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The workplace challenge facing Australia (spoiler alert – it’s not technology)

  • Written by Sarah Kaine, Associate Professor UTS Centre for Business and Social Innovation, University of Technology Sydney
The workplace challenge facing Australia (spoiler alert – it’s not technology)Power imbalances are doing far more to change the way we work than are apps.Shutterstock

This is part of a major series called Advancing Australia, in which leading academics examine the key issues facing Australia in the lead-up to the 2019 federal election and beyond. Read the other pieces in the series here.

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