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A new government, concrete action taken in the wake of the jobs summit and a Reserve Bank hell bent on returning the economy to balance could produce quite a bit of change. And for many, it's deeply...

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TONIGHT: CEO of @AYAC_ @lrycken joins the panel to discuss Day 2 of the Jobs & Skills Summit, and should workers be sent back to CBD offices full-time? PLUS: @BobBrownFndn on the Franklin River protests – and how environmental activists are dealt with today. #TheDrum

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on the Franklin River protests – and how environmental activists are dealt with today. #TheDrum

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#ICYMI: Women on the pill may be less competitive than natural cycling – that’s menstrual cycling – women, a new study has found. We asked Dr Kudzai Kanhutu if this even makes sense – and what sort of research we should be funding into women’s health and hormones. #TheDrum

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"People may want to set up a side hustle, or earn some income in a different way, and that could take off and become an entirely new enterprise." -

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167,646 businesses were created last financial year. Of them, 80 per cent were non-employing businesses or sole traders — many of them Australians monetising a hobby. READ the full story here by

@DaveTaylorNews

here 👉🏻

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Tired of waiting for a big pay rise or promotion? Join thousands of Australians taking on a side...

As wage growth remains stubbornly low, more Australians than ever are running a small business alongside their full-time job to increase their income.

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WATCH our coverage of the Jobs & Skills Summit on

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“Jobs summit is a two-day episode of The Drum”. A breakthrough!!! Voices of a diversity of Australians heard in the corridors of power, just like on ⁦@ABCthedrum⁩ each week night! Hooray! #thedrum ⁦⁦@anniewhiteabc⁩ ⁦@JYerushalmy⁩ afr.com/politics/feder

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TONIGHT: The Jobs & Skills Summit is underway! We’ll discuss the real issues on the frontline – from wages to childcare and how to remove barriers to employment – with the people who have the most to lose or gain from today.

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PLUS: Do you have a side hustle? Apparently, a lot of us do, with around 100,000 Australians working more than two jobs. #TheDrum

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TONIGHT: The Jobs & Skills Summit is underway! We’ll discuss the real issues on the frontline – from wages to childcare and how to remove barriers to employment – with the people who have the most to lose or gain from today.

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From our friends at China Tonight: China is a rapidly ageing population and by 2050, around a third of China's population will be aged over 60 — but who will care for them? WATCH full episodes of China Tonight on

@ABCTV

: ab.co/3cRDvN2

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TONIGHT: COVID isolation rules, and the childcare subsidy system – should simplifying it be a priority at the Jobs and Skills Summit? PLUS: Mikhail Gorbachev’s role in ending the Cold War, and Princess Diana’s legacy 25 years after her death. #TheDrum

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ALSO: Do you know which countries still have capital punishment? Barry Jones has updated his collection of essays on the death penalty first published in 1968 – and today, while capital punishment is abolished in 108 states, it has also recently returned to Myanmar.

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TONIGHT: COVID isolation rules, and the childcare subsidy system – should simplifying it be a priority at the Jobs and Skills Summit? PLUS: Mikhail Gorbachev’s role in ending the Cold War, and Princess Diana’s legacy 25 years after her death. #TheDrum

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#ICYMI: Do we all feel emotions the same way? Dutch psychologist

@BatjaMesquita

has discovered that the western view of emotions fails to recognise how culture influences what we feel. #TheDrum

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· Aug 30

TONIGHT: The Chris Dawson verdict and the impact of true crime podcasts, and why Labor is holding on to stage three tax cuts. PLUS: Diversity and inclusion is a booming industry – but do anti-discrimination policies and initiatives actually work? #TheDrum

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@TasChop

, Cross-cultural Consultant

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TONIGHT: The Chris Dawson verdict and the impact of true crime podcasts, and why Labor is holding on to stage three tax cuts. PLUS: Diversity and inclusion is a booming industry – but do anti-discrimination policies and initiatives actually work? #TheDrum

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From our friends at #ChinaTonight: As the 50th anniversary of diplomatic relations between China and Japan approaches, tension over Taiwan and territorial disputes are bringing historic grievances out into the open. WATCH China Tonight on

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#ICYMI: Reporter

went to the community of Titjikala in the NT to see firsthand how they are detecting and eliminating trachoma — an eye-blinding disease. #TheDrum

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· Aug 29

TONIGHT: We mark six months on from devastating floods in Australia, as delays in recovery efforts mean victims are still waiting for suitable housing – what does Australia need to do to be ready for the next natural disaster? #TheDrum

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@lisaharveysmith

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Joining Ellen Fanning: - Zhanae Dodd, business owner and former Queensland Youth Premier. - Kudzai Kanhutu, Infections Disease Expert. - Michael Yabsley, Former NSW Liberal MP. - Lisa Jackson Pulver, Deputy Vice-Chancellor of Indigenous Strategy and Services at USYD.

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Kids in Titjikala are flipping their eyelids up to get checked for trachoma – but why does this disease still exist in Australia?

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Kids in Titjikala are flipping their eyelids up to get checked for trachoma – but why does this...

As the Joint Council on Closing the Gap meets in Adelaide, cases of trachoma in Aboriginal communities are declining as NT Health pop-up clinics teach kids how to clean their faces properly — but a...

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#ICYMI: What can a fictional football coach teach us about leadership? Everything, apparently. #TheDrum

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"Remember, the electorate was not exactly captivated by Albanese when he was opposition leader — it may be that on closer inspection, the electorate is willing to give him the benefit of the doubt." #TheDrum READ the full story by

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The one number that might spell doom for Anthony Albanese's polling

The honeymoon period for Australian prime ministers is 94 days, according to a leading political science expert — which means that Anthony Albanese's popularity bubble is set to burst.

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TONIGHT: The Robodebt royal commission, and should we be able to pull money from our super accounts early? PLUS: Thinking of quiet quitting? How to rethink productivity and figure out what work-life balance really means. #TheDrum

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From our friends at #ChinaTonight: Recent graduates in China are having a hard time finding work — and this is sparking backlash against certain Chinese celebrities over highly coveted job offers. WATCH full episodes of China Tonight on

@ABCTV

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