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Gay rebels: why some older homosexual men don't support same-sex marriage

  • Written by Peter Robinson, Senior lecturer in History and Sociology, Swinburne University of Technology

I … don’t for the life of me understand why the gay community has decided to emulate an institution that doesn’t work for even straight people … It is laughable

This is what a 59-year-old black gay activist in Los Angeles told me of his views on same-sex marriage. He is typical of many older gay men who are bemused by the...

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The fear that dare not speak its name: how language plays a role in the assisted dying debate

  • Written by Howard Manns, Lecturer in Linguistics, Monash University
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Arguments in the “euthanasia debate” (as it is colloquially referred to in Australia) hinge in part on the language used to describe “death”.

The inevitability and permanence of death make it a taboo fraught with fears (such as fear of losing loved ones, fear of the afterlife, fear of what...

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Tutors are key to reducing Indigenous student drop out rates

  • Written by Lesley Neale, Adjunct Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Curtin University
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There has been an increase in Australian Indigenous students enrolling in university in the past 10 years. While this is good news, there has also been a high drop out rate among first year Indigenous students.

How universities address retention rates

Universities address student drop-out rates through retention policy initiatives such as peer to...

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