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Healthcare
How to channel more medical graduates into primary healthcare
A decade ago, half of all medical graduates expressed an intention to enter primary healthcare, but in recent years this figure has plummeted to just 15 percent. With an already struggling workforce, this shortfall represents a major crisis, according to Dr Konrad Kangru of the RACGP – a speaker at this year’s National Health Workforce…
13 Sep 2022, by Amy SarcevicBanking & Finance | Legal
Banks should reimburse consumers for APP losses says Consumer Action Law Centre Chief Gerard Brody
Authorised push payments (APP) - a type of scam where people are tricked into transferring money to fraudsters – is reaching epidemic proportions around the world. In the United Kingdom, APP fraud losses grew 71 percent in the first half of 2021; and have climbed a further 40 percent this year to GBP 474,000 (GBP…
8 Sep 2022, by Amy SarcevicHealthcare | Technology
How digital health can relieve our healthcare workforce crisis
Despite a range of new measures to tackle Australia’s health workforce crisis – including free education and the lifting of migration caps - the sector is facing an uphill struggle in the recruitment and retention of staff. While the country’s health workforce may have grown in recent years, the surging demand for health services –…
6 Sep 2022, by Amy SarcevicTransport & Logistics
Light rail is coming to Auckland
With its growing population and road use, Auckland was recently recognised as the most congested city in Australasia, and the 112th most congested city in the world. Over the last four years, weekly motorway trips in the city have grown by 10 percent, with single occupancy vehicles representing 67 percent of morning traffic to the…
1 Sep 2022, by Amy SarcevicMining & Resources
Australian phosphate exports looking likely
Australia’s abundant phosphate reserves could soon be in the hands of European consumers, with final negotiations underway for Chatham Rock Phosphate’s (CRP) game-changing mine acquisition in Queensland. Executive Director, Colin Randall, is hopeful that the company’s $12.3 million acquisition of the Korella mine, 150 kilometres south-east of Mount Isa, will service both domestic and international…
31 Aug 2022, by Amy SarcevicTransport & Logistics
100% circular trains by 2030 – the Dutch rail company that doesn’t believe in waste
Not many office workers can claim that their laptop bag has travelled 5.7 million kilometres around the country, but project manager and circular economy enthusiast Ilse de Vos van Eekeren can - and she does so proudly. Ilse is heading a team at Dutch Railway in the Netherlands that seeks to find new lives for…
22 Aug 2022, by Amy SarcevicBusiness
Closing the execution gap in corporate sustainability
Setting ambitious sustainability goals is an important move for any corporation in today’s world. Aside from the ethical implications of corporate social responsibility (CSR), clients and investors are becoming increasingly discerning about the companies they do business with – and many are now demanding cleaner practices. The recent uprise of the Principles of Responsible Investment…
19 Aug 2022, by Amy SarcevicEnergy & Utilities
What APPEA and its members are doing to abate carbon this year and beyond
Australia’s peak industry body for the Oil and Gas sector, APPEA, is no stranger to the topic of environmental sustainability. Decades before the Paris Agreement was established, the association was quick to champion cleaner energy projects, famously favouring gas over a potential coal-fired plant in the Northern Territory in 1984 and halving its emissions in…
11 Aug 2022, by Amy SarcevicTechnology | Transport & Logistics
The very light rail technology that will make trams two thirds cheaper to install
With transport accounting for one fifth of global carbon dioxide emissions, increasing uptake of public transport is one of the most meaningful ways cities can cut their carbon footprint and improve air quality. For larger cities with tram networks, this is often an easier task. Inner city rail systems are an increasingly attractive alternative to…
8 Aug 2022, by Amy SarcevicDefence & Security
How defence contractor Lockheed Martin Australia is boosting numbers of women in its workforce
Rates of women’s participation in STEM professions have only seen modest improvements in recent years. Despite representing 50 percent of Australia’s overall workforce, just 28 percent of current STEM-skilled workers are women - up from 24 percent in 2016. Within the Defence industry, the representation of women is smaller, at 19.2 percent – and a…
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