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Workers now have the 'right to disconnect', but has it changed anything?
1 week, 1 day ago

Workers now have the 'right to disconnect', but has it changed anything?

ABC  

"No" is a powerful word, and in 2024 workers got to say it to their boss. Under "right to disconnect" laws, employees won the right to "reasonably" refuse contact outside their working hours — including calls and emails. "I think we've seen, by and large, businesses and employees alike really embrace this right to disconnect," says Gabrielle Golding, who researches …

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'Placement poverty' burning out medical students amid cost of living, housing crises pressure
6 months ago

'Placement poverty' burning out medical students amid cost of living, housing crises pressure

ABC  

Tulani White always wanted to be a doctor and it was no small feat when the girl from a working-class family in regional South Australia got into medicine. 'Placement poverty' payment criticism Photo shows A young white woman with long blonde hair sitting on a couch Student groups have described a Commonwealth payment aimed at combating "placement poverty" as "a …

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Lining up the bodies in collision sport on wheels
7 months ago

Lining up the bodies in collision sport on wheels

ABC  

It's a sport that's as tough as they come, with an injury list that can be long. "I got the name Ankle Grinder because I broke my ankle in my first year of playing," Isabelle Hermes remembered as she adjusted her protective helmet. Ainslee deWet, or "Must Dash", is an Adelaide public servant by day, and there have been times …

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Queer photographers’ most radical act? Turning the lens on themselves
7 months ago

Queer photographers’ most radical act? Turning the lens on themselves

LA Times  

Against a dark, inky background, two figures embrace. In “the queer subjectivity that I was thinking about,” Sepuya said, “there is not a need to have specific boundaries.” Definitions are “fluid.” “The structure of the simultaneous positions in which people can relate to each other — that’s the thing that I’m thinking of as queer,” Sepuya said in a recent …

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Catherine Opie wants to tell you about her sexy ‘big-bottom girl chair’
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Catherine Opie wants to tell you about her sexy ‘big-bottom girl chair’

LA Times  

This story is part of Image’s May issue, Homemaking, about home and the many ways we choose to make it. Catherine Opie is excited to talk about her “big-bottom girl chair.” It’s her favorite object in the world that she owns: a black leather chair from Danish designer Finn Juhl. The Chieftain, on the other hand, makes her feel like …

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As viewers move to online streaming services and social media, do we still need free-to-air TV?
8 months, 1 week ago

As viewers move to online streaming services and social media, do we still need free-to-air TV?

ABC  

Fifteen-year-old Alek rarely watches free-to-air TV — but on the rare occasion he does, it's to catch a game of football. His mate George, also 15, has similar viewing habits, but reckons traditional TV is still important, so people can watch the news and "know what's happening in the world". But as its viewership declines in favour of paid streaming …

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Report and letter signed by 'Opie' attract auction interest ahead of Oscars
9 months, 4 weeks ago

Report and letter signed by 'Opie' attract auction interest ahead of Oscars

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Interest in the late scientist …

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Past is prologue to today’s anxieties amid 35 years of Catherine Opie’s photographs
11 months, 1 week ago

Past is prologue to today’s anxieties amid 35 years of Catherine Opie’s photographs

LA Times  

Catherine Opie’s photograph “Day Before the O.J. For the record: The photo caption in an earlier version misidentified the date of Catherine Opie’s “Self-Portrait/Cutting contact sheet.” The correct date is 1993/2024. The drapery slyly recalls Renaissance artist Hans Holbein’s famous double portrait of “The Ambassadors,” rife with undertones of deadly religious discord during the reign of the much-married Henry VIII. …

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A British painting stolen by mobsters is returned to the owner’s son — 54 years later
11 months, 2 weeks ago

A British painting stolen by mobsters is returned to the owner’s son — 54 years later

LA Times  

Special Agent Gary France, second from right, joins Dr. Francis Wood and his children with a John Opie painting that was stolen in 1969 from the home of Wood’s parents. It’s quite amazing.” According to the FBI, “The Schoolmistress” was taken from Earl Wood’s house by three men working at the direction of former New Jersey state Sen. Anthony Imperiale, …

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9 L.A. happenings to pull up to now that you’ve fully settled into the January flow
11 months, 3 weeks ago

9 L.A. happenings to pull up to now that you’ve fully settled into the January flow

LA Times  

Louis Vuitton SS24 pop-up in WeHo Louis Vuitton pop-up in West Hollywood. us.louisvuitton.com Sam Gilliam: The Last Five Years Sam Gilliam, “Untitled” In this David Kordansky Gallery show, which was co-organized with New York’s Pace Gallery, visitors will have the chance to behold artworks by Sam Gilliam that have never been exhibited publicly. It focuses on the last five years …

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Ahead of Voice referendum, remote Yalata community focuses on reducing unemployment
1 year, 3 months ago

Ahead of Voice referendum, remote Yalata community focuses on reducing unemployment

ABC  

Most mornings, Erwin Mungee can be found inside a dusty aluminium shed, chopping and packaging dead trees to sell as firewood. "I feel good to come work," he said, leaning on a plastic crate filled with western myall wood gathered from 4,500 square-kilometres of Yalata land. "There's some misinformation about Aboriginal communities, how they're fully supported by government handouts and …

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Brexit red tape risks winter of empty supermarket shelves
1 year, 7 months ago

Brexit red tape risks winter of empty supermarket shelves

The Independent  

New Brexit red tape on EU imports could push up food prices and see more shortages in the supermarkets, industry bosses fear. The retail expert added: “The key focus, however, must be getting European supply chains and UK government checks ready for October, to avoid disruption at our ports.” Mr Opie will apprise peers of the ongoing post-Brexit problems for …

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Can Labor solve the housing affordability crisis while lucrative property tax breaks exist?
1 year, 8 months ago

Can Labor solve the housing affordability crisis while lucrative property tax breaks exist?

ABC  

Norma Wannell never imagined she would be homeless. RBA says first home buyer and building grants pushed up house prices Photo shows An aerial shot of the inner-city Perth suburb of Mount Hawthorn Government subsidies such as first home buyer grants and HomeBuilder have boosted demand for homes and helped push up house prices, with "pervasive" impacts on housing outcomes …

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Olympic boxing hopeful Fred Zziwa fighting to get visa ahead of Paris Games
2 years, 1 month ago

Olympic boxing hopeful Fred Zziwa fighting to get visa ahead of Paris Games

ABC  

When Fred Zziwa stepped into his local gym in the quiet coastal town of Victor Harbor becoming a boxer had never crossed his mind. Key points: Ugandan-born Fred Zziwa recently won the Australian Boxing Championships He wants to represent Australia at the 2024 Olympics but is waiting for his visa application to be assessed He has lived in Australia for …

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Taking up space at work isn't easy. Here's how employees can speak up for one another
3 years, 3 months ago

Taking up space at work isn't easy. Here's how employees can speak up for one another

NPR  

Taking up space at work isn't easy. Here's how employees can speak up for one another Enlarge this image Connie Hanzhang Jin/NPR Connie Hanzhang Jin/NPR Getting interrupted. Call it out Connie Hanzhang Jin/NPR If Ralph interrupts you while you're proposing an idea, you speak right up: "Excuse me, Ralph, I was talking. Sponsor Message Ridgeway says softeners are a way …

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This Is What It's Like To Go Through Menopause At Work
3 years, 4 months ago

This Is What It's Like To Go Through Menopause At Work

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Lisa Miller likens her mind to a sieve when “menopause brain” hits at work. I get frustrated.“ Forgetfulness and having difficulty concentrating or thinking clearly are common symptoms, collectively known as “brain fog,” that can affect one-third to two-thirds of people going through menopause, according to researchers’ estimates. “I don’t find it depressing or anything like that, …

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Brexit trade agreement ‘unworkable’ for UK supermarkets, MPs told
3 years, 11 months ago

Brexit trade agreement ‘unworkable’ for UK supermarkets, MPs told

The Independent  

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Landmark report details experiences of young people detained at Adelaide Youth Training Centre
4 years, 5 months ago

Landmark report details experiences of young people detained at Adelaide Youth Training Centre

ABC  

"Pants off, naked from waist down; facing front, slight bend at knees and lift scrotum up; turn around, with back to staff member; squat and cough; turn back around." Key points: A landmark report into Adelaide Youth Training Centre was tabled in Parliament this week The rarely-heard voices of young detainees are published in its pages Guardian for Children Penny …

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Comedy Central star Vic Henley dies from a pulmonary embolism
4 years, 9 months ago

Comedy Central star Vic Henley dies from a pulmonary embolism

Daily Mail  

Vic Henley has died at age 57 from a pulmonary embolism. The stand-up comedian - who appeared on Comedy Central and The Opie & Anthony Show - passed away on Monday after the embolism occurred over the weekend, his family confirmed on Facebook. Sad loss for comedy: Vic Henley has died at age 57 from a pulmonary embolism. Seen in …

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Boris Johnson Brexit deal to cause price hikes and shortages of fresh fruit and vegetables, retail chiefs warn
4 years, 10 months ago

Boris Johnson Brexit deal to cause price hikes and shortages of fresh fruit and vegetables, retail chiefs warn

The Independent  

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Experts say sex education isn't keeping up with technology
5 years, 3 months ago

Experts say sex education isn't keeping up with technology

ABC  

Child safety experts say school-based sex education programs aren't keeping up with the times, or the technology when it comes to sexting, despite research showing one in three teens is engaging in the practice. Key points: Experts say more needs to be done to educate young people about sexting, not just saying not to do it Television shows like The …

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