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Female corporate leaders make firms less likely to fall foul of environmental laws

  • Written by: Chelsea Liu, Senior Lecturer, Adelaide Business School, University of Adelaide
Female corporate leaders make firms less likely to fall foul of environmental lawsFemale voices in the boardroom seem to help safeguard against environmental breaches.Fizkes/Shutterstock.com

Companies with more gender-balanced boards are less often sued for breaching environmental laws, suggesting that these companies are more mindful of protecting the environment. That is the key finding of my research, published in the Journal...

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done right, awareness-raising days can pack a punch

  • Written by: Kim Beasy, Lecturer in Curriculum and Pedagogy (Equity and Diversity), University of Tasmania
done right, awareness-raising days can pack a punchThe first Sydney Mardi Gras in 1978 was a defining moment in the history of LGBTIQ rights in Australia.www.shutterstock.com

Through the year there are now countless awareness-raising days for a range of causes. Whether you’re sending your child to school with a gold coin for Red Nose Day or wearing a pink ribbon on your lapel to work for Breas...

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the art of the colonial kangaroo hunt

  • Written by: Ken Gelder, Professor of English, University of Melbourne
the art of the colonial kangaroo huntS.T. Gill, Kangaroo Hunting, The Death, from his Australian Sketchbook (1865). Colonial hunting clubs were established across Australia in the 1830s and 1840s.National Library of Australia

Since the beginnings of settler occupation in Australia, the kangaroo has been claimed at once as a national symbol and as a type of vermin to be destroyed en...

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why do our muscles stiffen as we age?

  • Written by: Andrew Lavender, Lecturer, School of Physiotherapy and Exercise Science, Curtin University
why do our muscles stiffen as we age?Muscle stiffness is a common complaint among older people.From shutterstock.com

This is an article from I’ve Always Wondered, a series where readers send in questions they’d like an expert to answer. Send your question to alwayswondered@theconversation.edu.au


Why do our muscles get stiffer as we get older? At the age of 65, I’m...

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