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10 things you need to know this morning in Australia Jack Derwin Good morning, folks. Let's get cracking. 1. Yet another company has been found out rorting Australian asylum seeker contracts for millions of dollars in profit, the Sydney Morning Herald reports. Multinational Applus Wokman won a $121 million contract to resettle asylum seekers. It then paid local workers just $8 an hour to do the work but charged Australian taxpayers as if they were being paid $75, in an act likened to "stealing" from both countries. A quick reminder, we spent $1 million per head to lock people...

The Future Super team at the 2019 climate strike. Source: supplied. More than 380 business leaders, including the heads of Atlassian and Canva, are again supporting their staff to walk out this afternoon to join students on the School Strike 4 Climate. The businesses are getting behind the Not Business as Usual movement, spearheaded by green super fund Future Super, and its founder and chief Simon Sheikh. According to Sheikh, the support is indicative of a shifting culture in the tech sector, and the changing expectations of employees. Today’s action follows a similar strike in September 20...

(Photo by Dan Kitwood, Getty Images) Thousands of school students will take to the streets to protest government inaction on the climate crisis this Friday. The Australia-wide protests mark the first school climate strike since the start of the pandemic last year. The events are backed by strong support from Australian tech and business leaders including Atlassian and Canva. Following a Federal Budget which left the climate agenda for dead, thousands of school children are protesting government inaction on climate change, receiving vocal support from an extensive list of Australian businesses...

Managing brand reputation in the midst of cancel culture Marketers and thought leaders share how brand custodians need to rethink reputation and crisis management in the face of growing cultural and societal consumer expectations In the era of cancel culture, one poorly thought-out message can do sudden and severe damage to a brand. But marketers today find themselves on the hook for more than just what brands say to the world. Bad executive behaviour, supply chains issues and poorly thought-out operational decisions, such as the dynamiting of sacred sites, can quickly damage brands, professi...

This week, Warren Davies, the managing director of All or Nothing, interviews some of the team behind ‘ethical’ superannuation fund Future Super – a company that goes against the grain by actively seeking sustainable investments and staunchly not investing in fossil fuels.