Cost savings and efficiency are two of the biggest reasons factories have slowly become more automated over the last few years, leaving hundreds of workers without jobs. However, covid seems to have accelerated this change, with more companies switching to automation to enable production to continue during lockdowns. This is especially the case for meatworks,…
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4 stage plan for covid
A very clear and accurate explanation… Yes, Minister and Yes, Prime Minister were two of the many British comedies I grew up watching (and loved). Not many shows that can be as relevant today as it was when it was made decades ago. Can’t wait until streaming options bring it back to Australia. Have you…
Imaginary dinner party
In 2020 I’m answering a list of 52 journal questions. Read about it here. Who would you invite to your imaginary dinner party?In 2016 Australian company, Masterfoods, asked this question in an advertising campaign. My answer, in this covid life when my extended family are all on the other side of closed borders, is the…
Dancing roadworker
In our covid life it is always refreshing to see people putting a smile on others faces – and sometimes it doesn’t take much. Traffic controller Claire is one such person. She’s been working on the Princes Highway in New South Wales near Bulli for the last two months. She and the other traffic controllers…
Semester 2
Today is the first day of semester 2 in the school year. After the covid-ridden crash and burn of semester 1, I’m really hoping this is will be a better semester. The mid-year holiday (2 weeks) is a nice break because the Barbarians have no school work to do over these holidays (the term holidays…