Arbeit macht frei ‘WHAT YOU NEED to understand is that automotive work is very monotonous.’I was in a restaurant in Port Melbourne... By Gideon Haigh
The illusionist’s trick VISITING SYDNEY FROM New York before Christmas, I dropped by the office of a client and former colleague. Her... By Virginia Lloyd
The choices we make BRISBANE, 15 JUNE, 2039: Chris shuffles into the homeless shelter. They’ve always been spartan places, but more so now... By David Peetz
Working late ANNIE WAS WORKING as a secretary when she turned sixty, a milestone she’d always regarded as her retirement age.... By Darryl Dymock
Flying high TWO DECADES AGO, my father, then in his mid-seventies, used to fly to the northern New South Wales town... By Mandy Sayer
Working for (bare) life IT IS GETTING dark as we approach the Cameron Highlands, about two hundred kilometres north of and a three-hour... By Gerhard Hoffstaedter
Gods and housework ‘I HAVE NEVER used a vacuum cleaner,’ my ardently intellectual mother says proudly. ‘That was my condition when I... By Hayley Katzen
Not missing in action WHILE MANY ASPECTS of working life have changed in recent decades, the inequality of outcomes experienced by male and... By Liz Temple
Two men and a picture palace MANY MOONS AGO, before editing books was a glimmer at the end of my nib, I worked as an... By Dmetri Kakmi
Beyond the stethoscope ‘THERE WOULDN’T BE a day goes by that I don’t think about giving up.’ It’s a cold winter’s morning... By Lucy Mayes
Applying life’s lessons LAST WINTER I was lying in the red dirt in the middle of the Sandover Highway two hundred kilometres... By Julie James Bailey
Downstairs in Ethiopia ‘AND HOW DOES that feel – to be hungry?’The girl, Abrinet, looks at me, smiles, then looks down. She... By Andrew Belk