Sexual harassment affects workplaces across Australia. So what can we do better?
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Recent allegations out of Canberra have raised questions about how prepared workplaces are to handle sexual harassment.
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Amid growing debate over what many have described as a toxic culture for women working in Parliament House, questions are being raised about how other Australian workplaces are handling reports of sexual harassment and assault.
Ms Higgins has called for major changes to the way complaints about alleged misconduct at Parliament House are handled, saying she felt like she had to choose between making a formal complaint and keeping her job.
BEYOND LOCAL: What you need to know about warming up before stretching
The benefits of static stretching as part of a full warm-up before exercise seem to outweigh the disadvantages
Feb 25, 2021 8:55 PM By: The Conversation
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Over the past 20 years, static muscle stretching has gotten a bad rap. Once considered an essential part of any sport or exercise warm-up, static stretching has now been removed from the picture almost entirely.
This move followed extensive research showing that static stretching where we stretch and then hold the muscle at an extended length for seconds or minutes can reduce muscle strength (reflected in things like lifting weights), power (for example, jump height), running speed, balance and other capacities for a short time after the stretching.
Facebook has agreed to reverse its news ban. So why is it taking so long to restore news content?
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Last Thursday morning, news services on Facebook rapidly went dark. After further discussions, we are satisfied that the Australian government has agreed to a number of changes and guarantees that address our core concerns, a Facebook statement said.
Federal Treasurer Josh Frydenberg, speaking on 2GB radio on Thursday afternoon, said news would return to Facebook on Friday.
An Aucklander who spent six minutes at a store where a Covid-19 case was working had to wait nearly eight hours on the phone to get advice from Healthline.
Even if this item isn t correct in every detail it illustrates cracks in the Covid management policy widening. Are front-line workers being properly paid and rested? Are investigators really on top of their job keeping up with the urgency needed, that was shown earlier on? NZ can t afford to be complacent. Recently one student was phoned a number of times without success, and a visit to the house wasn t made. In the meantime the virus was being spread.
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