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R U OK day: what do you do if someone says ‘no’? Wednesday September 12, 2018 By Jill Newby & Chien Hoong Gooi Features R U OK Day is tomorrow, encouraging all of us to check in with others to see if they’re OK. But what if someone says “no”?… Read more
Melbourne or Sydney? This is how our two biggest cities compare for liveability Monday September 10, 2018 By Lucy Gunn, Billie Giles-Corti, Julianna Rozek & Melanie Davern Editors' Picks Every year, our big cities vie for global liveability honours. But as well as differences between the cities, liveability varies widely within them, leaving plenty… Read more
Overworked? Good habits, not holidays, are the answer Thursday September 6, 2018 By Stacey Parker Editors' Picks Research has shown that the benefits of a holiday tend to last only two to four weeks. After that, you’re left just as burned out… Read more
Stop working on your commute – it doesn’t benefit anyone Thursday September 6, 2018 By David Spencer Editors' Picks In a rational world, we would move to ban out-of-hours email, not just to protect free time, but also to safeguard health. Read more
Ten ways to get on top of your overloaded email inbox that actually work Monday September 3, 2018 By Paul Levy Editors' Picks To finally gain mastery over our inboxes we have to deal with the root causes and not just the symptoms that frequently flare up. Here… Read more
Five myths about email at work and how to cope with communications overload Monday September 3, 2018 By Emma Russell Features Research reveals a number of strategies that are generally beneficial and can be used to dispel many of the popular myths about work email and… Read more
Why we can’t predict how workers will act, based on their sex Thursday August 30, 2018 By Cordelia Fine & Nick Haslam Case studies Gender essentialists who think "men are from Mars and women are from Venus" are more likely to accept gender discrimination and respond negatively when women… Read more
City Deals: what Turnbull's urban policy has achieved, and where we go from here Tuesday August 28, 2018 By Paul Burton Editors' Picks Malcolm Turnbull put in place the City Deals program in 2015 - aiming to create better partnerships between all levels of government. Some projects are… Read more
It’s not all in your mind: how meditation affects the brain to help you stress less Wednesday August 22, 2018 By Michaela Pascoe Editors' Picks Meditation and yoga affect the brain's stress response system to help us feel more relaxed. They can even lower our blood pressure. Read more
Why war evolved to be a man's game – and why that's only now changing Monday August 20, 2018 By Alberto Micheletti Editors' Picks Men have come to dominate military combat but new evidence suggests this might be more an accident than an inevitability of evolution. Read more
Kofi Annan's legacy has impressive achievements, and some profound failures Monday August 20, 2018 By Danny Bradlow Features Given the Secretary-General’s weak position, it may also be inevitable that its leaders will have to turn a blind eye to some acts and omissions… Read more
Kofi Annan understood the limits of diplomacy, as well as why it’s important never to give up Monday August 20, 2018 By John J Stremlau Features One of major innovations of Kofi Annan's term as UN Secretary-General was his openness and willingness to reach out, listen too, cooperate with and occasionally… Read more
Money spent on new regulations may be better put to educating future customers Friday August 17, 2018 By Dirk Baur, Elizabeth Ooi & Paul Gerrans Economy & Industry The royal commission should result not only in new regulation, but new education. Finance academics argue better-educated people are better equipped to ask the right questions… Read more
Coming out at work is not a one-off event Thursday August 16, 2018 By Raymond Trau Editors' Picks When LGBTIQ+ people change jobs, gain new workmates or a new boss, they again must weigh up the risks of coming out. Inclusive workplaces realise… Read more
Your colleagues are not dinosaurs – it's workplace routines that make innovation difficult Tuesday August 14, 2018 By Mary Tate Features Not all innovation hurdles can be blamed on resistance to change -- for good reasons, organisational routines can get in the way. Dr Mary Tate… Read more
