by Astrid Daniels | Mar 21, 2023 | Interchange Bench
Did you know that one in two people in Australia are either born overseas or have a parent born overseas? The state of Victoria alone has around 290 different languages spoken, with over 300 ancestries (note, these stats are not including indigenous languages and...
by Fiona Lewis-Gray | Mar 10, 2023 | The Slade Report
Have you ever experienced a switch that turned on a light bulb moment, and then for that moment to restlessly buzz around your mind until it settles? For me, that happened in early March when I explored the International Women’s Day website, and was able to...
by Karen Yang and Maggie Zhang | Jan 27, 2023 | Interchange Bench
We asked Karen Yang and Maggie Zhang from our Payroll team what Chinese New Year, which falls on 22 January in 2023, means to them… Karen: The celebration of Spring Festival (or Chūnjié in pinyin) has more than 4000 years history. Based on the Chinese lunisolar...
by Chris Toussaint | Jul 1, 2021 | Interchange Bench, The Slade Report
While you may have seen more colours than usual in your social feed over the last month during Pride*, it’s not always all rainbows and unicorns for LGBTQI+ people at work. Our level of acceptance and comfort varies from occupation to industry, geographic location and...