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Friday essay: TV's troubling storylines for characters with a mental illness

  • Written by: Rebecca Beirne, Senior Lecturer in Film, Media and Cultural Studies, University of Newcastle
imageClaire Danes as CIA agent Carrie Mathison in Homeland: in one episode, she stops taking her medication in order to solve the puzzle of who is attempting to kill her.Teakwood Lane Productions, Cherry Pie Productions, Keshet Broadcasting

Characters experiencing mental illnesses were once relegated to the margins of television dramas - mostly as...

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Business Briefing: the 'get rich quick scheme' influencing what you buy

  • Written by: Jenni Henderson, Editor, Business and Economy, The Conversation
imageAdvertising through online influencers is shaping consumer law, business models and people's careers.Nico Aguilera/Flickr, CC BY-SA

It sounds like a get rich quick scheme. Amass huge numbers of followers on a social media platform like Instagram and you can get paid like a celebrity to mention or feature products in your posts.

But this industry of...

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Vital Signs: don't expect much from the central bankers at Jackson Hole

  • Written by: Richard Holden, Professor of Economics and PLuS Alliance Fellow, UNSW

Vital Signs is a weekly economic wrap from UNSW economics professor and Harvard PhD Richard Holden (@profholden). Vital Signs aims to contextualise weekly economic events and cut through the noise of the data affecting global economies.

This week: economic data is thin on the ground as central bankers converge on Jackson Hole for their annual meet...

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New budget standards show just how inadequate the Newstart Allowance has become

  • Written by: Peter Saunders, Research Professor in Social Policy, UNSW
imageAn increase in the Newstart Allowance of well in excess of $50 a week is urgently needed.AAP/Joel Carrett

It’s long been accepted that the level of Newstart Allowance for the unemployed is too low. The Henry Tax Review proposed an increase of “about $50 a week” in the payment for single people to restore parity with the couple...

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  1. Finkel's Clean Energy Target plan 'better than nothing': economists poll
  2. Written in stone: the world's first trigonometry revealed in an ancient Babylonian tablet
  3. Getting serious on roads reform is one way our political leaders can get back on track
  4. Grattan on Friday: A No vote in marriage ballot would be a humiliation for Turnbull
  5. Explainer: what exactly must companies disclose to investors?
  6. High Court sets dual citizenship hearings for October
  7. Legalising same-sex marriage will help reduce high rates of suicide among young people in Australia
  8. Singing death: why music and grief go hand in hand
  9. The great divide where religious beliefs and the law meet
  10. Terminator 2 in 3D reminds us what we've still to learn about AI and robotics
  11. Ethnic religious communities may be the 'No' campaign's secret weapon in same-sex marriage fight
  12. The politics of public monuments: it's time Australians looked at what, and whom, we commemorate
  13. Expansion of cashless welfare card shows shock tactics speak louder than evidence
  14. Meet the woman who can lay claim to being Australia's first female judge
  15. From flatscreen TVs to your smartphone: the element boron deserves more attention
  16. What's equity got to do with health in a higher-density city?
  17. Antarctic ice reveals that fossil fuel extraction leaks more methane than thought
  18. Capturing the true wealth of Australia’s waste
  19. Religion in Australian schools: an historical and contemporary debate
  20. Successful people would leave Australia under 'socialist' Shorten: Cormann
  21. Banks shouldn't underestimate the risk of concentration in the housing market
  22. Beer, bongs and baby boomers: the unlikely tale of drug and alcohol use in the over 50s
  23. The Rape of Lucretia: a deconstructed tale of civic and personal virtue
  24. 'No religion' and Jedi Knight find their place in Australian identity
  25. Science fiction helps us deal with science fact: a lesson from Terminator's killer robots
  26. Australian census data show collapse in citizenship uptake by New Zealanders
  27. I was stabbed 14 times at the hospital where I work. I survived, but not everyone is so lucky
  28. To Christians arguing 'no' on marriage equality: the Bible is not decisive
  29. More of us could work in part-time roles if they were designed better
  30. When the Bullin shrieked: Aboriginal memories of volcanic eruptions thousands of years ago
  31. Hype and cash are muddying public understanding of quantum computing
  32. Why investor-driven urban density is inevitably linked to disadvantage
  33. Curious Kids: Where does my poo go when I flush the toilet? Does it go into the ocean?
  34. What blackout? How solar-reliant power grids passed the eclipse test
  35. Help support The Conversation US at SXSW
  36. Newspoll 54-46 to Labor as Turnbull's ratings fall back
  37. Government urges the High Court to hear citizenship cases in mid-September
  38. Why China is cracking down on overseas investment
  39. Mea culpa: Lessons learned from firefighting
  40. Sea the possibilities: to fight climate change, put seaweed in the mix
  41. Beyond bollards: protecting crowded places means not letting the exceptional become the norm
  42. Finkel's Law: robots won't replace us because we still need that human touch
  43. Trump changes his mind on Afghanistan, but will upping the ante win the war?
  44. Science is important but moves too fast: five charts on how Australians view science and scientists
  45. Official prayers in federal parliament are divisive and unconstitutional, and should be scrapped
  46. Explainer: why do we get fungal nail infections and how can we treat them?
  47. It's hard to find a humble CEO. Here's why
  48. Australia's car industry needs cybersecurity rules to deal with the hacking threat
  49. Evidence is clear on the benefits of legalising same-sex marriage
  50. It's not just the buildings, high-density neighbourhoods make life worse for the poor

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