The Australian media has widely reported that Australian Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd, exists on three-hours sleep per night. He doesn’t and Professor Drew Dawson, a prominent Australian sleep researcher, discusses the exaggeration of high-flying professionals in an article at Crikey.com on 21 July 2009.
More research of Professor Drew Dawson, Director, Centre for Sleep Research, University of South Australia, is available online.
In December 2019, it was announced that Professor Maureen Dollard had received funding to investigate "the impact of toxic workplaces on mental health". The significance of this research is evident in the University of South Australia media release which describes this research as the "first of its kind in the…
The Australian Industry Group has released research into workplace mental health conducted by Griffith University. The AiGroup claims it is a "... a landmark study into mental health initiatives taken in local workplaces". It is far from it. Workplace mental health will only become more important in 2020 with reports…
Australia's heavy vehicle transport industry has been involved in arguing about workplace health and safety for decades. It is also one of those issues that have been largely dominated by anecdotal evidence, as shown by the recent Australian Senate Committee hearings into the "Importance of a viable, safe, sustainable and…