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Millionaire migrants are more likely to move to Australia than any other country. The Global Wealth Migration Review found 10,000 people with a personal wealth of US$1m or more migrated to Australia in 2017, making it the most popular destination three years running. The millionaires were mostly from China, India and the UK. The report said Australia was desirable because of its proximity to Asia and safe image, but could also be seen as “a nanny state with too many rules”.

A university paper recommends women work less than men because they do more at home. The Australian National University found a healthy working week for women should be limited to 34 hours, compared to 47 hours for men. In the 1930s, the International Labour Organisation set 48 hours a work as the upper limit, at a time when men worked professionally and women largely worked in the home. The study showed mental health outcomes dropped when men and women worked longer than the aforementioned work limits.

Teachers should be called ‘learning designers’ as part of a revamp for the profession. That’s the call from Kings College London Professor Guy Claxton while he was in Sydney last week. He said modern-day teachers needed to impart the soft skills students would need to be successful in the workplaces of the future, saying: “I am almost tempted to abandon the word teacher. I think we are not teachers. Teacher still carries that strong sense of 'I taught them something'.”

Arnott’s Biscuits has won the right to urine test factory workers. The Fair Work Commission ruled the biscuit maker was within its rights to test for alcohol and other drugs in staff’s systems after union United Voice challenged the practice. The union had requested staff at its Brisbane factory be tested with a less invasive oral swab but Commissioner Jennifer Hunt said urine testing was a "greater deterrent" because it detected a presence of drugs for longer periods of time.

The creators of New York’s High Line are designing Adelaide’s next arts precinct. American studio Diller Scofidio + Renfro will team up with Adelaide company Woods Bagot to create a new art gallery and cultural destination on an old hospital site. The design includes a floating top-floor ‘sky gallery’ and suspended rooftop garden. Taking inspiration from the High Line’s transformation from rail tracks into a roof-level garden. The $250m project needs state government final funding approval.

Idea of the Day: When a company says all roles are flexible, it means a conversation about working irregular hours or from home should be automatic, says PwC Australia Diversity and Inclusion program manager Penny Rush.

“You don’t need a reason to ask for flexibility. Managers need a reason to say no.”

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— Cayla Dengate