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Yesterday

Mark O’Brien outside Bistro Moncur in Woollahra, Sydney, on April 11.

Bruce Lehrmann’s lawyer, Mark O’Brien, is on a losing streak

Losses in high-profile cases have experts wondering if Sydney’s client-friendly defamation culture is changing.

  • Aaron Patrick

This Month

Setting yourself a goal to lose weight may not work.

The four steps that change your behaviour - and achieve goals

Rather than setting goals, we are better off finding cues to trigger new habits.

  • Amantha Imber

How to fix construction’s female problem

The gender pay gap in construction is entirely not surprising when the female participation in the industry is so low. Here are five strategies to fix it.

  • Alison Mirams

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Chris Kiefer, a company manager, works from his Melbourne home.

The rise of the home husband

Changes in the structure of work make it more likely wives will go to the office and men will work from their abode.

  • The Economist
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March

Former TV journalist turned businesswoman and author, Andrea Clarke.

It took seven years before my career change paid off

Welcome to our new AFR series featuring professionals who have made a big career leap into the unknown.

  • Tess Bennett
Canva’s Charlotte Anderson says dropping degree requirements from job ads has helped the software giant hire more people from diverse backgrounds.

No degree required: Canva, WiseTech and Culture Amp’s new workforce

Companies are relaxing or eliminating such qualifications from their job ads to access deeper talent pools.

  • Euan Black
Danielle Wood, chairwoman of the Productivity Commission

This is how to win the productivity prize

If a country used only half its factories, it would waste a lot of its productive potential. The same is true if we tap into only half of society’s brainpower.

  • Danielle Wood
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The 30 jobs earning surprise spots in the $100k club

Seek’s list is a mix of white-collar and blue-collar jobs, but a $100,000 salary is not what it used to be.

  • Euan Black

February

The new world of work is creating its own fault lines.

Work from home if you want but don’t expect a pay rise

Remote working is linked with lower wage growth, higher productivity and happier staff.

  • Pilita Clark