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7NEWS
12-05-2025
- Business
- 7NEWS
Sunrise's Nat Barr on the shocking statistic being fuelled by work from home
It seems Australians are still loving food delivery services, even with dine-in options back on the menu. Even as COVID lockdowns become a distant memory, new KPMG research shows the number of delivery drivers has doubled in the past decade — with 86,000 people now employed in the role in 2024. The statistics published in The Sydney Morning Herald on Monday also show a rise in kitchen-based roles such as cooks while front-of-house positions such as managers and wait staff have dipped. Uber Eats, Australia's most popular food delivery service, estimates it reached 88 per cent of the population in 2024. Work from home is still considered a huge driver for the service. Sunrise host quizzed Western Sydney Women CEO Amanda Rose and journalist Joe Hildebrand about the numbers on Tuesday, asking: 'Sign of the times, Joe?' Barr asked. Hildebrand replied: 'I think it is. I don't want to mention the 'C-word' but I think COVID sort of unleashed all these things that should never have been unleashed but now they're here. 'It's like working from home — I think working from home is terrible, you should be out there, going to the office every day, and participating in the community and helping your small business, and engaging with your colleagues.' Hildebrand said many employees are reluctant to return to their desks, and it's a similar case with easily accessible home delivery with many people now of the attitude: 'I'm not leaving the house under any circumstances.' Barr added: 'The studies have shown its costing you thousands of dollars a year to work in the office.' Barr then turned to Rose, who said: 'I like the fact it's provided jobs and an opportunity for a lot of people in delivery driving. 'What concerns me is the small business owner who has to pay a high fee to use the delivery driver and they might have to let go of certain staff or they have to shut their business down.' Big names in the food delivery industry such as UberEats and Door Dash take 30 per cent commission from restaurants. 'That's worrying because hospitality businesses are one of the top three (categories of business) closing their doors at a faster rate than any other type of business,' Rose said. 'We could end up having this convenience turn to no one making it, so all the businesses shut down and the only people to choose from are the McDonald's or the KFCs. 'To have the choice of that home-made, beautiful tasting food from the local Italian restaurant, that will go if we don't put in the effort to support it. 'So, I say try to break it up and, if you can, visit (your local restaurants) in person sometimes.'
Sky News AU
11-05-2025
- Politics
- Sky News AU
Russia is the ‘weak man' in relationship with China
Sky News contributor Joe Hildebrand claims Russia is the 'weak man' in their relationship with China against Western nations. 'Everything in the West is defined by … World War Two,' Mr Hildebrand said. 'China and Russia do not even acknowledge World War Two happened in same way we do.'
Yahoo
10-05-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
Former Connecticut Children's Hospital patient hopes to be a nurse there
WEST HARTFORD, Conn. (WTNH) — A group of nurses at Connecticut Children's Hospital inspired one of their patients. Kaitlyn Hildebrand was hospitalized at 14-years-old, but has gone on to nursing school. On Friday, during National Nurses Week, she graduated from the University of Saint Joseph as part of a special ceremony and is moving on to help other people in the profession. Daughter says mom 'gave me life twice' with kidney donation as pair graduate nursing school together When Hildebrand was 14-years-old, she was diagnosed with Crohn's Disease. She spent the majority years of her high school in college years going for treatments at hospitals. She was inspired by the nurses that took care of her, so much so that she is now becoming a nurse and hopes to inspire others. 'All of the nurses at CCC pushed me more into it, I thought about nursing prior to being hospitalized,' Hildebrand said. 'But the care that I was given there, and how much ease they put me at, really pushed me in this direction and I knew freshman year that I wanted to do this.' Hildebrand said she hopes to go back to Connecticut Children's Hospital and work in the exact same ward in which she was treated. She wants to work side-by-side with some of those nurses who gave her all that great care. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Sky News AU
01-05-2025
- Politics
- Sky News AU
‘No secret plan': Labor has not been ‘clear enough' against bringing back the Voice
Sky News contributor Joe Hildebrand discusses how the Labor Party have not been 'clear enough' in determining they will not pursue another Voice to Parliament. 'There is no secret plan to bring back the Voice … they do not want to seem like they are heartless on Indigenous affairs,' Mr Hildebrand said. 'They have not been clear and sure and firm enough in the way they have said that.'
Mercury
29-04-2025
- Politics
- Mercury
Iranian sex toy smuggler wins right to remain in Britain
Sky News contributor Joe Hildebrand discusses how an Iranian man has won a legal case to remain in Britain by claiming his home country looks on his 'sex toy smuggling' trade 'adversely'. 'An Iranian asylum seeker who argued he could not be deported because he was, quote, 'a sex toy smuggler' has won his legal battle to remain in Britain,' Mr Hildebrand said. 'Saying the authorities in his home country looked on his illicit business activities adversely.'
