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Australia leads the world in Reddit usage.

Why toxic Australian bosses should be terrified of this website

The online forum Reddit has quickly become a popular place to vent about your job. But if you’re not careful, it could come back to bite you.

  • Tim Duggan

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Julia Baird lunching over Skype on her verandah.

Here I am, yet another woman wrecking the joint

A great masthead dared to ask: Did women ruin the workplace? Well, let’s dance on some of those smoking ruins.

  • Julia Baird
Tradies face fees of up to $1700 to access the rules governing the installation of solar panels.

From solar panels to urine samples: The steep cost of Australia’s safety standards revealed

Retailers, labs, tradies and others pay hundreds of millions a year to access rules and regulations across 9000 standards. The customer ultimately covers the cost.

  • Shane Wright
Are we seeing a cultural change in workplace norms brought on by Gen Z, many of whom started their careers working remotely?

Why doing less is the smartest career move you can make

People are finally waking up to the idea that constant hustle isn’t a badge of honour, but a barrier.

  • Donna McGeorge
Many workers have been stung by non-compete clauses in their employment contracts.

‘Less like Monopoly, more like Lego’: Labor’s plan to scrap lock-in contracts

Everyone from yoga instructors to laundromat workers are finding their work contracts contain non-compete clauses, described as agreements people would expect “Cold War spies” to sign.

  • Shane Wright

Our future prosperity is bright. We’ve hidden an ace up our sleeve

Doomster economists predicting that our standard of living won’t improve much for decades are overlooking Australia’s superpower.

  • Ross Gittins
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Treasurer Dr Jim Chalmers and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese during Question Time at Parliament House in Canberra on Wednesday 27 August 2025. fedpol Photo: Alex Ellinghausen

‘Smaller slices of a smaller pie’: Business chief warns PM against world-first tax idea

Raising the prospect of a stand-off reminiscent of the Rudd-era mining tax, Business Council of Australia chief Bran Black will set red lines for the business community on tax reform.

  • Paul Sakkal and Elias Visontay
The agency that overseas Medicare payments says more technology will help it tackle fraud.

From Medicare to unfair dismissals: Where the government is waging its red-tape war

The government asked bureaucrats for ways to cut red tape. They say new tech and AI can help make savings and stop criminals.

  • Shane Wright
Employees covered under EBAs are lucky enough to get a guaranteed annual wage increase. Just don’t call it a ‘pay rise’.

Another great Australian dream goes by the wayside

We’re still a long, long way from enjoying the 15-hour working week predicted in the 1930s.

  • Victoria Devine
Danielle Wood, CBA CEO Matt Comyn and ACCC Chair Gina Cass-Gottlieb at the economic roundtable on Thursday, August 21, 2025.

Up to $60k a day each: The cost of inviting execs to sit at Chalmers’ roundtable

Many of the people at the treasurer’s economic roundtable are earning six or seven figures, but there’s one whose single-day appearance is worth more than $60,000.

  • Millie Muroi

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