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In the media

Centre members have appeared in the ABC, the Herald-Sun, Business News, the Conversation, MBA news and much more discussing their research and its practical implications on topics such as working from home, the gig economy, mental health in the workplace, and gender and careers.

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Media Engagement

  • Professor Tim Bentley was interviewed by ABC radio Sydney on the health of older workers and changing the idea of retirement, December.
  • Professor Tim Bentley was quoted extensively in Australian Mining on gradual retirement to ease skills shortages.
  • Professor Tim Bentley made expert comment on mental health days, and why they aren’t a silver bullet, for the ABC (online), September
  • Dr Tom Barratt appeared on Radio National’s ‘The Money’ and ‘Sunday Extra’ on regulating the gig economy and Menulog’s application for an industrial award.
  • Associate Professor Ben Farr-Wharton’s work on wellbeing in the aged care workforce featured in the Herald Sun, as well as numerous local newspapers. Ben also made numerous radio appearances on the topic, March.
  • Dr Esme Franken was interviewed by ABC radio on presenteeism and sick leave at work in the COVID-19 context, February.
  • Professor Maryam Omari was quoted in the West Australian, outlining how ECU’s ATO-funded tax clinic would mean supervised students could provide tax advice to individuals, small businesses, charities and not for profits unable pay for services, November.
  • Professor Maryam Omari spoke to Business News on how ECU’s business and economics discipline into Times Higher Education’s top 250 list of providers for the first time this year, October.
  • Professor Maryam Omari was interviewed by Unibank, on ‘What will universities look like in a post-pandemic world?’ 
  • Professor Denise Jackson’s research was mentioned inthe articles ‘Step towards a career’ in the Canberra Times and ‘A foot in the door’ in Campus Review.
  • Dr Alexis Vassiley’s research on the higher education sector was summarised in Campus Morning Mail, November.
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