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Ten statistics on global plastic addiction and its consequences

The UN’s annual World Environment Day on Monday comes days after negotiations on an international treaty against plastic pollution concluded Friday in Paris with 170 nations agreeing to produce a first draft of an accord by November. FRANCE 24 takes a look at the scale of the problem and its…

France 24

It's time to move beyond the welfare state to the wellbeing state

Developed economies have largely tackled poverty, disease, ignorance, hygiene and idleness. It's time for a new approach.

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Covid inquiry must examine impact of UK’s ‘broken sick pay’ system, says TUC

Failure to provide proper financial support left millions exposed to pandemic, says union boss

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South Korea sold its 69-hour working week idea as a family-friendly solution. But women say the culture is stacked against them

South Korea hoped that a 69-hour working week would encourage more women to have children and solve the country's ageing population problem, but women say the real barrier is embedded in the culture.

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Tackling plastic pollution: ‘We can't recycle our way out of this’

The second meeting on a possible international treaty on plastic pollution takes place this week at UNESCO headquarters in Paris. Recycling is often touted as a solution to reducing plastic waste, but recent studies show the process poses its own risks and is no match for soaring plastic production.

France 24

Why taxing the world's biggest companies at 15% won't fix the gaping hole in global tax rules

Australia’s federal government has a plan to discourage companies from shifting profits to tax havens. The idea is to impose a “global minimum tax” on large Australian and foreign-owned companies with subsidiaries in low or no-tax countries.

The Conversation

Are US prescription drug prices 10 times those of other nations? Only sometimes

“We pay by far the highest prices in the world for prescription drugs, in some cases 10 times more than the people of any other country.”

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Australia has a worse work-life balance than the US. What are we doing wrong?

Many Australians work very long hours, compared to other similar nations. This can lead to a poor work-life balance and a constant feeling of being time poor.

ABC News

NZ's budget used a 'gender lens' for the first time – the result was a win for women

All the pre-budget talk of “bread and butter”, “no frills”, targeting and reprioritisation came with a sense of foreboding. History and research tell us that budgets in general – but particularly those hyper-focused on fiscal prudence – have different, often unequal impacts on women compared to men.

The Conversation

The best childcare in the world? Maybe so, but new parents in Iceland are holding out for better

Even in forward-thinking Reykjavik, finding a preschool place for the youngest infants is tough. Parents explain why

The Guardian - UK

Australia’s road death toll jumps with fatalities still higher than pre-pandemic

National automotive body says poor data collection is limiting authorities’ ability to formulate an evidence-based response

The Guardian - AU

‘Disgraceful breach of trust’: how PwC, one of the world’s biggest accountancy firms, became mired in a tax scandal

PricewaterhouseCoopers used government secrets to help clients in Australia and the US avoid tax – a scandal that has forced resignations and threatens contracts worth hundreds of millions

The Guardian - AU

The triple challenge facing impact investments in the developing world

The term impact investing first appeared in 2007 at a Rockefeller Foundation meeting. It is defined as an investment with the intention of generating a positive social and environmental impact as well as a financial return.

The Conversation

Inflation rate to halve, bringing wage growth by 2024, federal budget predicts – with hope of mortgage relief

Australia’s economy remains resilient as global growth slows to its worst performance in more than two decades

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‘Slippery slope’: how Australia’s inadequate welfare traps single parents in a cycle of debt

‘Cruel’ welfare system leaves single parents struggling after their child turns eight and parenting payment is cut off, advocates say

Reason

Debate: Make Housing Affordable by Abolishing Growth Boundaries, Not Ending Density Restrictions

Why not abolish both?

The Week

Britain’s missing workers

Since the pandemic, Britain has faced a novel difficulty. Official unemployment is at its lowest point since the 1970s: at 1.3 million people, or 3.8% of working-age adults.

The Guardian - UK

Fight the fakes: four ways to protect your business from intellectual property infringement

Intellectual property wrongdoing can be costly to businesses. So what can companies do to avoid IP infringement in their supply chains?

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Lobbying regulations are vital to any well functioning democracy – it's time NZ got some

The recently announced review of New Zealand’s lobbying sector needs to tackle questions of transparency and access if it is to make any real difference to how industries influence decision making. This includes establishing an enforceable register of lobbyists and introducing a cooling off period for former politicians before they…

Reuters

Explainer-Macron pension reform ends cherished French exception

French President Emmanuel Macron may have pushed through his unpopular pension reform but only at great cost to his political capital, which he is now seeking to repair by offering talks with trade unions on other issues.

The Guardian - UK

UK is worst performer in G7 for workforce participation since Covid

Number of working-age adults in work or job hunting is still lower than before pandemic, OECD figures show

The Conversation

Super tax concessions don't cost $45 billion a year and won't cost more than the pension

You may have read this week that Australia’s super tax breaks are excessively generous (“well beyond any plausible purpose”) and that their costs unsustainable.

Fortune

Russia could become China’s ‘economic colony,’ CIA director says

Russia’s alliance with China is becoming an increasingly one-sided affair.

The Guardian - UK

UK using more of its aid budget to house refugees than most donors in OECD

Britain has been criticised for loading cost of accommodating refugees on to overseas aid budget

The Guardian - AU

Australia is not a high-tax country. So why can’t we have a conversation about the T word?

We need to get real about how we pay for the services we want if we are to fund a growing budget challenge

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