I found this bit on ZDNet about a Harvard study on genAI use kind of interesting. Boiled down, it says generative AI in the workplace improves people’s work but erodes their motivation and engagement. There are numbers! Apparently. the psychological toll from a loss of agency and control over cognitively demanding tasks results in an 11% drop in intrinsic motivation and a 20% increase in boredom.
The latest data from the Department of Education shows that a record 1.1 million international students were enrolled in Australia at the end of 2024, nearly 250,000 higher than the 2019 pre-pandemic peak: The number of graduate visas on issue hit a record high of 222,200 in Q1 2025, more than double the 2019 pre-pandemic
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If you’re starting a new venture or looking to improve how your business handles money, having the right business bank account can make all the difference. Aside from being a place to store your cash reserves, it can also be used as a tool to make your day-to-day operations easier, streamline your bookkeeping, and even
Wednesday’s Q1 2025 wage price index from the ABS recorded a slight rebound, with wages growing by 0.9% over the quarter and by 3.4% annually: Public sector enterprise agreements drove the rebound in wages. These drove more than half (54%) of the total quarterly wage increase. Real wages remained in the gutter, tracking 6.1% below
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Via Roy Morgan. In April 2025, Australian ‘real’ unemployment increased 176,000 to 1,780,000 (up 1% to 11.2% of the workforce) with more people joining the workforce and overall employment dropping in April. The expansion in the workforce was the main driver of the increase in unemployment with 156,000 people joining the workforce lifting the number