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Sex, technology and disability – it's complicated

  • Written by: Phillippa Carnemolla, Senior Research Fellow, School of the Built Environment, University of Technology Sydney
Sex, technology and disability – it's complicatedMedia portrayals of sexuality often focus on a visual and verbal vocabulary that is young, white, cisgender, heterosexual and...not disabled. from www.shutterstock.com

People living with disability are largely excluded from conversations about sexuality, and face overlapping barriers to sexual expression that are both social and physical.

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Better than the alternative. What the market thought of ScoMo

  • Written by: Mark Humphery-Jenner, Associate Professor of Finance, UNSW
Better than the alternative. What the market thought of ScoMoMorrison made the market jump.Shutterstock

Australia received a new Prime Minister last week. Much ink has been spilled on the desirability, or otherwise, of this leadership change. But, how did the market respond?

Considerations when examining reaction

Looking at the market’s reaction to a leadership turnover is often fraught for several...

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A 'woman problem'? No, the Liberals have a 'man problem', and they need to fix it

  • Written by: Chris Wallace, ARC DECRA Fellow, Australian National University
A 'woman problem'? No, the Liberals have a 'man problem', and they need to fix itThe Liberal Party room is dominated – and increasingly so over the past generation – by male MPs who anoint leaders in their own image.AAP/Lukas Coch

Politics isn’t rational. Prejudice trumps performance. Politics is run by thugs. These are three reasonable conclusions from the snubbing of electorally popular Julie Bishop in last...

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Gender quotas and targets would speed up progress on gender equity in academia

  • Written by: Joanne Pyke, Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Strategic Economic Studies (CSES), Victoria University
Gender quotas and targets would speed up progress on gender equity in academiaMen outnumber women in top-paying academic jobs and university leadership.www.shutterstock.com

Recently, the University of Adelaide used a special exemption under the Equal Opportunity Act to advertise eight academic positions in the faculty of engineering, computer and mathematical sciences for women only. This raises questions about why a...

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