This headline is from an article published in the “The Australian” newspaper today (Sept 18, page 6)I wrote an article on the blog on exactly this topic (16th of Sept) how more females are graduating, entering various professions, how they get less pay than their male equivalents.Its ironic, the legal industrial that represents people / […]
If you have experienced different or less favourable treatment in your workplace due to your personal circumstances with COVID-19, you may have been subjected to discrimination and certainly should not be dismissed There are certain personal attributes that are protected by discrimination laws, such as race, disability, gender, pregnancy and family responsibilities. COVID-19 is not […]
It is widely acknowledged that females earn less money than males. Many politicians, journalists and commentators, claim that this is due to females tending to be in lower-paid careers. Of course, the pay equality complaint is that females are paid less than males for the same work, but the discussion should also include the fact […]
There has been incessant criticism and death threats targeted at the Queensland Chief Health Officer, Dr Jeannette Young, surrounding the rigid Queensland border closures. Calls for Dr Young to resign are resounding throughout the public arena. But who calls the shots? Can the Australian people force Dr Young to resign? Or is it best handled […]
Parts of Australia are current in a state of emergency and a state of disaster simultaneously amidst the global pandemic. With this, our rights and the laws we are governed and live under are changing on an extremely frequent basis. Both the state of emergency and state of disaster declared by our different levels of […]
Every recession and tragedy in history has shown that people consequently suffer great detriment and negative impact on their mental health and wellbeing, due to harsh economic circumstances. The possible mental health impacts correlated with the imminent economic recession and the coronavirus pandemic is a prominent topic of discussion amongst health professionals and government. With […]
COVID-19, EMPLOYMENT & YOUR MENTAL HEALTH – WHAT CAN YOU DO?With unemployment on the rise and showing no signs of slowing, what can you do to protect your job, avoid being dismissed and safeguard your mental health? What is happening to employment during the COVID-19 pandemic? The coronavirus pandemic is taking many more victims than […]
“Equality is not a concept. Its not something we should be striving for. It’s a necessity. Equality is like gravity. We need it to stand on this earth as men and women, and the misogyny that is in every culture is not a true part of the human condition. It is life out of balance, […]
“What the world needs now is solidarity. With solidarity we can defeat the virus and build a better world” – United Nations Secretary – General Antonio Guterres. The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic is an ongoing global pandemic, to which is one of the most precedenting and uncertain times in all our lives. As the World Health […]
In the age of COVID-19 and the uncertain times ahead for the Australian economy, we are seeing jobs being made redundant left, right and center. Some are genuine, some may not be. In consideration of the impending recession, the previous difficulty of proving whether a genuine redundancy has occurred or not, has become infinitely harder […]
