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Editor's note
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The amount of people employed in Australia was going up at last count so why is there an uneasy feeling about the economy? It’s because, despite this, the promise of a job isn’t what it used to be.
In our series What We Earn we look at how our pay has buckled under the pressure of a number of long-term changes. Today Josh Healy and Daniel Nicholson explain why the promise of more pay for accepting casual work isn’t true any more.
Also today, we launch our three-part series on hedonism and health. Desirée Kozlowski starts by looking at what hedonism is (and is not) and how you can add (and appreciate) some simple pleasures in your daily life. And no, that doesn’t necessarily mean binge drinking or all-night wild parties.
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Jenni Henderson
Editor, Business and Economy
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Top story
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The option of “holding out” for a permanent job looks increasingly risky as these opportunities dwindle.
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Joshua Healy, University of Melbourne; Daniel Nicholson, University of Melbourne
The costs of casual work are now outweighing the slim benefits in wages (and even those are not as much as they used to be).
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Health + Medicine
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Desirée Kozlowski, Southern Cross University
Savouring the pleasures in life is linked to better health and well-being. And no, that doesn't necessarily mean binge drinking or all-night wild parties.
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David Evans, The University of Queensland
A new study has established a cause and effect relationship between years of education and heart disease.
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Cities
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Brendan F.D. Barrett, RMIT University; Andrew DeWit, Rikkyo University
It's a good thing that cities aspire to lead the way in acting on climate change in the absence of stronger national action. But a closer look reveals the limitations of current city-based efforts.
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Politics + Society
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Caroline Fisher, University of Canberra
Australian news editors and politicians give their views on the ethical issues arising when reporters return to journalism after time as a political spin doctor.
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Environment + Energy
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Julian MacPherson Brown, Australian National University
Plants produce toxic fruit for everything from deterring fungi to causing constipation.
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Jon Brodie, James Cook University; Alana Grech, James Cook University; Laurence McCook, James Cook University
The updated plan for improving water quality on the Great Barrier Reef still doesn't address the need to curb intensively farmed crops such as sugar cane, and to enforce existing environmental laws.
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Andrew King, University of Melbourne
In 2017 Australia's winter had the highest average daytime temperatures on record. This extreme is 60 times more likely to occur under the influence of greenhouse gas emissions.
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Arts + Culture
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Barbara Santich, University of Adelaide
Modern chefs are serving up ice cream, cakes, even sushi covered in gold. But gold in food came into its own in late medieval Europe, when eating gold wad thought to be virtuous, and one could find gilded whole roast peacocks.
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Science + Technology
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David Tuffley, Griffith University
The first set of ethical rules on how self-driving cars should operate have been adopted by the German government.
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Jake Clark, University of Southern Queensland; Belinda Nicholson, University of Southern Queensland; Brad Carter, University of Southern Queensland; Jonti Horner, University of Southern Queensland
How exactly do the stars twinkle in the night sky? As it turns out, the answer is full of hot air... and cold air.
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Chanelle Tarabay, Macquarie University; Wayne Warburton, Macquarie University
Anger, aggression and violence each have a big impact on society. But we must understand the differences between these terms.
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