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Does gender equality suffer when women get menstrual leave?

  • Written by: The Conversation Contributor
imageMenstruation can cause unique health challenges, but does that mean we need special sick days?Clara Alim, CC BY-NC-SA

There’s nothing like a whiff of taboo to make news media outlets and social media erupt with vitriolic debate. Mention menstruation in popular culture and – just like sex-related topics – it proves to be...

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For whom the Pell tolls: what did we learn from George Pell's royal commission appearance?

  • Written by: The Conversation Contributor
imageGeorge Pell gave four days of evidence to the royal commission via video link from Rome.AAP/Lukas Coch

Cardinal George Pell returned this week to the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse in relation to the Ballarat and Melbourne case studies.

Giving evidence over the course of four days, via video link from Rome, Pell...

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The Conversation appoints cities and politics editors

  • Written by: The Conversation Contributor

The Conversation has expanded its Australian editorial team with the creation of a new editorial role covering Cities + Policy. John Watson, who was previously Politics + Society Editor, has taken on the role while Amanda Dunn, formerly of The Age and The Sunday Age, is now heading up the Politics + Society team.

The decision to create a role...

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  28. Indigenous leader Pat Dodson is Shorten's 'captain's pick' for Senate
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  30. Could opposition to same-sex marriage be about the price of sex?
  31. How the political crises of the modern Muslim world created the climate for Islamic State
  32. Australia's recreational drug policies aren't working, so what are the options for reform?
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  41. Explainer: what changes to Australia's media ownership laws are being proposed?
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