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Fall-out from Setka affair could give Coalition easier passage of union bill

  • Written by: Ray Markey, Emeritus Professor, Macquarie University
Fall-out from Setka affair could give Coalition easier passage of union billThe Coalition government is pushing Labor back up its criticism of John Setka's behaviour by supporting its Ensuring Integrity Bill. Julian Smith/AAP

One of the Coalition government’s first priorities in the new parliament is the passage of its Ensuring Integrity Bill, aimed at tightening regulations on unions and union officials.

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Are most people on the Newstart unemployment benefit for a short or long time?

  • Written by: Peter Whiteford, Professor, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
Are most people on the Newstart unemployment benefit for a short or long time?Most of those receiving the $40 per day have been doing it for a long time.Shutterstock

Since parliament has resumed three Liberal members - Dean Smith, Russell Broadbent and Andrew Wallace - have joined a group of Nationals calling for an increase in the A$40 per day Newstart unemployment allowance.

Labor has already committed itself to both an inq...

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Sexually objectifying women leads women to objectify themselves, and harms emotional well-being

  • Written by: Peter Koval, Academic, Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences, University of Melbourne
Sexually objectifying women leads women to objectify themselves, and harms emotional well-beingIn our research, one-third of women experienced sexual objectification at least once.From shutterstock.com

How does a woman feel when a man wolf-whistles at her from across the street? Or when a male coworker gives her body a fleeting once-over before looking her in the eye?

These examples may seem relatively innocent to some, but our research has...

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