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Pregnant women are at increased risk of domestic violence in all cultural groups

  • Written by: Hannah Dahlen, Professor of Midwifery and Higher Degree Director, Western Sydney University
Pregnant women are at increased risk of domestic violence in all cultural groupsWomen having a subsequent baby are more likely to disclose domestic violence than first time mothers.Vyshnova/Shutterstock

Domestic violence occurs across all age groups and life stages. Rather than reducing during pregnancy, expecting a child is a key risk factor for domestic violence beginning or escalating.

Our research, published today in the...

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How courts and costs are undermining ASIC and the ACCC's efforts to police misbehaving banks and businesses

  • Written by: Elise Bant, Professor of Law, University of Melbourne

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has come under heavy fire for taking the lighter option of securing undertakings from businesses in breach of the law, rather than tougher penalties.

Former Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) chairman Allan Fels described ASIC’s operations as:

When something goes...

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How 'new power' is driving journalism in the digital age

  • Written by: Andrea Carson, Lecturer, Media and Politics, School of Social and Political Sciences; Honorary Research Fellow, Centre for Advancing Journalism, University of Melbourne
How 'new power' is driving journalism in the digital ageThe concept of 'new power' can be applied to modern digital journalism.Shutterstock

A new book on so-called “new power” has attracted endorsements from a glittering array of public figures, ranging from entrepreneur Sir Richard Branson, comedian Russell Brand and primatologist Jane Goodall to former Australian High Court judge Michael...

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Kidnapped democracy: how can citizens escape?

  • Written by: Ramón A. Feenstra, Lecturer of Moral Philosophy, Universitat Jaume I
Kidnapped democracy: how can citizens escape?Contemporary politics is no longer able to resist the pressure of economic power.David Shankbone/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY

This article is part of the Revolutions and Counter Revolutions series, curated by Democracy Futures as a joint global initiative between the Sydney Democracy Network and The Conversation. The project aims to stimulate fresh...

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  5. As a new defence chief comes in, Australia must focus its attention on its neighbours
  6. do we need ribbon-cutting infrastructure for jobs and growth?
  7. Where has Melbourne's political graffiti gone?
  8. Kyoto has many things to celebrate, but losing its trams isn't one of them
  9. Where did trees come from?
  10. Turnbull government abandons $8.2 billion Medicare levy increase
  11. The biggest clash of heroes and villains in Avengers: Infinity War
  12. Clarrie Combo, Mrs Brown and Aboriginal soldiers in WW2
  13. Women have been neglected by the Anzac tradition, and it's time that changed
  14. Robert Kelly on the Korean summits
  15. Yes, your kids can run all day – they’ve got muscles like endurance athletes
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  17. what is the link and who is at risk?
  18. Labor's Newspoll lead narrows federally and in Victoria
  19. Why short 'unconscious bias' programs aren't enough to end racial harassment and discrimination
  20. A Tasmanian Requiem is a musical reckoning, and a pathway to reconciliation
  21. Gallipoli commemorations of Turkish youth tell us much about politics in Turkey
  22. As North Korea builds a season of summits, the stakes on denuclearisation remain high
  23. does Australia need personal income tax cuts?
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