Centre for Work + Life media
2012
Media reports, interviews and discussions
October 2012
Mother's little helpers Sydney Morning Herald, 7 Oct 2012 (also in Sun
Herald)- www.smh.com.au
Flexibility works out both ways The Australian, 6 Oct 2012
Labour market
needs flexibility for older workers CEDA, 3 Oct 2012
ABC1 Midday Report, 2 Oct 2012, interview with Prof Barbara Pocock on use of smart phones, laptops and
the spillover of work into home.
September 2012
Caltex oils path to lure new parents back, Australian Financial Review,
26 Sept 2012,
Mining jobs blamed for poor work-life balance, Australian Mining, 26
Sept 2012
Mining takes toll on well-being, Gladstone Observer, 26 Sept 2012
ABC 612 Brisbane (Brisbane) Afternoons interview with Prof Pocock on
Australian Work and Life Index findings, 26 Sept 2012
The Big Squeeze: work life imbalance, ABC Radio National 'Life Matters',
24 Sept 2012
Work-life
balance still a big squeeze for Aussie workers, 24 Sept 2012
ABC 666 Canberra Afternoons, Prof Pocock, co-author of The Big Squeeze, discusses work
life balance and people doing 'spillover tasks' at home, 24 Sept 2012.
ABC North Coast NSW (Lismore) Mornings, interview with Prof Pocock on 'The Big Squeeze' report tracking the
experience of workers over the past five years - technology has proved a
mixed blessing, 24 Sept 2012
Majority of workers unaware of right to request flexibility benefits, new
study reveals smartcompany, 24 Sept 2012
'Instant response society': work-life balance a growing struggle, Sydney
Morning Herald, 22 Sept 2012
Government wants to open access to flexible hours, The Australian, 22 Sept
2012
Employees missing out on flexible working hours Sydney Morning Herald,
22 Sept 2012
Working mum's life a balancing act, The Australian, 22 Sept 2012
Flexible work bid stalls
The Age, 22 Sept 2012
Perpetual motion: sandwich carers find life's no picnic as they try to balance work and home
The Age, 22 Sept 2012
Flexibility' leading to unpaid work The Age, Technology,
22 Sept 2012
Balancing act: time-poor women struggle to switch off Sydney Morning Herald,
22 Sept 2012
'Tendrils of work squeeze our lives', Saturday Age editorial, 22 Sept 2012
Managing the managers: Hard-pressed bosses need to find time to make productive
changes writes Barbara Pocock Saturday Age, 22 Sept 2012
Flexible working arrangements make it easier to balance family commitments and
full-time work The Advertiser, 22 Sept 2012
Full-time employees feel work-life balance is out of kilter and want to work 8 fewer hours each week
The Advertiser, 22 Sept 2012
Future Fellow tackles gender inequality in frontline care, 19
Sept 2012
House husbands still a TV fantasy The Age, 15 Sept 2012
A worthwhile investment The Australian,
Higher Education, 15 Sept 2012
Radio Adelaide, The Wire, 21 Aug 2012, Discussion on topic the working poor
are those most requiring food relief services - participants included Prof
Barbara Pocock.
Retirees reject raising super age Australian Financial Review, 18 Aug 2012
ABC TV The Drum/The Conversation
Workable solutions
Prof Barbara Pocock highlights some of the imperfect freedoms of independent
contract work, 17 August 2012
Hidden gender: men want more free time for themselves
The Advertiser, 11 Aug 2012
Branded Scarlet Women - a
report on sexual harassment in our workforce, Madison, August 2012
The power is yours, The Saturday Age and the Sydney Morning Herald, 28 July 2012
ABC News 24 Weekend Breakfast show, Sydney, 28 July 2012, interview with Prof. Pocock discussing health problems associated with people not taking holidays.
The imperfect freedoms of the freelancer in the changing world of work, The Conversation 24 July 2012
Time poverty problem growing for family business, Adelaide Advertiser, 10 July 2012
Fresh views on board, Adelaide Advertiser, 7 Jul 2012, [Prof Barbara Pocock's appointment to South Australian Economic Development Board.]
Work really does sicken us, Adelaide Advertiser, 6 Jul 2012.
June 2012
A Balancing
Act, Business Review Australia June 2012 magazine p. 60 - 69
Make or break time', The Saturday Age, 30 June 2012 , Careers, Page 3 &
Sydney Morning Herald, 30 June 2012, Careers, Page 23
Got Global Work and Family Research? The Huffington Post, USA, 19 June
2012
Radio Adelaide (Adelaide) The Wire, 30 May 2012, Interview on Federal Government's Enterprise Migration Agreement [included Assoc Prof. Sara Charlesworth]
'Ease the time tug of war', Barbara Pocock, Sydney Morning Herald, Careers, 26 May 2012 also in The Saturday Age
Who moved my weekend The Global Mail, 24 May 2012
5AA (Adelaide) Breakfast, 23 May 2012, interview with Assoc Prof. Sara
Charlesworth on sex discrimination at work
ACTU out to reverse work 'casualisation', improve bargaining power The
Australian, 16 May 2012
Casual workers need annual leave - ACTU, The Telegraph, 16
May 2012
ABC South West WA (Bunbury) South West Mornings 9 May 2012, interview
with Assoc Prof. Sara Charlesworth on Australian mothers spending more time
in the workforce
'Boomers leave big shoes to fill', The Saturday Age, 5 May 2012
'Ageing boomers leave industry facing bust', Sydney Morning Herald, 5 May 2012
Job blues put our minds to work The Brisbane Times 5 May 2012, also
reported in The Age
Top of worry list: work, work, work Sydney Morning Herald 5 May 2012
April 2012
Balancing act at the top Sydney Morning Herald, 30 Apr 2012
Sex harassment: many victims quit rather than speak out The Age, 29 Apr 2012
Panel discussion on whether Australian society takes sexual harassment
seriously enough or takes it too far, ABC Radio National (Canberra) 'Drive', 24
Apr 2012 Panel includes Assoc.Prof. Sara Charlesworth
Employees who make sexual harassment complaints are first to leave, Human Capital Magazine,
17 Apr 2012
Sexual harassment still a persistent workplace issue, Health Canal, 17 Apr 2012
Sexual harassment concern, Cairns Post QLD, 17 Apr 2012
Report looks at sexual harassment, AAP Newswire, Australia 16 Apr 2012
Work sexual harassment still a worry, Northern Territory News, Darwin 17 Apr 2012
'Balancing act a cause of tension',
The Age, 19 Apr 2012, Supplements, Page 5 - also in the Sydney Morning
Herald
Payouts in sexual harassment settlements hardly worth the trouble Brisbane
Times 16 Apr 2012, also reported in Sydney Morning Herald, Ararat Advertiser
Paltry payouts for sexual harassment: report ABC world today interview (co-author
Paula McDonald)
Channel 10 'The Project'
interview with Sara Charlesworth on sexual harassment report, 16 April
Sexual harassment victims seek more than just money,
Campus Daily 16 April 2012 (co-author Paula McDonald QUT)
Most complainants settle for less in sexual harassment cases Canberra Times,
16 Apr 2012
Report looks at
sexual harassment Channel 9 News, 16 Apr 2012
The
Gillard Government faces class war in Federal Budget The Advertiser, 13
Apr 2012
Easter a precious break from work, work, work Sunday Age/ WA Today, 8 Apr
2012
Mature type seeks romance, deserves dignity and respect Canberra Times, 7 Apr
2012
Business groups unhappy with detail of proposed equal opportunity legislation
SmartCompany, 4 Apr 2012
New laws force taxpayer-funded companies to promote women, Herald Sun 4
Apr 2012
Promote women or miss government deals, The Advertiser, 3 Apr 2012
March 2012
Graduate pay rides the boom The Weekend Australian, 31 Mar 2012
Rethinking theories of time and space Canberra Times, 28 Mar 2012
Insecure workers tell their stories, The Wire, 22 Mar 2012
Casuals feel 'second class' Bendigo Advertiser 15 Mar 2012
Genders aren't equal, according to capitalism, Oregon Daily Emerald (US), 6
Mar 2012
Sleeping giant: worker fatigue 'epidemic' Canberra Times, 5 Mar 2012
February 2012
Interview with Dr Natalie Skinner on new book: Time Bomb: Work, Rest
and Play in Australia Today , ABC Goldfields WA (Perth), Mornings, 29
Feb 2012
Interview with Dr Natalie Skinner, SA, on new book 'Time
Bomb', 2UE (Sydney), Afternoon 25 Feb 2012
Workplace Time Bomb Radio Adelaide Breakfast, 22 Feb 2012
Inquiry told workers lose job benefits The West Australian 21 Feb 2012
Time of your
life 89.9 LightFM Melbourne 20 feb 2012
Fathers trapped at work The West Australian, 16 Feb 2012
Grappling with the time bomb of Australia's work, rest and play The
Conversation, 14 Feb 2012
New book: Time Bomb, Interview with Barbara Pocock
ABC 'The Drum' 14 Feb 2012
New
book chronicles the time troubles of Australians, UniSA News February
2012
New book: Time Bomb, Interview with Barbara Pocock, 5AA Adelaide 'Mornings'
12 Feb 2012
Get a life? Sorry, no time BrisbaneTimes, 12 Feb 2012
Work rest and play in Australia today ABC Radio National Saturday
Extra,11 Feb 2012 (audio)
Call to help women caring for parents The Australian, 11 Feb 2012
Having the time of your life? The Australian, 11 Feb 2012
Fathers juggling work-life time bomb struggling to nurture parent-child bond
The Age, 11 Feb 2012
Long hours putting strain on families The Advertiser, 10 Feb 2012
Greens to push for flexible working hours The Age, 10 Feb 2012
Time Bomb; Work, rest & play in Australia today, Books and Beyond,
Australian Financial Review, 10 Feb 2012
The Australian Work Culture Radio National Panel Discussion, 2
February 2012, Guests including Prof Barbara Pocock
Fair 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
January 2012
Women's earnings in sport, Prof Barbara Pocock, Radio 5AA Adelaide,
31 January 2012
Australians working longer hours,
Channel 10 (Melbourne) The Project 20 Jan 2012
Interviewees: 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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