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https://theconversation.com/being-kind-to-people-the-new-challenge-for-the-public-service-260068

“Kindness has positive benefits not just for the people being served, but for organisations themselves. Our research has found kindness contributes to profit, productivity, performance and favourable community perceptions.

A kinder organisation is also a more trusted one, which is essential for any public service – funded by the public – to retain legitimacy.”

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07-14/australians-especially-men-are-reading-less-than-ever-before/105422070

Ms Burkey said a 2015 study showed that people who read regularly were 58 per cent more empathetic, which she believed could have a “knock-on effect” for tolerance, social cohesion and democracy.

“Reading is proven to help you understand your place in the world, to walk in other people’s shoes,” she said.