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Su1911 UTILITY OF NEXT GENERATION SEQUENCING IN MULTIDISCIPLINARY MANAGEMENT OF PANCREATIC CYSTIC LESIONS
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Australian workers are being shortchanged in unpaid overtime
If Australian workers were paid for the hours of overtime they currently work for free, they would be more than $300 a fortnight better off, research has found. That would put an extra $8000 a year into the bank account of the average Australian worker as the cost-of-living crisis drags on. To mark the 17th year of Go Home on Time Day, the Australia Institute’s Centre for Future Work released its latest data on unpaid overtime.
Boys take 2nd, girls 4th at Randy Sharer Intercity Meet
With four Ironmen placing in the top 15 , the boys cross country team took second at the Randy Sharer Intercity Meet, trailing U-High 24-55. Senior AJ Ince led Community, finishing second in 15:51.02-28.84 seconds behind the winner from U-High. The senior has led the Iron's efforts this season, finishing second or better in each of the team's first four meets.
Serial entrepreneurs are reshaping South-east Asia’s business landscape
How financial systems must co-evolve with unconventional SMEs Over the years, Dr Ng Chin Siau, founder of Q&M Dental Group, developed Singapore’s largest dental chain with diagnostics, dental education and lab capabilities. PHOTO: RENALD YEO, BT Published Thu, Sep 25, 2025 · 07:00 AM IN TODAY’S small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) landscape, a quiet transformation is taking place. Founders are no longer stopping at building and managing just one company.
Jimmy Eat World, Ginger Root + more
This week, professional elder millennial Marion Hodges joins forces with pal, confidant, and Morning Becomes Eclectic producer Anna Chang to share five highlights from Coachella 2025. Jimmy Eat World - "Lucky Denver Mint (Live at Coachella)" Few acts occupy quite the same space in the cultural consciousness as this earnest, punk-leaning rock 'n' roll band from Arizona, who spent most of the 1990s steadily amassing a dedicated fan base and reaching their creative peak with the 1999 album Clarity.
Addressing Both Racism and Ageism in Research
Addressing Both Racism and Ageism in Research—An Opportunity for MOSAAIC The Multi-ethnic Observational Study in American Asian and Pacific Islander Communities (MOSAAIC), launched in 2023 by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), is a landmark longitudinal cohort study focusing on cardiovascular, lung, psychological, and social determinants of health in individuals who self-identify as having ancestral background from East, South, or Southeast Asia or as Native Hawaiian or...
The sad phenomenon of Australia's unfunded excellence
In Australia, prize-winning artists, writers and musicians pay more tax than some multinational fossil fuel companies with turnover in the hundreds of millions of dollars. If these companies were adequately taxed, federal and state governments would have more money to spend on healthcare, education, infrastructure and more money to spend on the arts.
What's the big idea? Australia Institute Launches Publishing Imprint
The Australia Institute is launching its own publishing imprint, Australia Institute Press. The first title What’s the Big Idea: 32 Big Ideas for a Better Australia will be published in November 2024 in time to mark The Australia Institute’s 30 years of big ideas anniversary. The anthology brings together some of Australia and the world’s brightest thinkers sharing a big idea on topics ranging from the housing crisis to climate change, from mental health to the Australia-US alliance.
BYDFi Showcases at Token2049, Leading the Next Wave in the Crypto Industry
Singapore , Sept. 20, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Leading cryptocurrency exchange BYDFi is excited to announce its participation as a sponsor at Token2049, taking place from September 18-19, 2024, in Singapore. As one of the most influential Web3 events globally, Token2049 brings together industry leaders, developers, and blockchain enthusiasts from around the world.
NSW Government Coal Royalties Decision to Raise $2.7 Billion
The Australia Institute congratulates the NSW Government on increasing coal royalties, potentially raising an extra $2.7 billion over four years. “This is a good move by the NSW Government that will benefit the NSW economy and community,” said Rod Campbell, research director at the Australia Institute. “Collecting more royalties from the fossil fuel industry allows state governments to simultaneously meet their commitments to spend more on essential services and improve their budget bottom line.
The Reserve Bank needs to acknowledge the failures of the inflation target
A comprehensive review of inflation released today by the Australia Institute’s Centre for Future Work reveals that the inflation targeting in place since the early 1990s is not the neutral policy many assume it is. In that time inflation has missed the target more from below than above, and has coincided with a shift of national income away from workers to profits as wages have stagnated.
Free Undergraduate Education to Save Universities and Jobs: Report
The next federal government can save universities, make undergraduate education free for all Australians and employ tens of thousands of staff securely by lifting the public spend on higher education to just one per cent of GDP, according to a landmark new report.
Australian and Global Union Leader Sharan Burrow to Deliver Second Annual Carmichael Lecture
Former Australian Council of Trade Unions president Sharan Burrow will deliver the second annual Carmichael Lecture on August 16. Ms Burrow, who was ACTU president for a decade from 2000, was also general secretary of the International Trade Union Confederation between 2010 and 2022. She will speak on the topic ‘Global Worker Solidarity for a Peaceful, Sustainable World’. Ms Burrow will also answer audience questions, facilitated by newly elected ACTU Assistant Secretary Joseph Mitchell.
Exit Poll: Overwhelming Majority of Australians Want Wage Growth in Line with Cost of Living
As the Fair Work Commission prepares to announce this year’s increase in the national minimum wage, new polling data shows that the vast majority of Australians support lifting wages to keep up with rising inflation. The Australia Institute conducted a special exit poll, surveying a nationally representative sample of 1,424 Australians on the evening of Saturday May 21, following the federal election.
One in Five Worked with COVID Symptoms; Sick Leave Entitlements Must Be Strengthened
Almost one in five Australians (and a higher proportion of young workers) acknowledge working with potential COVID symptoms over the course of the pandemic, according to new opinion research released today by the Australia Institute’s Centre for Future Work.
IR Reforms To Close Off The ‘Nuclear Option’ Will Protect Wages and Entitlements
New research from the Centre for Future Work quantifies the dramatic risks faced by workers whose employers unilaterally terminate enterprise agreements during the course of renegotiations. This aggressive employer strategy, which became common after a precedent-setting 2015 court decision, would be curtailed by new industrial relations legislation proposed by the Commonwealth Government.
Pandemic Workforce Crisis Requires TAFE Investment in Early Childhood Education to Boost Economy: Report
A new report has found pandemic workforce shortages should be tackled through investment in Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) to boost employment, unlock productivity and support life-long development outcomes for children. The research report launched today, ‘Educating for Care: Meeting Skills Shortages in an Expanding ECEC Industry’ has called for the sector to be treated as an ‘industry of national strategic importance’ with greater investment in TAFE to train staff.
Why commentary that wages growing in line with inflation will drive up inflation is completely misguided
Today the opposition leader, Anthony Albanese was asked about wages in the following exchange: Journalist: “You said that you don’t want people to go backwards. Does that mean that you would support a wage hike of 5.1% just to keep up with inflation? Anthony Albanese: “Absolutely”. Any other response would be to suggest that real wages – and thus people’s ability to purchase goods and services with the money they earn – should decline.
Joseph E. Stiglitz Australian Speaking Tour: July 2022 ‘The Role of Government in the Modern Economy’
Nobel Laureate, former World Bank Chief Economist, and best-selling author Professor Joseph E. Stiglitz will visit Australia in July 2022 to discuss the need to expand the role of governments, unions, and civil society. The tour, hosted by the Australia Institute, will see Professor Stiglitz speak at a wide range of events for the general public, policymakers, unions, civil society, investors and philanthropists.
Test of Success: Bullock’s Next Steps to Forge New RBA Era
The Australia Institute has identified five key questions incoming Governor of the Reserve Bank, Michele Bullock must answer – questions that will ultimately measure her success in the role. “After years of complacency, there is clear evidence that the Reserve Bank’s thinking has become static and insular.
Polling: Migrants & Young People Most Likely to Support Voice
The Australia Institute surveyed a nationally representative sample of 1004 Australians about their attitudes towards the upcoming referendum to alter the Constitution to recognise the First Peoples of Australia by establishing an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice. Key Findings: A majority of Australians (52%) say they will vote “Yes” to alter the Constitution to recognise the First Peoples of Australia by establishing an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice.
Australian and Global Union Leader Sharan Burrow to Deliver Second Annual Carmichael Lecture
Former Australian Council of Trade Unions president Sharan Burrow will deliver the second annual Carmichael Lecture on August 16. Ms Burrow, who was ACTU president for a decade from 2000, was also general secretary of the International Trade Union Confederation between 2010 and 2022. She will speak on the topic ‘Global Worker Solidarity for a Peaceful, Sustainable World’. Ms Burrow will also answer audience questions, facilitated by newly elected ACTU Assistant Secretary Joseph Mitchell.
Vale Dr Hugh Saddler, Leading Australian Energy Researcher & Founding Board Director of the Australia Institute
The Australia Institute would like to extend condolences at the sad passing on 29th June 2023 of Dr Hugh Saddler, a founding director of the Institute and a titan of Australian energy research. Hugh grew up while his father Bruce, an engineer, contributed to the development of the modern South Australian electricity system under the Playford Government.
Tasmania must end native forest logging after crucial Victorian decision
The Australia Institute is calling on the Tasmanian Government to follow Victoria and end native forest logging from 2024. The Australia Institute Tasmania Director Eloise Carr said Victoria’s decision to bring forward its native logging ban from 2030 was well overdue, and urged Tasmanian Premier Jeremy Rockliff to end the economically and environmentally unsustainable industry.
Funding certainty for our public broadcasters and a boost for newswires
In good news for Australia’s public broadcasters, the government has made good on its election promise to commit to five-year funding cycles for the ABC and SBS. Previously, our public broadcasters were consigned to triennial (3 year) funding agreements, and the new five-year funding cycle gives both public broadcasters the stability to plan for the longer term. The ABC is to receive $1.1 billion per year, and SBS $334.9 million.
Vast Majority Want Greater Affordable Housing Direct Investment in Budget
New research from the Australia Institute shows that eight in 10 Australians (80%) agree that the Federal Government should spend more money to directly build affordable housing in the Budget. The Australia Institute surveyed a nationally representative sample of 1,002 Australians about their attitudes toward the Federal Government’s response to the housing crisis.
Safeguard Deal Caps & Cuts Pollution Despite No Ban: Hard Choices for Govt. on Gas & Coal
The Safeguard Mechanism deal between Labor and the Greens is an improvement on the original legislation but still falls short of what the world’s climate scientists, the United Nations and the International Energy Agency say is required. The package will allow new fossil fuel projects to commence. Importantly, however, it places a cap on emissions by facilities covered under the scheme that will ensure a large portion of coal and gas proposals in Australia cannot proceed.
Open Letter: Pressure Grows to Put Science Before Politics & Fossil Fuels
Over 50 Australian environmental and climate organisations have joined together to call on the Federal Government to listen to scientific evidence on climate change and to prevent new fossil fuel projects and expansions. The open letter, published in The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age and The Canberra Times today, comes as the Federal Government continues negotiations with the Senate crossbench over its Safeguard Mechanism and concerns over the expansion and creation of 100+ fossil fuel projects.
Australians Still Being Gaslit Over Gas Supply Issues
The importance of gas in Australia’s energy market continues to be overinflated in the Australian Energy Market Operator’s annual Gas Statement of Opportunities. The report, which is based on information from gas industry participants, repeats the pattern of previous years by warning of supply uncertainty and claiming ongoing investment in gas infrastructure is required to meet demand. It also suggests that suggests gas-fired generation plays an ‘important’ role in reducing Australia’s emissions.
White Paper: Best Practices in the Communication and Management of Actionable Incidental Findings in Emergency Department Imaging
Abstract Purpose Actionable incidental findings (AIFs) are common in radiologic imaging. Imaging is commonly performed in emergency department (ED) visits, and AIFs are frequently encountered, but the ED presents unique challenges for communication and follow-up of these findings. The authors formed a multidisciplinary panel to seek consensus regarding best practices in the reporting, communication, and follow-up of AIFs on ED imaging tests.
Structural inequities contribute to racial/ethnic differences in neurophysiological tone, but not threat reactivity, after trauma exposure - Molecular Psychiatry
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Abstract Considerable racial/ethnic disparities persist in exposure to life stressors and socioeconomic resources that can directly affect threat neurocircuitry, particularly the amygdala, that partially mediates susceptibility to adverse posttraumatic outcomes. Limited work to date, however, has investigated potential racial/ethnic variability in amygdala reactivity or connectivity that may in turn be related to outcomes such as post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
By Nathaniel G. Harnett, Negar Fani, Timothy D. Ely, Sarah D Linnstaedt, Laura T. Germine, John P. Haran, Alan B. Storrow, Christopher Lewandowski, Sophia Sheikh, Brittany E. Punches, Anna Chang, Steven E. Bruce, Mark Miller, Deanna Barch, Diego A. Pizzagalli, Ronald Kessler, Karestan C. Koenen, Samuel Mclean, Jennifer Stevens, Lana R. Grasser
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Use of serial smartphone-based assessments to characterize diverse neuropsychiatric symptom trajectories in a large trauma survivor cohort - Translational Psychiatry
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To our knowledge, these data represent the largest published longitudinal cohort of survivors of MVC, one of the most common life-threatening traumatic stress exposures in industrialized nations. Study participants were recruited at the time of ED presentation and assessed during the initial eight weeks after the MVC trauma.
By Ronald Kessler, Jennifer Stevens, Tanja Jovanovic, Sarah D Linnstaedt, Laura T. Germine, Sophia Sheikh, Brittany E. Punches, Jose Pascual, José L. Pascual, Anna Chang, Léon Sanchez, Steven E. Bruce, Justin Baker, Mark Miller, Deanna Barch, Diego A. Pizzagalli, Jordan W. Smoller, Karestan C. Koenen, Kerry J. Ressler, Yinyao Ji, Christopher Lewandowski
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Bread & Butter Budget Defers Meat & Potatoes Revenue Reform to May ‘23
The October Budget delivers on a range of welcome bread & butter commitments, but has deferred solving Australia’s meat and potatoes revenue problems until at least May 2023, according to independent think-tank the Australia Institute. “The meat and potatoes revenue reforms Australia needs, like scrapping stage 3, a windfall profits tax, or fixing the PRRT have disappointingly been deferred until at least May 2023,” said Matt Grudnoff, senior economist at the Australia Institute.
Net Zero Fraud: How carbon markets conceal Australia's fossil fuel expansion
Last week I attended the International Conference on Fossil Fuel Supply and Climate Policy to present on Australia’s state-sponsored greenwash and how carbon markets are being used by the Australian Government and industry to facilitate fossil fuel expansion. It was a delight and inspiration to meet so many of our international counterparts – all of them working across supply-side policy and experts in their fields. Below is some of what I presented at the conference.
Retired Judges Welcome Landmark Integrity Bill, but Public Interest & Hearings Require Protection
The Federal Government’s tabling of legislation to establish a National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) has been welcomed by the Australia Institute’s National Integrity Committee of Former Judges. However, they warn that the exceptionally restrictive prerequisite for public hearings would undermine the public interest without further amendments to the Bill.
So-Called Biodiversity Certificates Scheme Another False Solution to Tackling Environmental Crisis
The Labor Government has today announced the creation of a biodiversity certificates scheme which would see the conversion of Australia’s ecosystems into a new type of tradeable credit that would be traded to ‘compensate’ or ‘offset’ damage to the environment. “The Government’s announcement of a new ‘biodiversity certificates scheme’ raises concerns of more false solutions to tackle the climate crisis,” said Polly Hemming, senior researcher at the Australia Institute.
'Woke Up Call': Australian Attitudes to and Perceptions of 'Wokeness'
As Minister Richard Marles lifts Peter Dutton’s ban on some charity and diversity events in Defence, polling research has revealed most Australians are either unfamiliar with the term ‘woke’, or would describe themselves as ‘woke’.
MLA Publishes New Guidelines on Evaluating Publicly Engaged Humanities Scholarship
Posted by The MLA has just released new guidelines to help departments, institutions, and faculty members in languages and literatures value and assess public humanities work. Created by the MLA Ad Hoc Committee on Valuing the Public Humanities, the document seeks to acknowledge the importance of scholarship that reaches audiences beyond the university and that demonstrates the value of the humanities in the world.
Truth in Political Advertising Breakthrough Win for Democracy
Special Minister of State Don Farrell’s move to legislate truth in political advertising laws is a breakthrough win for democracy. The Australia Institute’s polling research has consistently shown that Truth in Political advertising laws are a popular, possible, and practical way of ensuring voters are not mislead on the way to the ballot box and improving Australian federal elections generally.
APPEA members pay no income tax on income of $138 billion
New analysis of data published by the Australian Tax Office (ATO) shows that five of the gas industry’s most prominent companies have paid no income tax for at least the past seven years, despite a combined income from their Australian operations of $138 billion.
2022 ACC/AHA Key Data Elements and Definitions for Chest Pain and Acute Myocardial Infarction: A Report of the American Heart Association/American College of Cardiology Joint Committee on Clinical Data Standards
JACC Journals › JACC › Archives › Just Accepted Clinical Data Standards J Am Coll Cardiol. . Epublished DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2022.05.012 Hani Jneid, MD, FACC, FAHA, Chair Bruce E. Bray, MD, FACC, Chair-Elect Faraz S. Ahmad, MD, MS, FACC Deepak L. Bhatt, MD, MPH, FACC, FAHA¶ Jeffrey R. Boris, MD, FACC Mauricio G. Cohen, MD, FACC Monica Colvin, MD, MS, FAHA Thomas C. Hanff, MD, MSCE Nasrien E. Ibrahim, MD, FACC, FAHA Corrine Y.
Facemasks: Perceptions and use in an ED population during COVID-19
Loading metrics Open Access Peer-reviewed Research Article Vidya Eswaran , Anna Marie Chang, R. Gentry Wilkerson, Kelli N. O’Laughlin, Brian Chinnock, Stephanie A. Eucker, Brigitte M. Baumann, Nancy Anaya, Daniel G. Miller, Adrianne N. Haggins, Jesus R. Torres, Erik S. Anderson, Stephen C. Lim, Martina T. Caldwell, Ali S. Raja, Robert M. Rodriguez, [ ... ], The REVVED-UP Investigators [ view all ] [ view less ] Vidya Eswaran, Anna Marie Chang, R. Gentry Wilkerson, Kelli N.
New Analysis: Most Major Australian Superannuation Funds Invest in Nuclear Weapons Despite United Nations Treaty
New research from the Australia Institute and Quit Nukes reveals most major Australian superannuation funds have holdings in nuclear weapons companies, such as Airbus, Raytheon and Lockheed Martin. While many exclude so-called ‘controversial weapons’, they do not include nuclear weapons in the definition and continue to invest in nuclear weapons companies.
Australia’s fossil fuel expansion plans equivalent to over 200 new coal power stations
New research from the Australia Institute Climate & Energy Program reveals that planned new gas and coal projects in Australia would result in almost 1.7 billion tonnes of CO2e emissions annually – equivalent to building over 200 new coal power stations. This would be four times the amount of new coal power stations planned by China and almost double the carbon footprint of global aviation.
$226 million government subsidy to NT frackers while gas takes charge of information program to Aboriginal communities
The Commonwealth Government is pouring $226 million of public money into subsidies for the NT gas industry, says a submission by the Australia Institute to a Senate inquiry. These massive public subsidies confirm the findings of the NT Fracking Inquiry that large scale fracking in the NT is unlikely to be commercially viable and will never contribute significantly to the NT budget or employment in the Territory.
Guidelines for reasonable and appropriate care in the emergency department (GRACE): Recurrent, low‐risk chest pain in the emergency department
Abstract This first Guideline for Reasonable and Appropriate Care in the Emergency Department (GRACE-1) from the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine is on the topic: Recurrent, Low-risk Chest Pain in the Emergency Department.
Open Letter: G7 Leaders should end not just coal, but also oil and gas finance in 2021
Originally published by the Thomson Reuters Foundation, the charitable arm of Reuters News. On June 11-13, World Leaders will gather at the G7 summit. There, they plan to adopt an agenda to “build back better from coronavirus and create a greener, more prosperous future”. We, the undersigned economists, believe that this means decisively shifting finance out of fossil fuels, and into clean alternatives worldwide.
The Rapid Evaluation of COVID-19 Vaccination in Emergency Departments for Underserved Patients Study
This paper is only available as a PDF. To read, Please Download here. Abstract Objectives Emergency departments (EDs) often serve vulnerable populations who may lack primary care and have suffered disproportionate COVID-19 pandemic effects.
Impossible Negotiations? Lessons for Everyday Life from the Abraham Path
The Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School and the Abraham Path Initiative are pleased to present a webinar with William Ury, Joshua Weiss, Susan Collin Marks, and Claire Hajaj. Registration is required: https://harvard.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_qGuPMsMNSR2jy9AVYzu7lQ/. About the Event: In this increasingly polarized world, we need to discover that we can meet with and listen to each other, even across yawning divides, and ultimately find ways to solve the problems that separate us.
Majority of Australians Back Gender Quotas for Liberal Party
New research from the Australia Institute has shown the majority of Coalition voters support the Liberal Party setting gender quotas to achieve a representative number of women preselected as Liberal Party candidates. The research also shows that half of Australians (50%) are not very or not at all confident in the Prime Minister’s ability to address issues affecting women.
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