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The jobs summit needs to think big: here are 3 priorities for future-proofing Australia

This is an edited extract from Danielle Wood’s keynote address to the jobs summit. Read other articles in The Conversation’s series about the summit here.

The Conversation

Look where Australia’s ‘1 million empty homes’ are and why they're vacant – they're not a simple solution to housing need

The recent release of 2021 Census data revealed a shocking “one million homes were unoccupied”.

The Conversation

Workers at heart of just energy transition

There is much at stake, so Australia must prepare for a fair and equitable energy transition.

Newcastle Herald

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Scientists release world-first DNA map of an endangered Australian mouse, and it will help to save it

The native Australian rodent Pseudomys fumeus, named smoky mouse for its colour, was already fighting off extinction when the 2019–20 bushfire season hit.

The Conversation

With Scott Morrison gone, Sussan Ley has taken up the task of baseless EV bashing

The deputy Liberal leader has been taken to task over the ‘totally wrong, wholly incorrect’ claim that no one is making electric utes

The Guardian - AU

Wage growth, immigration in focus at Australian jobs summit

Wage growth and skilled migration are set to dominate the Australian government's jobs summit as Prime Minister Anthony Albanese urged compromises between employers and unions to tackle the country's key economic challenges.

Reuters

Aussie miners told how to pivot and profit

The once-in-a-generation shift in demand to minerals needed for a cleaner world makes Australia a winner, but miners are also being urged to decarbonise.

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Spring sunshine arrives after record rainfall

A balmy 17 degrees is forecast today for the first day of spring.

The Canberra Times

Greens call for environment offsets probe as Tanya Plibersek dreams of Australia as ‘green Wall Street’

Push for moratorium on offsets comes as NSW’s scheme found to have no strategy for ensuring protection of environment

The Guardian - AU

Exercise, not meds, key to back pain fix

Australia's first national standard for treating people with low back pain pushes health practitioners away from prescribing medication and towards exercise.

AAP

Safe workloads would help fix Australia’s nurse shortage, union says

Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation goes to jobs summit saying nurse-to-patient ratios more important than pay

The Guardian - AU

Carbon neutral goals could be met sooner with the help of the forestry industry

Australia's carbon neutral goals could be met sooner, as forestry companies are now able to sequester and store carbon into existing plantations for profit.

ABC News

Aussies with disability 'answer to crisis'

People living with a disability are the answer to workforce shortages across the nation, Australian of the Year Dylan Alcott says.

AAP

David bolts into Australia's T20 WC squad

Unheralded allrounder Tim David's stunning 2022 has continued after being selected in Australia's squad for the Twenty20 World Cup on home soil.

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The Guardian - AU

‘A very low glass ceiling’: sexism and harassment rife in Australian music industry, long-awaited report finds

Investigation sees 55% of respondents allege they had been sexually harassed, with women sharing their frustration at being objectified and having to work ‘10 times harder’

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AMCO Matting rallies to help protect Australia from foot-and-mouth disease

When the threat of foot-and-mouth disease was lapping at Australia's shores, one of the key tools in the country's biosecurity arsenal came from a town in western New South Wales.

ABC News

Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev loved a good hat – so Australia's main man in Moscow got him an Akubra

In 2017, the centenary of the November Bolshevik revolution landed on Melbourne Cup Day. The Soviet Union's last leader, Mikhail Gorbachev, celebrated at Australia's embassy in Moscow, James Glenday writes.

ABC News

Bureau of Meteorology's 50th anniversary of 'sudden death' switch from Fahrenheit to Celsius

For decades Australia has described weather in degrees Celsius, but that wasn't always the case.

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New Australian Signals Directorate coin has a secret code on it - can you crack it?

The coin is being released on Thursday to mark the 75th anniversary of the Australian Signals Directorate

Newcastle Herald

Bluesfest adds fresh blood in first line-up announce for 2023

Old favourites and new sounds are on the line-up in 2023, for the expected first real return to the international class fans have come to expect at Bluesfest. Among the 41 acts announced today are Bonnie Raitt, Buddy Guy, Beth Hart, Jackson Browne, Jason Isbell, Steve Earle, Robert Glasper, Elvis…

The Guardian - AU

Morning mail: unions and business find common ground, house prices plummet, Nationals overlook women

Thursday: Today’s jobs summit opens with broad consensus on three big-ticket policies. Plus: seven pictures of Boris Johnson looking daft

ABC News

Australian Signals Directorate releases coin with secret code to mark cyber-spy agency's 75th anniversary

This Australian Signals Directorate is marking its 75th anniversary with a challenge: four layers of encrypted messages on this coin.

ABC News

Treasurer responds to concerns over unions at Jobs Summit, Cameron Smith defends LIV Golf decision, and will Vladimir Putin attend Mikhail Gorbachev's funeral? — as it happened

The news Australia is searching for, and all the news that happened while you snoozed: This is The Loop, your quick catch-up for this morning's stories as they happen.

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Angelika travelled from Germany to Adelaide trying to learn about her childhood in state care institutions

Angelika travelled the world trying to piece together her childhood, but still has many unanswered questions about her time in state care in South Australia.

ABC News

Bundaberg's Hinkler Lions Park refuge for homeless as Australia lucky country no more for some

Young children play in a park as their parents prepare beds in cars or tents. An elderly man starts a generator to run a ventilator to keep him alive through the night. This is the new face of homelessness in Australia.

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