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What we miss when we focus on the gender wage gap

  • Written by: Petrina Coventry, Professor, Business School, University of Adelaide
imageBeyond the gender wage gap there is a problem of persistent underemployment.Pexels

The gender pay gap currently stands at 23% in Australia, but this statistic alone does not capture the full problem. If you don’t have a job, the opportunity to work enough hours, or good working conditions, then wage parity is a secondary issue.

The latest...

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Why comparing technology to drugs isn't simply a question of addiction

  • Written by: Greg Wadley, Lecturer, School of Computing and Information Systems, University of Melbourne
imageResearchers are looking at technology for ways to manage mood. Kitja Kitja/Shutterstock

Some experts say technologies such as social media and video games are like drugs. Others disagree.

This debate is really about whether technologies are addictive. But the defining property of a psychoactive drug is not “addictiveness”, but the...

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A short history of vaccine objection, vaccine cults and conspiracy theories

  • Written by: Ella Stewart-Peters, PhD Candidate in History, Flinders University
imageEdward Jenner, who pioneered vaccination, and two colleagues (right) seeing off three anti-vaccination opponents, with the dead lying at their feet (1808).I Cruikshank/Wellcome Images/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA

When we hear phrases like vaccine objection, vaccine refusal and anti-vaxxers, it’s easy to assume these are new labels used in...

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Islamophobia is still raising its ugly head in Australia

  • Written by: Mehmet Ozalp, Associate Professor in Islamic Studies, Director of The Centre for Islamic Studies and Civilisation and Executive Member of Public and Contextual Theology, Charles Sturt University
imageMuslim women were particular targets of abuse.AAP/Lukas Coch

The existence and scale of Islamophobia in Australia has been hotly debated. While Muslims insist it is real and of significant scale, it has been either denied or downplayed in wider circles.

The main reason why Islamophobia has not been taken seriously could be due to the lack of quality...

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  1. As an historic nuclear weapons treaty is reached, G20 leaders miss the mark on North Korea
  2. Four of the most lethal infectious diseases of our time and how we're overcoming them
  3. Market-driven compaction is no way to build an ecocity
  4. Three reasons the government promotes home ownership for older Australians
  5. We know innovation is key – but there's little agreement on exactly what it is
  6. Without better regulation, the global market for breast milk will exploit mothers
  7. Campaigns urging us to 'care more' about food waste miss the point
  8. As the world embraces space, the 50 year old Outer Space Treaty needs adaptation
  9. Where Australia's great theatre artists trod the boards: 50 years of Melbourne's La Mama theatre
  10. The Gateway Bug: a documentary about the future of food
  11. When Trump met Putin, and how the Russian won the day
  12. The Great Barrier Reef isn't listed as 'in danger' – but it's still in big trouble
  13. Renewed commitment to multilateralism required to deal with forced human displacement
  14. The G20's new guidelines will help investors tackle climate change
  15. Explainer: is a High Court challenge about to bring down the Turnbull government?
  16. Private clinics' peddling of unproven stem cell treatments is unsafe and unethical
  17. VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on infighting in the Liberal Party
  18. It's not the science of tax, and five other things you should know about taxonomy
  19. Impending traffic chaos? Beware the problematic West Gate Tunnel forecasts
  20. Book review: The Death of Expertise
  21. Electronic games: how much is too much for kids?
  22. Vital Signs: the RBA was right to keep rates on hold
  23. A new approach to emissions trading in a post-Paris climate
  24. Forget cash: geocaching shows there are other ways to create value online
  25. Friday essay: double standards and derision – tracing our attitudes to older women and beauty
  26. Migrants are healthier than the average Australian, so they can't be a burden on the health system
  27. A busy week on the dark web highlight darknet markets' increasing role in crime
  28. Grattan on Friday: Everything's going Bill Shorten's way
  29. Labor motion on Palestinian recognition could put the Jewish vote in play at the next election
  30. Australia's dry June is a sign of what's to come
  31. Why the climate is more sensitive to carbon dioxide than weather records suggest
  32. Explainer: what is ballistic missile defence – and would it stop a missile from North Korea?
  33. Speaking with: Professor Peter Koopman on CRISPR and the power of genome editing
  34. Vivacious and unapologetic, The Rover's 17th-century feminism is painfully pertinent
  35. The G20’s economic leadership deficit
  36. Wayne Rooney for Everton
  37. What income inequality looks like across Australia
  38. Don't worry about the huge Antarctic iceberg – worry about the glaciers behind it
  39. How Angela Merkel has become – and remains – one of the world's most successful political leaders
  40. The Australian palaeodiet: which native animals should we eat?
  41. Satellites reveal melting of rocks under volcanic zone, deep in Earth's mantle
  42. Brisbane's Cross River Rail will feed the centre at the expense of people in the suburbs
  43. The great movie scenes: Steven Spielberg's Jaws
  44. Viewpoints: should euthanasia be available for people with existential suffering?
  45. After the Medicare breach, we should be cautious about moving our health records online
  46. E-cigarettes are some young people's training wheels for smoking. Here's the evidence
  47. Leaky Liberals spill the beans again
  48. Axing the Walkley for international reporting: another nail in the coffin
  49. Suburbs 'swamped' by Asians and Muslims? The data show a different story
  50. Three charts on: the changing face of Australian union members

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