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Should 'pro-ana' websites be criminalised in Australia?

  • Written by: Tomas Fitzgerald, Senior Lecturer in Law, University of Notre Dame Australia
imageIn Australia, there is little regulation of pro-ana material.Shutterstock

Anorexia nervosa is a mental illness characterised by a distorted body image, an extremely low body weight, and a fear of gaining weight. While anorexia affects all people, it is significantly more prevalent among women. Even though it is relatively rare, its effects are...

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How to ask for a pay rise

  • Written by: Mara Olekalns, Professor of Management - Negotiations, Melbourne Business School
imageDespite what RBA chief Philip Lowe says, asking for a pay rise isn't so simple for many employees. Shutterstock

When Reserve Bank governor Philip Lowe argued that the real source of workers’ unhappiness was an unwillingness to lobby for higher wages, he overlooked a key tenet of negotiation: we negotiate most successfully when we have highly...

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Vital Signs: it will take more than asking for a pay rise to fix Australia's wages problem

  • 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: a break from data reporting to focus on Australia’s dismal wages growth and the productivity...

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Explainer: how law enforcement decodes your photos

  • Written by: Richard Matthews, PhD Candidate, University of Adelaide
imageYour photos can tell law enforcement a lot about you.allen/Flickr, CC BY-ND

For as long as humans have been making images, we have also been manipulating them.

Complex darkroom techniques were once required to modify images but now anyone with a smartphone can apply hundreds of changes using freely available tools.

While this may be convenient for...

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  2. Friday essay: the legend of Ishtar, first goddess of love and war
  3. Is it really so wrong to care for an introduced bird species?
  4. The Lark Descending: are non-native birds undervalued in New Zealand?
  5. Grattan on Friday: Plenty of 'rising damp' in Turnbull government's approach
  6. Pauline Hanson is wrong – we need to include children with disability in regular classrooms
  7. Explainer: how malware gets inside your apps
  8. Make Money this Winter and Hire out Your Van
  9. Gene testing for the public: a way to ward off disease, or a useless worry?
  10. The government's new energy plans will leave investors less confident than ever
  11. 'Who knew the world could be so awful': Alice Birch's apocalyptic feminist theatre
  12. Journalists in war zones tread a fine line between safety and freedom of speech
  13. Why the sunrise is still later after the winter solstice shortest day
  14. Why is the Australian government funding Hollywood films at the expense of our stories?
  15. It's easy to do business in New Zealand but it needs to be easier
  16. Growing up in disadvantaged areas may affect teens' brains, but good parenting can help
  17. Restricting bail and parole for those with terror links is no cure-all
  18. Are we counting culture to death?
  19. Uber's problems highlight silicon valley's faltering vision for the future
  20. Surgeons admit to mistakes in surgery and would use robots if they reduced the risks
  21. Business Briefing: following the money in cricket
  22. Beyond Medicare levies: joining the dots to create places that are good for our health
  23. Where are the new Australian musicals? Waiting in the wings
  24. Feeling euphoric on a low-carb diet? The effect on your brain is similar to an illicit drug
  25. Hey, sexy: objectifying catcalls occur more frequently than you might think
  26. A venomous paradox: how deadly are Australia's snakes?
  27. A Labor government would boost schools' money but how much would it unpick Gonski 2.0?
  28. Republicans hold seats at US House by-elections
  29. Get in on the ground floor: how apartments can join the solar boom
  30. Should governments provide funding grants to encourage public interest journalism?
  31. Speaking with: Peter Doherty about infectious disease pandemics
  32. The CPA saga demonstrates why Australia's corporate governance code needs replacing
  33. Three charts on: Australia's declining homicide rates
  34. Canavan offers to fund gas exploration, but what do we get in return?
  35. Three charts on: the NBN and Australia’s digital divide
  36. What Australia can learn from the New Zealand retirement system
  37. Taxing sugary drinks would boost productivity, not just health
  38. Grenfell Tower fire exposes the injustice of disasters
  39. As Harry Potter turns 20, let's focus on reading pleasure rather than literary merit
  40. Science journalism is in Australia’s interest, but needs support to thrive
  41. Australia's lobbying laws are inadequate, but other countries are getting it right
  42. Curious Kids: how can a tiny seed actually grow into a huge tree?
  43. New Zealand joins a growing global Conversation
  44. Australians shy away from Trump but strongly embrace the alliance: Lowy poll
  45. Government reaches out to Catholics on Gonski 2.0
  46. Labor takes a political risk and opposes government's tougher citizenship legislation
  47. Land clearing on the rise as legal 'thinning' proves far from clear-cut
  48. How the corporate veil is motivating misbehaviour and obscuring who should take the blame
  49. A human percussion section: The Idea of North with Kaichiro Kitamura
  50. Are China and the US destined for war?

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