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Women’s surfing riding wave towards gender equity

  • Written by: Holly Thorpe, Associate Professor in Sociology of Sport and Physical Culture, University of Waikato
Women’s surfing riding wave towards gender equityProfessional female surfers have been advocating for decades for equal pay, access to events, visibility and sponsorship.Ed Sloane / EPA, CC BY-ND

The World Surfing League recently became the first US-based global sporting league to offer equal pay to male and female competitors.

In a Facebook post, the league announced that women surfers will...

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what is Pentecostalism, and how might it influence Scott Morrison's politics?

  • Written by: Mark Jennings, Adjunct Lecturer in Religious Studies, Murdoch University
what is Pentecostalism, and how might it influence Scott Morrison's politics?The deeply religious Scott Morrison is Australia's first Pentecostal prime minister. Mick Tsikas/AAP

Since Scott Morrison became prime minister last month, much has been made about his religious beliefs and the impact they are likely to have on his leadership.

Understanding Morrison’s faith and how it influences his worldview requires some...

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Trust has to be as important as profit if banks and their boards are to regain their corporate legitimacy

  • Written by: Rosemary Sainty, Academic, UTS Business School, University of Technology Sydney
Trust has to be as important as profit if banks and their boards are to regain their corporate legitimacySpeaking in confidence, the members of bank boards are worried.Shutterstock

Central to the banking royal commission (and central to recent revelations about the ABC) has been the role of boards.

Although they’ve said little publicly about how they see their roles, in a confidential research setting they have conceded their role should be about...

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The planned national waste policy won't deliver a truly circular economy

  • Written by: Jenni Downes, Senior Research Consultant, Institute for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology Sydney
The planned national waste policy won't deliver a truly circular economyThe proposed policy doesn't quite fit all the pieces together.Shutterstock.com

Australia’s government has announced new planned waste recycling targets, as part of its response to the crisis prompted by China’s decision to crack down on recycling imports earlier this year.

The wider goal of Australia’s plan to update the National...

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  2. why did mammals go the fur route, rather than developing feathers?
  3. The problem isn't dockless share bikes. It's the lack of bike parking
  4. Trust Me, I'm An Expert: Australia's extreme weather
  5. The problem with Australia's banks is one of too much law and too little enforcement
  6. Royal Commission shows banks have behaved appallingly, but we've helped them do it
  7. the importance of pilot checklists
  8. Speaking out about sexual violence on social media may not challenge gendered power relations
  9. 'Things are so bad that new laws might not help'
  10. 'The worst kind of pain you can imagine' – what it's like to be stung by a stinging tree
  11. Michelle Grattan on ABC turmoil, the federal budget and the controversy over Australia Day
  12. How the laws of ancient Rome could help victims of sexual harassment in Australia
  13. SharkSpotter combines AI and drone technology to spot sharks and aid swimmers on Australian beaches
  14. let's take a ride across Australia
  15. a linguistic 'shirtfronting' for lovers and haters of sports alike
  16. How teachers can help support children during their parents’ divorce
  17. how the moral panic over 'sexual sadists' silenced their victims
  18. Four lessons for Australia from England's system of rating its aged care homes
  19. Ten lessons from cities that have risen to the affordable housing challenge
  20. Will 2018 be the year of climate action? Victorian London's 'Great Stink' sewer crisis might tell us
  21. for all its worth, the banking royal commission could hurt a generation of battlers
  22. Health care is getting cheaper (unless you need a specialist, or a dentist)
  23. ABC's challenge is to 'keep calm and carry on'
  24. With Justin Milne gone, how does the ABC go about restoring its crucial independence?
  25. Bring on the royal commission, but we have a plan to act on aged care right now
  26. We need to talk about the mental health of content moderators
  27. Man With The Iron Neck is gripping, confronting physical theatre
  28. Just because you're thin, doesn't mean you're healthy
  29. Justin Milne quits as ABC chairman after furore over attack on political editor
  30. Why an education in visual arts is the key to arming students for the future
  31. seven reasons you should respect the ref in the NRL Grand Final
  32. How ABC chairman Justin Milne compromised the independence of the national broadcaster
  33. ABC Board Chair over-reaches in a bid to appease hostile government
  34. Why a separate holiday for Indigenous Australians misses the point
  35. Why AFL commentary works the same way as Iron Age epic poetry
  36. Full response from Pauline Hanson for a FactCheck on English language proficiency in Australia
  37. do 'over a million' people in Australia not speak English 'well or at all'?
  38. Life as an older renter, and what it tells us about the urgent need for tenancy reform
  39. We must strengthen, not weaken, environmental protections during drought – or face irreversible loss
  40. Growers are in a jam now, but strawberry sabotage may well end up helping the industry
  41. Unexpected find from a neutron star forces a rethink on radio jets
  42. Government sets up inquiry into embattled ABC chairman's email
  43. Brendan O'Connor on Labor's industrial relations agenda
  44. There is nothing sacrosanct about corporate culture; we can and must regulate it
  45. Clementine Ford reveals the fragility behind 'toxic masculinity' in Boys Will Be Boys
  46. why priests should be made to report child abuse revealed in confession
  47. Why malnutrition is an issue for more than half of patients in intensive care
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