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Editor's note
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Six months have passed since explosive allegations of sexual harassment were made against Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein, giving impetus to the #MeToo movement.
Today we begin a series that examines if the energy, courage and rage of the movement will bring about lasting change in gender relations. For prominent second-wave feminist Eva Cox, the risk with #MeToo is that, like a lot of other protest movements, it will point out the problem without addressing its underlying causes.
Meanwhile, Liberal Steven Marshall is premier-elect in South Australia after 16 years of Labor rule, while Labor’s Ged Kearney is packing her bags for Canberra. As Michelle Grattan writes, the victory in Batman was an important one for Opposition Leader Bill Shorten, both for the federal party’s momentum and in the wake of announcing a controversial tax policy.
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Amanda Dunn
Section Editor: Politics + Society
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Top story
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Eva Cox, University of Technology Sydney
Like most forms of protest, the #MeToo movement offers evidence of problems but fails to tackle the broader causes and how to fix them.
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Politics + Society
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Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra
'Super Saturday' had positive spin-offs for both federal leaders, but substantially more for Bill Shorten than Malcolm Turnbull.
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Rob Manwaring, Flinders University
While Labor lost in South Australia it was far from a disaster, and new Liberal premier Steven Marshall will need to move quickly to ensure he does not test voters' patience.
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Adrian Beaumont, University of Melbourne
After 16 years in government, the Liberals oust Labor in South Australia – but the biggest disasters of the night were Nick Xenophon and SA-BEST, with Xenophon not even winning his seat.
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Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra
The failure to wrest Batman is a big setback for the Greens.
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Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra; Lawrence Pratchett, University of Canberra
Michelle Grattan speaks with Lawrence Pratchett about this weekend's elections.
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Ray Markey, Macquarie University
There are undoubtedly advantages for unions in terms of access and policy influence by having former officials as MPs.
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Health + Medicine
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Cara McDonald, St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne
We spend a lot of time thinking about our skin - from worrying about its health to trying to get it to look its best. But there's much more to skin than what it looks like.
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Shomik Sengupta, Monash University
Since the 1980s, PSA tests have been used for the diagnosis and follow-up of prostate cancer. However, its use as a screening test for prostate cancer remains controversial.
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Arts + Culture
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Kathomi Gatwiri, Southern Cross University
Stigma about black or African hair reflects deep-seated politics around race and history.
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Felicity Fenner, UNSW
The 21st Sydney Biennale is the first to be directed by a curator of non-Western heritage. While the number of artists is modest, lost quantity is made up by quality.
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Cities
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Crystal Legacy, University of Melbourne
Transport infrastructure has such an impact on what kind of city we become that more democratic planning is long overdue. But public consultation is typically limited and focused on design issues.
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Gavin Wood, RMIT University; Guy Johnson, RMIT University; Juliet Watson, RMIT University; Rosanna Scutella, RMIT University
A decade after the launch of a national campaign to reduce homelessness, the latest figures show Australia is going backwards. Research points to problems in the public housing system as a key factor.
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Business + Economy
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Efrem Castelnuovo, University of Melbourne; Bruce Preston, University of Melbourne; Giovanni Pellegrino, University of Melbourne
While the RBA might not be able to influence the current cash rate, it can still influence longer-term rates by offering guidance about its future policy decisions.
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Gary Mortimer, Queensland University of Technology
Spinning off Coles is a great example of how good Wesfarmers is at entering and exiting markets.
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Kimberlee Weatherall, University of Sydney
Could an employer or platform claim copyright in a chat group? We’d first have to accept that conversations in a chat group are protected by copyright.
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Fariborz Moshirian, UNSW
Past shared history and/or cultural, ethnical or religious homogeneity can no longer be the only determinants of the level of co-operation among nations.
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Education
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Amy Cutter-Mackenzie, Southern Cross University
Despite the Federal Government’s teacher education reforms and the push for evidence-based teaching, less than 2% of ARC research funding is directed to educational research.
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Environment + Energy
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Anthony Kiem, University of Newcastle
Engineering practice assumes that floods are randomly distributed but science suggests they are not. This raises questions about the reliability of flood infrastructure and management strategies.
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Anita J Cosgrove, The University of Queensland; April Reside, The University of Queensland; James Watson, The University of Queensland; Martine Maron, The University of Queensland
Queensland's new draft land-clearing laws aim to put the brakes on years of environmental destruction. But the bill contains several loopholes that are likely to stymie progress.
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Science + Technology
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Tianqing Zhu, Deakin University
How should privacy be protected in a world where data is gathered and shared with increasing speed and ingenuity? Differential privacy, a new model of cyber security, provides a potential solution.
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Bronwyn Hemsley, University of Technology Sydney
Hawking's life embodied what it means to have access to the human right of communication through communication technology.
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Darryl Jones, Griffith University
Feeding wild birds is discouraged in Australia despite its popularity in other countries. But many Australians still put food out for the birds, and that's not a problem if it's the right food.
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FactCheck
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Helen Barrie, University of Adelaide
In a South Australian leaders' debate, Jay Weatherill and Nick Xenophon disagreed over the extent to which young people are leaving the state in search of better opportunities. We asked the experts.
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Madeleine De Gabriele, The Conversation; Lucinda Beaman, The Conversation
FactCheck requested sources from South Australian Premier Jay Weatherill to support statements he made about trends in the number of young people leaving the state.
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Featured jobs
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University of Western Australia — Wongan Hills, Western Australia
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University of Canberra — Bruce, Australian Capital Territory
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Monash University — Clayton, Victoria
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Featured events
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Aerial Function Centre, University of Technology Sydney (UTS), Sydney, New South Wales, 2000, Australia — Audit Office of New South Wales (on behalf of Australasian Council of Auditors General ACAG)
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Hotel Windsor - Bourke Room - 111 Spring Street , Melbourne , Australian Capital Territory, 3000, Australia — Monash University
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Education LT 351, Education Building, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, 2006, Australia — University of Sydney
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15 Broadway, Ultimo, Sydney, New South Wales, 2007, Australia — University of Technology Sydney
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