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What do the newspapers _really_ tell us about the lock hospital histories?

  • Written by Melissa Sweet, Independent journalist and health writer; Adjunct Senior Lecturer, Sydney School of Public Health, University of Sydney; Founder of Croakey.org. PhD candidate, University of Canberra
imageThe facilities were poor and some inmates were subjected to unsuccessful experimentation with a "vaccine" that used arsenic compounds.Hospital Ward Dorre Island/State library of Western Australia

This article was co-authored by Kathleen Musulin, a Malgana/Yawuru woman living in Carnarvon and a member of the Carnarvon Shire Council lock hospital...

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Gonzo: we need to talk about young men and porn

  • Written by Bianca Fileborn, Research Fellow at the Australian Research Centre for Sex, Health & Society, La Trobe University
imageYoung actors give voice to what teenage boys think about porn – how often they watch it, who they watch it with and why. Sol Rumbl, Ari Maza Long, Sam Salem and Jack Palit in Gonzo. Photo credit Sarah Walke.

Young men’s use of pornography has been the focus of considerable debate, if not anxiety and moral panic, in recent years....

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The internet helps us translate 'social capital' to economic benefits

  • Written by Mohammad Salahuddin, Research Assistant, School of Commerce, University of Southern Queensland
imageNetworking online might not be so good for your "social capital" overall.Kyle Steed/Flickr, CC BY-NC

Keeping up with our social networks online helps us get what we want in the short term, but could be worse for our accumulation of “social capital” in the longer term, our research shows. One explanation for this is that the benefits...

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The price of connection: 'surveillance capitalism'

  • Written by Nick Couldry, Professor of Media, Communications and Social Theory, London School of Economics and Political Science
imageShifts in our communication infrastructures have reshaped the very possibilities of social order driven by markets and commercial exploitation.Marc Smith/flickr, CC BY-SA

This article is part of the Democracy Futures series, a joint global initiative with the Sydney Democracy Network. The project aims to stimulate fresh thinking about the many...

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  2. Banks can target service before sales to avoid a banking royal commission
  3. BP in the Bight: why the planned oil spill response is too slow to protect the coast
  4. VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the government's approach to welfare
  5. Business moves on climate as the Paris Agreement gets closer to sealing the deal
  6. Policy versus populism: what can we expect from the first presidential debate?
  7. What's behind Indonesian authorities' desire to control LGBT sexuality?
  8. Vital Signs: Lowe makes the case for 'good' government debt
  9. Friday essay: the Australian Mosque
  10. Gonski model was corrupted, but Labor and Coalition are both to blame
  11. Intelligence review must tackle anxiety around information-gathering, privacy and security
  12. Everything you wanted to know about US elections but were afraid to ask
  13. The more work-life balance we have the more we want: global study
  14. Australian investors want bankable projects that help us adapt to climate change
  15. Why psychology lost its soul: everything comes from the brain
  16. How the Australian galah got its name in a muddle
  17. Speaking with: Bad Pharma author Ben Goldacre about how bad research hurts us all
  18. A green and happy holiday? You can have it all
  19. Grattan on Friday: Morrison reminds everyone Porter is walking in his steps
  20. The hard sell of stem cells: we need a better way to protect patients from harm
  21. Explainer: why the Japanese economy is stuck in a holding pattern
  22. Liberal director Nutt cold on foreign donation ban
  23. The Great Barrier Reef's 'new normal' is a forlorn sight
  24. Why Christine Lagarde says women are the answer to the world's economic growth problem
  25. Beyond the war of words: how might the Australian media's coverage of China affect social cohesion?
  26. Race to the White House: foreign policy disputes, first presidential debate, and Trump Jnr's tweet
  27. We can already see how a 'debate' about love will lead to violence and hate
  28. ASEAN goal to eradicate drugs in the region leads to disregard for human life
  29. More at-risk young people are turning to private VET providers
  30. No, cutting your car's carbon emissions won't cost you more
  31. The revolving door: why politicians become lobbyists, and lobbyists become politicians
  32. Birmingham prepares for fundamental changes to Labor's Gonski funding model
  33. Explainer: the nine swing states that will decide the next US president
  34. DNA reveals a new history of the First Australians
  35. What is infant reflux and will it get better?
  36. Explainer: what is fat studies?
  37. It takes a community to raise a startup
  38. Turnbull to UN: Climate change threatens 'the future of generations'
  39. No, fitness trackers do not make you fat and they don't make losing weight harder
  40. Business Briefing: we're overusing and underestimating 'disruption'
  41. FactCheck: Is 30% of Northern Territory farmland and 22% of Tasmanian farmland foreign-owned?
  42. Weekly Dose: LSD – dangerous, mystical or therapeutic?
  43. Resettlement is the test for Malcolm Turnbull on refugees
  44. In an age of rhetoric, Australian politics is missing the American flair
  45. The view from inside the Beltway
  46. Gen Y carers don't want a free ride, so welfare reform shouldn't single them out
  47. Sydney Metro's Sydenham-to-Bankstown line – nirvana or nightmare?
  48. Did the suicide rate decrease during Ireland's referendum on same-sex marriage?
  49. Acknowledge the brutal history of Indigenous health care – for healing
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