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Universities need to rethink policy on student-staff relationships

  • Written by: Denise Cuthbert, Associate Deputy Vice Chancellor, Research Training and Development, RMIT University
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The Human Rights Commission report, Change the Course: National Report on Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment at Australian Universities, was published in August 2017.

In response, Australian universities have taken various actions to address sexual assault and harassment on their campuses. Most are directed at making universities...

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Why New Zealand can't outsource employment policy to its central bank

  • Written by: James Morley, Professor of Macroeconomics, University of Sydney

Following on campaign promises, the coalition government in New Zealand is moving quickly to mandate the Reserve Bank of New Zealand focus on “maximising employment”.

But as we’ve seen in Australia and elsewhere, changing a central bank’s mandate to include employment is unlikely to change policies in the face of economic...

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Contradictory polls in Queensland, while the Greens storm Northcote in Victoria

  • Written by: Adrian Beaumont, Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Melbourne
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The Queensland election will be held in five days, on November 25. There has been no statewide polling from either Galaxy or Newspoll since an early November Galaxy. These two pollsters have given Labor higher primary votes than ReachTEL, and assume...

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Most young Australians can’t identify fake news online

  • Written by: Tanya Notley, Senior Lecturer in Digital Media, Western Sydney University
imageMedia education opportunities should be more frequently available in schools to ensure young Australians meaningfully engage with news media. Shutterstock

In September 2017, we conducted Australia’s first nationally representative survey focused on young Australians’ news engagement practices.

Our survey of 1,000 young Australians aged...

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  2. Four reasons the Australian government should consider litigation against tobacco companies
  3. When the US locked up white Australian immigrants like Australia does to asylum seekers
  4. Three charts on: how emotional and economic abuse go hand-in-hand
  5. Can a tech company build a city? Ask Google
  6. Five reasons India, China and other nations plan to travel to the Moon
  7. Why the fashion industry keeps failing to fix labour exploitation
  8. Going overboard on religious protections could come back to bite in multicultural Australia
  9. Bennelong polls: Galaxy 50-50, ReachTEL 53-47 to Liberal
  10. It's too soon to celebrate a narrowing gender wage gap
  11. Don Dale royal commission demands sweeping change – is there political will to make it happen?
  12. VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the same-sex marriage ballot result
  13. Plague outbreak: where does it still exist and could it spread?
  14. Step up Australia, we need a traffic cop in space
  15. From Lord of the Rings to Crocodile Dundee – franchising Australian culture?
  16. Three charts on: what's going on at Manus Island
  17. It's unrealistic to expect MPs to follow the view of the people who elected them every time
  18. A Robert De Niro Theory of Post-Truth: ‘Are you talking to me?’
  19. Australia is a global top-ten deforester – and Queensland is leading the way
  20. The dual citizenship saga shows our Constitution must be changed, and now
  21. Friday essay: when did Australia’s human history begin?
  22. How 'liar loans' undermine sound lending practices
  23. Vital Signs: Australia's mining boom transition is on shaky ground
  24. What prospective parents need to know about gene tests such as 'prepair'
  25. This is how to create social hubs that make 20-minute neighbourhoods work
  26. NAPLAN has done little to improve student outcomes
  27. Grattan on Friday: In 2017 Australia has delivered to LGBTI community but failed its First Peoples
  28. When masturbation on screen isn't maligned
  29. Bee aware, but not alarmed: here's what you need to know about honey bee stings
  30. How the same-sex marriage survey got us talking about – and trusting – data
  31. FactCheck: has Queensland Labor created 'more than four times' as many jobs as the LNP?
  32. Wonder Woman and Aquaman are the only charismatic leads in Justice League
  33. War and democracy – who decides?
  34. The blockchain does not eliminate the need for trust
  35. Why there should be no room in the law for celebrants to discriminate on same-sex marriage
  36. The public should be 'shocked, dismayed and disgusted' at the major banks
  37. Same-sex marriage results crush the idea that Australian voters crave conservatism
  38. The race to save up to 50 shipwrecks from looters in Southeast Asia
  39. The NSW assisted dying bill isn't as robust as Victoria's model
  40. We've found an exo-planet with an extraordinarily eccentric orbit
  41. Don't give up on Pacific Island nations yet
  42. Natural hazard risk: is it just going to get worse or can we do something about it?
  43. NAPLAN only tells part of the story of student achievement
  44. Increasing wages would make the Australian economy safer
  45. Politics podcast: the Greens' Jordon Steele-John on being an 'accidental' senator
  46. High Court strikes again – knocking out replacement senator Hollie Hughes
  47. How social conservatism among ethnic communities drove a strong 'no' vote in western Sydney
  48. Explainer: mass coral spawning, a wonder of the natural world
  49. The road to same-sex marriage support has been long – and the fight isn't over yet
  50. What the numbers say (and don't say) in the same-sex marriage survey

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