Centre for Work + Life media
2012
Media reports, interviews and discussions
The Australian Work Culture Radio National Panel Discussion, 2
February 2012, Guests including Prof Barbara PocockFair Work Australia decision to increase pay for community workers, 2MCE (Orange), Prof Barbara Pocock, News, 2 February 2012 .
Point Break: Tired, stressed, burnt out? It's time to boost your productivity and book a holiday. Management today, MT, February 2012
Women's earnings in sport, Prof Barbara Pocock, Radio 5AA Adelaide, 31 January 2012
Learn to love yourself The Age, 29 Jan 2012 Australians working longer hours, Channel 10 (Melbourne) The Project 20 Jan 2012Interviewees: Barbara Pocock, Director of the Centre for Work and Life, University of South Australia; Bill Shorten, Acting Treasurer on .
All work and no time to play The Australian, 14 Jan 2012
2011
Media reports, interviews and discussions
July - December 2011
I wrote this article while juggling kids and an Apple The Daily Telegraph,
28 Dec 2011
Interview
ABC 612 Brisbane on the trial of a nine-day working fortnight by Albury City
Council, Dec 2011
Women more likely to feel torn over roles
The Age, 17 Dec 2011
Make every second weekend a long weekend
ABC Mornings, Melbourne 14 Dec 2011
ABC Mornings Goulburn Murray (Wodonga) Albury City Council trialling a nine-day fortnight for its
employees.
ABC 612 Brisbane, The Conversation Hour with Professor Barbara Pocock, Director, Centre for
Work And Life on
research into
happiness at work and in life.
ABC North and West SA (Port Pirie) North and West Mornings interview with Dr Natalie Skinner, Researcher, Centre for Work and Life, about her SafeWork SA-funded report 'Work
quality, not just quantity' 18 November 2011.
Flexible work 'boosts health, productivity' ABC News , 17 Nov 2011
All work and no play for Aussies The West Australian,
27 Oct 2011
Generations unite in wish for fewer hours The West Australian,
27 Oct 2011
One in two would work 10 hours a day for a
three-day weekend
- survey The Advertiser, 10 Oct 2011
5AA (Adelaide) Breakfast
Interview with Barbara Pocock, Director, Centre for Work and Life, on an Australia SCAN projection of changing Australian families 10 Oct 2011
Training must be tailored when money and time are short, Barbara Pocock, Campus
Review, 12 Sep 2011
Childcare revolution in push to keep staff, Adelaide Advertiser, 08-Sep-2011
Share the
mother load Sydney Morning Herald, 27 Aug 2011
The only
way is up: Progress has stalled in achieving equality in the workplace
Sydney Morning Herald,27 Aug 2011
An equal
footing still step too far The Saturday Age,27 Aug 2011
Enough is Enough: choice of break or breakdown, Sunday Mail Adelaide, 21 Aug 2011
Women on farms have as much need as city women to find the right balance
between employment, home and family duties and personal needs. The Eyre Tribune, 18 Aug 2011
Mum's give birth to new companies The Advertiser, 13 Aug 2011
When leisure becomes work, it's time to switch off and get a life The Age, 13 Aug 2011
'Women do twice as much housework than men' ABC 612 Brisbane (Brisbane) Drive, 2
August 2011
'Seven out of ten working mothers are always rushed and pressed for time' 6PR
(Perth) Afternoons, 2 August 2011
Why Housework is a dirty Word, Sydney Morning Herald, 31 July
2011
Working
mothers most stressed Times of India, 21 July 2011
ABC North and West SA (Port Pirie) SA Country Hour - Rural Women in
Agriculture and Business SA conference, 19 July 2011
Counting cost of returning to work
The Advertiser, 19 Jul 2011
'Still a significant gap with women doing twice as much domestic work as men'
2UE Sydney (Weekend) 1 July 2011
Jan - June 2011
Bank forks out to set super lead on parental leave Sydney Morning
Herald, 30 June 2011
The mumpreneur myth, Herald Sun, Sun 26 June 2011
Flexible work hours benefit businesses: study
ABC Lateline 26 June 2011
Workaholics now in pursuit of leisure, Sydney Morning Herald, 25 June 2011,
Study may not always pay off, The Advertiser, 25 Jun 2011
iPlod: Australia now a wired nation addicted to work, Sydney Morning Herald, 23 June 2011
Casual employees have their work cut out for them, Ballarat Courier, 18 June
2011
Paid
leave for volunteers a win-win for all, Sydney Morning Herald, 4
June 2011
Call for all employees to enjoy flexible workplace benefits, The Advertiser, 26 May 2011All Hands on Flex - Prof
Barbara Pocock The 7pm project (Channel 10), 27 May 2011
SBS Ethnic Radio (Melbourne) 1, 27 May 2011
Australians Believe they don't have enough Free Time, ABC 891 Adelaide, interview with Barbara Pocock, 24 May 2011
ABC Radio National, 'Life Matters',
20 May 2011
Talkback: Is there ever a right time to have a baby? Panel included Prof Barbara Pocock
Pay ruling a 'milestone' for women, The Age, 17 May 2011
The workaholic nation, Sydney Morning Herald, 7 May 2011
Joys of parenthood ruined by pressure,
Adelaide Now, 5 May 2011
Casual workforce... a worrying trend?, ABC Radio, 'Mornings' Sydney, 5 May
2011
Over Work Common, Not just Politicians, ABC 891 Adelaide, 4 May 2011
An interview with Sara Charlesworth, Associate Professor, on the government's announcement of measures to support families who must deal with the costs of raising teenagers. ABC NewsRadio Mornings (Sydney) 4 May 2011
Casuals have work cut out, Brisbane Times, 1 May 2011
Big residential developments kill off community, experts say, The
Advertiser, March 23, 2011
Australian working mums doing it tough, The Advertiser, 19 Mar 2011
In the majority already, it's a case of merit over matter,
Sydney Morning Herald, 9 Mar 2011
Hired help eases the work
strain, The Advertiser, 21 January 2011
Paid parental leave the icing on the cake for new mothers, The Age, 2 Jan
2011
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