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Supermarket surveillance: why we dislike it and what stores should be doing

25 Oct 2023

A UNSW consumer psychologist says that supermarkets need to take a new approach to ease shopper frustrations.

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Back-to-the-office push could reverse gains for people with disability

25 Jul 2023

Avoiding the office commute is just one reason why working from home suits many workers with disability better. Employers need to take a nuanced approach to workplace flexibility.

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How reliance on consultancy firms like PwC undermines the capacity of governments

08 Jun 2023

The growing use of external consultants to do government work has led to a “hollowing out” of the public service.

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‘Use it or lose it’ – getting NDIS funding is only half the battle for participants

23 Aug 2022

Some NDIS participants worry if they don’t spend their annual funds, they won’t be offered the same support in their next plan – and it’s harder for some to use what they’ve been allocated.

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NDIS fraud reports reveal the scheme's weakest points

17 Aug 2022

Reports of large-scale NDIS fraud show it’s time to work with participants and involve them in oversight.

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Australia's next government must tackle our collapsing ecosystems and extinction crisis

05 May 2022

We don’t have to passively sit back and watch Australia’s species and ecosystems die. Here are five concrete steps the next government should take.

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Vital Signs: Marketing is getting in the way of markets that could get us to net-zero

12 Nov 2021

The prime minister road-tested an avalanche of slogans on Wednesday, some of them clearly false.

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Children with disability are prioritised, but struggle to get a vaccine appointment

30 Sep 2021

In a new survey, almost two-thirds of parents reported having trouble securing a vaccination for their child or children with disability.

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NDIS independent assessments are off the table for now. That’s good – the evidence wasn’t there

12 Jul 2021

The proposed NDIS independent assessments have been controversial. Data doesn't really tell us whether they'd deliver for Australians with disability.

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Vaccinating the highest-risk first was the plan. But people with disability are left behind

26 Apr 2021

During the height of the pandemic, people with disability felt they had been forgotten and were not a priority. In the vaccine rollout, the government is repeating its past mistakes.

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