That the Fair Work Ombudsman brought a case against Foodora suggests its workers are most likely to be classified as employees. This could dissuade other platforms from offering similar benefits.
Young people are especially careful about expressing political view on social media.
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It may be because we’re early adopters and know the risks of social media, but a new study has found Australians are particularly careful about expressing political views online.
While major brands like Coca-Cola have stuck by FIFA and the World Cup, others have not.
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What will Antarctica look like in 2070? Will the icy wilderness we know today survive, or will it succumb to climate change and human pressure? Our choices over the coming decade will seal its fate.
Without floating sea ice, climate-weakened ice shelves are wide open to attack by waves.
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Since 1995, several ice shelves off the Antarctic Peninsula have abruptly disintegrated. A new analysis suggests that these events are triggered when ice shelves lose their buffer of floating ice.
The pilot, Jessie Maude Miller (right), became the first woman to fly between Australia and England, before moving the US.
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Thousands of Australian women took flight to the US in the early 20th century, escaping sexism at home for success overseas. They included architects, artists, dentists and an economist who advised JFK.
Economics is about so much more than money – it can help people find the right kidney donors, for example.
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Economics isn’t just about money – it offers ways to tackle many of our problems. But economists lack diversity, and that limits how they see the world and the solutions they offer.
An unhealthy diet is now the leading preventable risk factor for disease globally.
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Dockless or stationless bike sharing is risky business, relying a bit too much on common decency. Bike sharing schemes can work, but they may need to forego user convenience for bike safety.
All Australian schools should provide high-quality education to all Australian students, including Indigenous ones.
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Flexischools appear to be doing Indigenous education better than mainstream schooling. To close the gap in education, we should look at what these schools are doing and apply it in the mainstream.
Attorney-General Christian Porter, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and Australian Minister for Social Services Dan Tehan announce the government’s response to the child abuse royal commission.
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The government’s response to the Royal Commission, which includes a formal apology, is heartening. But the real test will come in redress for the harms done.
Wedge-tailed eagles have been found poisoned in East Gippsland.
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Households that are most likely to go solar are those that can afford solar panels, but aren’t so rich that they don’t have to worry about their electricity bill at all, says a survey of 8,000 homes.
Argentine striker Mario Kempes controlling the ball during his team’s win against the Netherlands in the 1978 World Cup.
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Regional areas are expanding, and yet not enough attention is being paid to improving rail access to capital cities. This affects the liveability of the areas.
Trade, Tourism and Investment Minister Steven Ciobo attended the recent AFL match in Shanghai, but the bigger picture is about reassuring China that Australia welcomes its investment.
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Interviews with Chinese executives confirm the political debate about China is creating feelings of being unwelcome and apprehensive about investing in Australia.
How well you’ll cope on a mountain has little to do with how fit you are.
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A new study shows that eye-trackers in computers and VR headsets enable AI to predict your next move in digital games – and that deception strategies won’t work as well on AI as they do on humans.
In fact, some things are slowing the Earth down or could change its spinning in the future.
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Brumbies have a devoted following among high country locals, despite the fact that they were despised by colonial settler farmers. Their mythical status today owes a lot to cultural figures such as Banjo Paterson.
North Korean Chairman Kim Jong-un and US President Donald Trump were all smiles today, but a meaningful agreement is still a long way off.
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One noticeable omission was any mention of “complete, verifiable, irreversible denuclearisation” - whether this was strategy or capitulation on President Donald Trump’s part remains to be seen.
The 35 m-diameter dish antenna of ESA’s deep-space tracking station at New Norcia, Western Australia.
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