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This woman is using science to defend us – but she can’t talk about it
After a stellar career as an academic researcher, Professor Tanya Monro now heads Canberra’s top-secret Defence Science and Technology Group.
- Julie Hare
Poor kids who choose the IB do better than rich kids who don’t: study
Jasmine Werneberg says the International Baccalaureate she did at high school was more academically rigorous than her business-law degree at university.
- Julie Hare
Government contracts on the line if gender targets not met
Companies like BAE Systems, Microsoft, SAP and the big consulting firms stand to lose billions in government contracts if they can’t prove they’re meeting targets.
- Hannah Wootton
Bosses want upskilled workforce? Pay your way, says Suncorp
Employers haven’t thrown enough into staff skills development and paid time must be allotted to boost productivity, chairwoman Christine McLoughlin says.
- Liam Walsh
Crackdown on ultra-early uni offers in Year 12 to boost enrolments
Universities have been told they have to rein in the practice of making early offers of a guaranteed place to Year 12 students.
- Julie Hare
Unions’ 5pc wage claim will keep interest rates high: business
Employers say the ACTU’s bid for a 5 per cent increase is “an open letter to the RBA to keep interest rates higher for longer”, while economists warn it will have an inflationary effect.
- David Marin-Guzman
Recent columns
Drug use at work isn’t biohacking. It’s workaholism
Even if anecdote-driven reports oversell the problem, it’s clear that the “just say no” and “this is your brain on drugs” eras are a relic of the past.
Contributor
Independence isn’t the power the ‘directorati’ would have us believe
The irony is the skills needed to secure invitations to join boards from the king- and queen-makers of corporate Australia are the antithesis of what’s required to monitor and test management.
CIO Sandon Capital
Lee rebukes TWU’s monopoly
The court cases involving Uber and Qantas raised different questions about legalised business and union monopolies.
Editorial
Unions target small business through women
Inflexibility over work hours and the right to disconnect will hit women and their small business employers the hardest of all.
Women's advocate
This Month
Why this CEO is happy to admit he is ‘not particularly smart’
Intrepid Travel chief James Thornton says he did “OK” at school and isn’t that smart. But he was CEO by the age of 35.
- Sally Patten and Lap Phan
- Exclusive
- Education
Study shows why kids drop out of school
Schools need to respond to early warning signs and provide individualised support if high school dropout rates are to be averted, a study says.
- Julie Hare
Union push for 5pc minimum wage rise sets up pay showdown
ACTU secretary Sally McManus will argue the pay claim for 2.9 million workers will not drive up inflation.
- David Marin-Guzman
Keep minimum wage rise to 2pc, says employer group
Business group ACCI will argue that the Fair Work Commission overcompensated for inflation last year with its record high minimum wage rise and must correct it.
- David Marin-Guzman
- Exclusive
- Private schools
Emails revealed as ousted Cranbrook head hires top silk
If Cranbrook governing council thought a quick resignation from headmaster Nicholas Sampson would bring about a swift end to its media agony, it was wrong.
- Kylar Loussikian and Julie Hare
Economist sacked for student misconduct sues university over ‘ageism’
A 68-year-old professor accused of inappropriate behaviour with a student at the University of Melbourne has claimed he was fired because he was “decades older” than her.
- David Marin-Guzman
- Exclusive
- Governance
Australia’s highest-paid directors revealed
Women now account for more than 30 per cent of directors on ASX 200 companies – but they still don’t perform as well as their male colleagues in the money stakes.
- Updated
- Patrick Durkin
Too many meetings stalling your work? Here’s what you can do
More than half the respondents in a survey say they do catch-up work at nights because of the amount of time spent on attending meetings each day.
- Euan Black
Teals back cutting HECS indexation
Independent MPs are pushing for reform of the student loans system ahead of the May budget.
- Julie Hare
How this actuary became a venture capitalist
Welcome to our new AFR series featuring professionals who have made a big career leap into the unknown.
- Tess Bennett
Business seeks new category of part-time worker
A peak employer group has proposed a new “flexible ongoing employee” where part-timers in hospitality and retail would be paid more to get rostered at their boss’ discretion.
- Updated
- David Marin-Guzman
Slash nine-year terms, end gender box-ticking: Livingstone
Catherine Livingstone has called for six-year terms for directors to help refresh boardrooms and urged a focus on diversity beyond the usual box-ticking metrics such as gender.
- Patrick Durkin and Hannah Wootton
- Exclusive
- Online trading
Equity traps in the growing pool of share schemes
Anna Ross crowdfunded capital to get her beauty empire off the ground, but some small-time investors have become desperate to get their money back.
- Patrick Durkin
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
Best career advice? ‘Get some feathers on your wings’
Damien Nicks, the chief executive of giant electricity and gas supplier AGL Energy, answers our CEO Q&A.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith
RBA to watch for ‘spillover’ from aged care pay rise
Michele Bullock will be alert to the effects from the “very worthy” 14 per cent wage increase but says this is unlikely to shift forecasts for inflation.
- David Marin-Guzman
- Exclusive
- Workplace
Hundreds of workers trial nine-day fortnight at Bupa
Private health insurer Bupa has joined the growing ranks of white-collar employers experimenting with a nine-day fortnight.
- Euan Black
- Opinion
- Workplace culture
Drug use at work isn’t biohacking. It’s workaholism
Even if anecdote-driven reports oversell the problem, it’s clear that the “just say no” and “this is your brain on drugs” eras are a relic of the past.
- Sarah Green Carmichael
- Opinion
- Governance
Independence isn’t the power the ‘directorati’ would have us believe
The irony is the skills needed to secure invitations to join boards from the king- and queen-makers of corporate Australia are the antithesis of what’s required to monitor and test management.
- Gabriel Radzyminski
How this CEO cuts hour-long meetings to just five minutes
Justin Graham of advertising firm M&C Saatchi also says he wants to compete on Survivor, but suspects he might be thrown off the reality TV show early.
- Sally Patten and Lap Phan