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A new study on an age-old problem for the Australian workforce also reveals only one in five Australians work in jobs considered gender-balanced – where no more than 60 per cent of the labour force is made up of either gender.
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Tasmanian government pulls the plug on greyhound racing
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- 7NEWS
Australia and NZ enter new era of alliance amid rising global instability
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