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Instead of asking women to 'fix' their choices about work, let's help them belong in a workplace

  • Written by: Michelle Ryan, Professor of Social and Organisational Psychology, University of Exeter

Improving gender equality in the workplace needs to be more about ensuring that work is somewhere women feel they can belong and less about trying to simply “fix” women’s choices about their careers.

Our preliminary research suggests, that women opt-out because they don’t feel they fit in within their organisations, because...

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What Jewish law says about suicide and assisted dying

  • Written by: Daniel Sinclair, Wolff Fellow in Jewish Law; Visiting Professor of Law, Fordham University
imageJewish law recognises patient choice as decisive in some situations where assisted dying may be an option.shutterstock

In November, Victoria became the first Australian state to legalise voluntary assisted dying. From mid-2019, competent, terminally ill adults who are stricken with an incurable and progressive physical or mental disease and unable...

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BMI is underestimating obesity in Australia, waist circumference needs to be measured too

  • Written by: Emma Gearon, Research fellow, Deakin University
imageYou can be in a healthy weight range according to BMI but overweight according to waist circumference.from www.shutterstock.com

A new study has found the waistlines of Australian adults are increasing faster than body weight.

Researchers from Deakin and Monash Universities found we need to re-evaluate how we monitor overweight and obesity, as those...

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Tourists are happy when taken off the beaten track, and smaller cities and towns can tap into that

  • Written by: Elizabeth Turenko, PhD Candidate, Griffith University
imageYes, it's a beautiful part of the world, but what sets Ballyhoura apart is the deliberate focus on a warm, local welcome.stephendotcarter/flickr, CC BY

Big cities and places with internationally renowned attractions have long been the most popular tourist destinations. Even today, Chinese tour companies in Australia, for instance, mostly focus on...

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  1. A reshuffle that's come with plenty of pain and questionable gain
  2. Turnbull's reshuffle undermined by Barnaby Joyce's ousting of Darren Chester
  3. Journalists, there’s more than one expert in town, and here they are
  4. Miss out on our live Conversation Starters? We have you covered
  5. Transurban's West Gate tollway is a road into uncharted territory
  6. Health Check: what should you do with your unused medicine?
  7. More Australian trans stories on our TV screens, please
  8. Explainer: the charges against an Australian man accused of being an ‘economic agent’ for North Korea
  9. From testosterone to dogs, and physics for babies: five fascinating books in 2017
  10. Finally, police are taking family violence as seriously as terrorism
  11. Climate scientists and policymakers need to trust each other (but not too much)
  12. Belles in battle: how queer US soldiers found a place to express themselves in WWII
  13. Are mosquito coils good or bad for our health?
  14. To our FactCheck Q A readers: thank you for sharing the facts in 2017
  15. No sign of alien life 'so far' on the mystery visitor from space, but we're still looking
  16. Seven charts on the 2017 budget update
  17. Government budget update saved by higher than expected economic figures
  18. Budget update shaves growth and wage forecasts but is brighter about the deficit
  19. How painting escaped the canvas and another brush with death
  20. Tide turned: surveys show the public has lost its appetite for shark culls
  21. Michael Kirby: the rainbow in Asia and the fight for gay rights in our region
  22. Brandis off to London, as Turnbull prepares his reshuffle
  23. The royal commission's final report has landed – now to make sure there is an adequate redress scheme
  24. Pregnancy doesn't 'cure' endometriosis, so where does this advice come from?
  25. From reproducers to 'flutters' to 'sluts': tracing attitudes to women's pleasure in Australia
  26. By slashing environment spending, the government is slashing opportunities
  27. Morrison will deliver better news on debt in budget update
  28. Three (funny) charts on: 2017 in business and economics
  29. Thinking of taking up WeChat? Here's what you need to know
  30. Young people want walkable neighbourhoods, but safety is a worry
  31. Bennelong brings Turnbull a prized Lego piece – but he still has to build the set
  32. John Alexander easily retains Bennelong, and how the LNP saved Labor's Jackie Trad in Queensland
  33. Alexander holds Bennelong, Turnbull holds majority
  34. Google's artificial intelligence finds two new exoplanets missed by human eyes
  35. Royal commission report makes preventing institutional sexual abuse a national responsibility
  36. To fight the catastrophic fires of the future, we need to look beyond prescribed burning
  37. Royal commission recommends sweeping reforms for Catholic Church to end child abuse
  38. CBA admissions will make class action easier but shareholders still have a lot to prove
  39. A gas shortage next year is unlikely, but that's the only good news
  40. So you've got your ATAR, now what? Here are some options
  41. Science or Snake Oil: do skinny teas boost weight loss?
  42. We found evidence of early humans in the jungles of Borneo
  43. Racist reporting still rife in Australian media
  44. The psychology of Christmas shopping: how marketers nudge you to buy
  45. Friday essay: the myth of the ancient Greek 'gay utopia'
  46. Flying home for Christmas? Carbon offsets are important, but they won't fix plane pollution
  47. Vital Signs: Australia heads into 2018 with mixed economic signals
  48. Calling all parents – Australia's future female scientists need your support now
  49. Sydney's closer to being a zero-carbon city than you think
  50. Grattan on Friday: The 'China factor' is an unknown in Bennelong but a big issue for Australia

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