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A collaboration between researchers from UNSW Sydney’s City Futures Research Centre and the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) has resulted in the development of a new consumer-friendly guide that will help strata property owners and managers navigate the complex process of dealing with defects in apartment buildings.
This useful guide complements the reforms introduced by the NSW Government to the multi-billion-dollar apartment building sector following the Opal Tower problem. Available online, this step-by-step tool, ‘Strata Defects Rectification Guide’ was developed in partnership with Strata Community Association (NSW), the peak strata industry body in New South Wales representing the interests of all strata industry stakeholders. Property owners and strata managers can use this guide to identify, document, report and rectify building defects in strata schemes.
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Resources Minister Rejects Senator’s Call to Impose Counter Tariff on Chinese Iron Ore Exports
Federal Resources and Water Minister Keith Pitt has dismissed a suggestion from Nationals Senator Matt Canavan to impose a one percent tariff on Chinese iron ore exports as a counter to ongoing trade sanctions from Beijing.
According to Canavan, a counteractive duty would generate over $800 million a year. Canavan suggests this money could then be used to compensate other Australian industries harmed by the trade disruptions.
“[E]very time China takes further action against Australian exporters, the levy would go up. We could signal that the levy would be removed if China ended its unjustified trade restrictions,” Canavan wrote in The Australian on Monday.
Work from home: Does working in pyjamas hamper productivity? IANS
Sydney: In a recent study, researchers have found that while working from home in pyjamas during the Covid-19 pandemic did not lower productivity, it was linked to poorer mental health.
The study from Woolcock Institute of Medical Research, together with the University of Technology Sydney and the University of Sydney, 41 per cent of respondents said they experienced increased productivity while working from home.
Also, more than a third of the respondents reported that working from home resulted in poorer mental health.
When the study examined the effects wearing pyjamas had on productivity and mental health, it found that wearing pyjamas was associated with more frequent reporting of poorer mental health, reports zdnet.com.
Ditch the Formals: Working in Pyjamas Doesn t Hamper Your Productivity Levels
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In a recent study, researchers have found that while working from home in pyjamas during the Covid-19 pandemic did not lower productivity, it was linked to poorer mental health.
The study from Woolcock Institute of Medical Research, together with the University of Technology Sydney and the University of Sydney, 41 per cent of respondents said they experienced increased productivity while working from home.
Also, more than a third of the respondents reported that working from home resulted in poorer mental health.
When the study examined the effects wearing pyjamas had on productivity and mental health, it found that wearing pyjamas was associated with more frequent reporting of poorer mental health, reports zdnet.com.