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Israel Folau's comments remind us homophobia and transphobia are ever present in Australian sport

  • Written by: Ryan Storr, Lecturer in Sport Development, Western Sydney University

Homophobia and transphobia are becoming a regular fixture in the Australian sporting calendar. Last year, Margaret Court served up anti-LGBT+ comments, while the AFL came under fire for its treatment of the first transgender player in the AFLW.

Now rugby union star Israel Folau has joined in, saying on Instagram that gay people will go to hell unles...

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A closer look at business cases raises questions about 'priority' national infrastructure projects

  • Written by: Glen Searle, Honorary Associate Professor in Planning, University of Queensland and, University of Sydney
A closer look at business cases raises questions about 'priority' national infrastructure projects

Infrastructure Australia’s latest infrastructure priority list has been criticised for being “too Sydney-centric” and for giving Melbourne’s East West Link, cancelled in 2014, “high priority” status. The cancelled Roe 8 project in Perth was removed from the list.

So how does a project get onto Infrastructure...

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Part of what Australians think is good leadership, might just be Anglo traits

  • Written by: Dan Caprar, Senior Lecturer, University of Sydney

Some leadership attributes, like being trustworthy or encouraging, are viewed the same way in all cultures, but there are other characteristics that only spell leadership to people of Anglo-Celtic backgrounds.

This may present a problem for the 5.1% of Australian senior business leaders who are neither European nor Anglo-Celtic background or for...

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