The way we work, how work is changing, how it used to be and what it might look like in the future.

It’s a discussion about the conditions in which we work and the demands of a job. It’s talking about how it can be the best thing in our lives and also the worst.

Work can give us meaning and satisfaction, it can be the most challenging thing we’ve ever done and the most soul destroying days of our lives. And that can all be in the same week!

Above all, we want to talk about work in a way that helps make work better for everyone who listens. So, clock on to “On the Job” and take a listen back through the archives. 

On The Job Episodes And Articles:


When Sally met Tassie

Published: 13/02/2022

On this week's episode, we try and help Sally settle into her new surrounds in Hobart, Tasmania.

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Now’s the time for the Super threshold to go

Now’s the time for the Super threshold to go

Published: 10/02/2022
Category: On The Job

"The removal of the threshold is a critical step in closing the gender gap in superannuation, and one which has been promised and re-promised by this government for almost 12 months," Michele O'Neil said. "The time for action is well overdue."

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Exploitation still the main harvest for visa workers

Exploitation still the main harvest for visa workers

Published: 08/02/2022
Category: On The Job

Another worker told the inquiry that in one 64-hour work week his wage totalled $100 and that he had to share a kitchen with 60 other workers. “We contribute a lot in this economy, we need fairness, you should treat us like Australians,” another worker told the Senate Committee.

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Transport Workers keep on rolling - but only just.

Published: 06/02/2022

Amongst the many things the COVI19 pandemic has taught us, Australia would fall apart without our transport workers.

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$400 for your vote – aged care workers say no

$400 for your vote – aged care workers say no

Published: 03/02/2022
Category: On The Job

What price for the vote of an aged care worker? For an increasingly desperate Scott Morrison, it would seem it’s a paltry $400.

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Making our own RATs – I’d like to see that!

Making our own RATs – I’d like to see that!

Published: 31/01/2022
Category: On The Job

When speaking with On the Job, Whiting was quick to point out that several Australian companies were already producing RATs, but had shifted their manufacturing offshore to North America and Europe due to lack of government support.

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