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Jan 24, 2025 | 
thesaturdaypaper.com.au | Ruth McHugh-Dillon
Eva Baltasar’s Mammoth is about survival. The Catalan writer’s tight, intense novel relishes the contradictions lying beneath that instinct – how what we hunger for might not sustain us. Mammoth is the third in a triptych of novels, each narrated by a different outsider lesbian, that began with Permafrost, followed by Boulder. Baltasar’s novels are slim but densely packed, hovering around 100 pages.
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Jan 21, 2025 | 
dailybulletin.com.au | Ruth McHugh-Dillon
A new report by a GP listing company made headlines this week showing low rates of bulk billing for GP visits across Australia. Bulk billing means the consultation is free for the patient and the GP accepts what Medicare covers (the “benefit” or “rebate”) as the full payment. The highest reported bulk billing rate was in New South Wales (34.5%) and the lowest in the ACT (3.3%) and Tasmania (0%). This caused the Tasmanian health minister to declare bulk billing “dead” in her state.
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Jan 16, 2025 | 
tolerance.ca | Ruth McHugh-Dillon
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Jan 16, 2025 | 
theconversation.com | Ruth McHugh-Dillon |Brett Montgomery |Christopher Harrison |Jim Gillespie |Joanne C Enticott |Yuting Zhang
A new report by a GP listing company made headlines this week showing low rates of bulk billing for GP visits across Australia. Bulk billing means the consultation is free for the patient and the GP accepts what Medicare covers (the “benefit” or “rebate”) as the full payment. The highest reported bulk billing rate was in New South Wales (34.5%) and the lowest in the ACT (3.3%) and Tasmania (0%). This caused the Tasmanian health minister to declare bulk billing “dead” in her state.
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Jan 16, 2025 | 
thetimes.com.au | Ruth McHugh-Dillon
While the choice of wedding venue does much of the heavy lifting when it comes to wowing guests, decorations are certainly not far behind. They can add a bit of personality and flair to the traditional proceedings, as well as enhancing the venue’s ...
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Jul 11, 2024 | 
sbs.com.au | Ruth McHugh-Dillon
في كانون الأول ديسمبر 2023، أعلنت الحكومة الفيدرالية عن مجموعة من التغييرات على التأشيرات ضمن استراتيجيتها الجديدة للهجرة، والتي ستؤثر على الأفراد الذين يدرسون ويعملون حاليًا في أستراليا، بالإضافة إلى أولئك الذين يعتزمون التقديم. تهدف الاستراتيجية إلى تبسيط نظام التأشيرات، ومعالجة نقص العمالة والمهارات في أستراليا، والتصدي لاستغلال العمال المهاجرين، وظاهرة "الإقامة المؤقتة الدائمة" بين حاملي التأشيرات. بدأت بعض التغييرات بالفعل، فيما ستدخل إجراءات جديدة حيز التنفيذ في 1 تموز يوليو 2024.
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Jul 7, 2024 | 
sbs.com.au | Ruth McHugh-Dillon
Key Points그리스, 주당 근로 시간 40시간에서 48시간으로 연장 ‘고용주가 선택’그리스 정부 “성장 지향적이고 노동자 친화적인 정책”노동계 “노동자 권리에 대한 공격주당 근로 시간을 40시간에서 48시간으로 연장할지 여부를 고용주가 선택하도록 하는 법안이 그리스 의회를 통과했다. 전 세계적으로 주 4일 제 근무가 논의되는 상황에 주 6일 제를 시행하는 것으로 노조는 “노동자 권리에 대한 공격”이라고 강하게 반발하고 있다. 법안에 따르면 특정 산업 분야에서 기업은 직원에게 하루에 2시간 추가 근무 혹은 8시간 하루 추가 근무를 요청할 수 있도록 했다. 직원들은 초과 근무 시 40%의 초과 근무 수당을, 일요일에 근무할 시에는 115%의 초과 근무 수당을 더 받게 된다. 그리스 노동사회보장부 대변인은 BBC와의 인터뷰에서 이번 조치는 의무사항이 아닌 선택사항이라고 말했다.
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Jul 7, 2024 | 
sbs.com.au | Ruth McHugh-Dillon |Winmas Yu
希臘政府批准當地多個指定行業增加工作時數，六天工作周將業內僱員的新常態。 新法例已在上周一 (7 月 1 日) 實施，容許僱主決定是否將工作天數增加至六天，由原本 40 小時增加至歐盟規定的工時上限 48 小時。 工會則對有關改變予以譴責，形容這是侵犯工人的權利。 有關計劃一反其他歐洲國家的趨勢。有部份國家近年正縮短每周工作時間，並同時取得生產力大幅上升。 SBS Chinese 07/11/201904:47 相關內容 指定行業的企業將可要求僱員每天工作額外兩個小時，或增加一天歷時八小時的工作日。 假如額外工作一天，可獲額外 40% 加班補償 (penalty)，如在星期日工作更可獲 115% 加班補償。 員工不能在新增的工作天工作超過 8 小時。 更多內容 希臘勞動及社會保障部一名發言人向英國廣播公司 (BBC) 表示，有關措施屬於自願性質，並非強制性。 發言人指：「重要的是，這個措施並不會影響目前法律規定的五天工作制。」又補充，有關計劃是為應對「緊急業務運作需求」。 六天工作周將不適用於目前已獲批准延長工作時間的餐飲服務及旅遊業。 Source: NurPhoto /...
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Jul 7, 2024 | 
sbs.com.au | Ruth McHugh-Dillon
A six-day working week will be the new norm for Greeks in select industries the government has allowed to impose extended hours. Under legislation that came into effect in Greece last Monday, it’s up to employers to choose whether to extend the work week to six days — from 40 hours to the European Union limit of 48. Unions have condemned the change, saying it's an assault on worker's rights.
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Jul 5, 2024 | 
sbs.com.au | Ruth McHugh-Dillon
Britain's Conservative party has suffered its greatest defeat in history, losing to Labour by more than 290 seats just five years after a landslide win in 2019. Thursday night's election has reshaped the parliament. As the new British Prime Minister steps into the top role, here are five takeaways. READ MOREAfter 14 years in power, the Tories look set to shrink to around 120 seats, with Rishi Sunak’s outgoing cabinet losing a record 12 senior ministers.
