feel most valued
Public servants have unleashed on the poor communication skills of their senior managers.
Footprint smashing slightly less
Humans appear to have slowed down the rate at which they are destroying the planet.
Harassment study seeks students
A national survey of sexual harassment and sexual assault is now open...
Lovelace award marks amazing career
Mary O’Kane has won the inaugural Ada Lovelace Medal for outstanding engineering.
SA's energy slug slammed
Activists claim the ‘Big Three’ energy retailers are massively over-charging South Australian customers.
Union wants profits to stop outsourcing
Telstra has unveiled a record profit for the 2015-16 financial year.
Age change made non-compulsory
The Tasmanian Government has ditched its plan to lower the compulsory school starting age.
Banks face big rate rigging trial
Australia’s big banks are caught up in an international rate rigging trial that could cost them billions.
Creative steps will outpace robots
Creative and emotional intelligence will be the keys to robot-proofing the workforce...
Fiery deal on backburner for now
Voting on Victoria’s controversial CFA pay deal will not happen until a Supreme Court trial is over.
Mass-sacking pulled back
Victoria threatened the jobs of over 100 councillors, but will now bring in a bill to save them.
Sri seeks growth in green ideas
Brisbane’s only Greens councillor is finding it hard to bring new ideas to the table.
Dodgy drinks upset thousands
A mass gastro outbreak in New Zealand has been blamed on contaminated water.
Reports reveal latent black lung
Records suggest cases of ‘black lung’ were known about before its official ‘re-emergence’.