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Pilita Clark

The Australian Financial Review (AFR) •
October 25, 2026 • 10:30:59 PM
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Potential employees should not have to disclose their pay history or guess what salary is on offer when applying for jobs.

Pilita Clark

Potential employees should not have to disclose their pay history or guess what salary is on offer when applying for jobs.

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It requires dedicated ideological belief to argue against the scientific evidence that net zero is needed to stop ever more expensive and destructive warming.

Elected officials cannot arrange a personal heir, but they can do what is best for their health and for voters, rather than staying on to satisfy political agendas.

Time and again I hear friends in all types of industries despairing of moderately talented bootlickers who rise through the ranks while bullying juniors.

I might be fined for not telling the government what I earned last year. An AI firm can quietly get the nod for a gas power plant without so much as a public hearing.

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Having a boss who understands what you do – and did it well themselves – breeds a level of trust and confidence that outsiders rarely replicate.

Companies might one day be able to use the new tool called the Corporate Bullsh-t Receptivity Scale to choose whom to hire and promote.

Leading workers through the upheaval of this world-altering technology is shaping up to be a test for the ages.

We should be getting better at artificial intelligence by now. But the scale of mistakes, from cancelled novels to legal fines, suggests the opposite.

Mindless generational labels don’t help at a time when the workplace is one of the few places where young and old mix.

Clever people have always understood the value of pleasantries at work.

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