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Seeing both poles of Australia and the Pacific Islands

Despite leadership-level scuffles, both reports demonstrate that respondents appreciate Australia–Pacific ties.

Why do Indigenous students need bilingual teaching at school?

About 68% of Indigenous people aged 20–24 years had attained Year 12 or equivalent as of 2021, with a target of 96% by 2031.

20% of young people who forwarded nudes say they had permission – but only 8% gave it!

The figures are slightly higher among lesbian, gay and bisexual individuals.

What makes students feel like they belong at university?

The pandemic and the move to more online teaching certainly had an impact on belonging.

Australia should offer our ‘Pacific family’ access rather than simply reacting to China

July has already seen Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare visit China, French President Emmanuel Macron visit Vanuatu, Papua New Guinea and New Caledonia, and United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken visit Tonga (Australia and New Zealand).

Distorting, misrepresenting and manipulating history through narratives

The readers should know the historical background and ideology of the historian before looking into their writings to understand the motives, dislikes, ambitions or passion of their historical writings.

We need more than a definition change to fix Australia’s culture of permanent ‘casual’ work

Almost 60% of “casuals” had been in the job for more than a year. About 80% expected to still be there in a year’s time.

Let’s take a Free Walking Tour of Melbourne

We'd walked in Tallinn, Stockholm, Copenhagen and Rotterdam with Free Walking Tour groups, but never in Melbourne!

myTax is fast and free – so why do 2 in 3 Australians still pay to lodge a tax return?

There was an “e-Tax” filing option before the 2015-16 tax year, but this was quite complicated and barely better than filling out a form online.

Australians are living and working longer – but not necessarily healthier

To achieve longer working lives, workplaces will need to become more supportive of mature-age workers, including accommodating long-term health conditions.

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India’s women lead the world in AI skills, nearly twice the global average

At 1.9, Indian women score higher than women in the United States (1.71), Canada (0.97), and the United Kingdom (0.90) — countries long regarded as frontrunners in technology talent.

Australian-British executive Tania Baumann and Indian diplomat Tanmaya Lal appointed Commonwealth Deputy Secretary-Generals

The appointments were announced by Commonwealth Secretary-General Shirley Botchwey as the organisation strengthens its leadership team ahead of the upcoming Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Antigua and Barbuda later this year.

Australian retail giant to offshore hundreds of IT jobs to India amid cost-cutting drive

“As part of this program, some activities currently performed in our Australian support office will transition to a new global centre in Bengaluru.”
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