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On and on it goes – the seemingly endless reports of bad behaviour emanating from Parliament House. This time it’s Queensland Liberal MP Andrew Laming, who allegedly bullied constituents and photographed a woman inappropriately.
But while Laming has announced he will not stand at the next election, he has not been booted out of the LNP (the Liberals and Nationals are one party in Queensland). Michelle Grattan argues Prime Minister Scott Morrison should boot out Laming, but he will not be keen because of the wafer-thin margin by which he holds power: sending Laming to the crossbench would wipe out the government’s majority.
In the meantime, Australia is watching the prime minister closely to see how he and his government respond to recent scandals about the treatment of women. One measure, Grattan says, should be to take the role of minister for women away from Foreign Minister Marise Payne – who has shown little appetite for the difficult policy issues fixing the situation will raise – and instead make it a stand-alone position within cabinet. As an initial step, it would go some way to demonstrating the seriousness of the issues, and the enormous amount of work to be done to rectify them.
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Amanda Dunn
Section Editor: Politics + Society
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Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra
Let's be frank: no MP needs a course to know gross bullying of people in his local community is appalling conduct for a parliamentarian.
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Pauline Grosjean, UNSW
Research from a unique natural experiment shows how strict ideas about masculinity can emerge when men vastly outnumber women.
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Tom Crowley, Grattan Institute; Danielle Wood, Grattan Institute; Esther Suckling, Grattan Institute
Other parents have got back the hours they lost. Not single parents. Many were forced to leave jobs to care for children.
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Lynlea Small, University of the Sunshine Coast; Amie Shaw, Griffith University; Ruth McPhail, Griffith University
More and more Australians are gaining university degrees. And increasingly that means a degree does not guarantee a job, although it did appear to offer some protection against COVID job losses.
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Heather Shearer, Griffith University; Paul Burton, Griffith University
The proportion of people actually living in tiny houses hasn't been increasing but the movement has prompted debate about living smaller and more sustainably.
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Divyangana Rakesh, The University of Melbourne; Sarah Whittle, The University of Melbourne
Social disadvantage can cause stress that leads to changes in 'connectivity' between brain regions, potentially harming adolescents' ability to plan, set goals, and self-reflect.
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Plus why your genes determine how you deal with cold temperatures. Listen to episode 8 of The Conversation Weekly.
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Business + Economy
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Karen Becker, University of the Sunshine Coast; Dan Abell, University of the Sunshine Coast; Matt McCormack, UNSW
Even healthy, well-adjusted veterans struggle with the transition from military to civilian life.
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Peter Enderwick, Auckland University of Technology
New Zealand businesses need to plan for a post-COVID recovery in a global economy more complex, uncertain and ambiguous than before.
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Science + Technology
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Michael Bell, University of Sydney
A bottleneck in the global shipping network will accelerate the move to more local production and shorter supply chains.
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Health + Medicine
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Vanessa Bryant, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute; Charlotte Slade, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute
For people who are immunodeficient, the usual controls of the immune system don't work as well. This can affect how they respond to vaccines. But this group should still get the COVID jab.
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Environment + Energy
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Gregory Moore, The University of Melbourne
This autumn, embrace puddles. Even tiny pools of water can be essential for birds, trees and pets — from washing away chemicals on leaves to forcing worms to emerge.
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Cheryl Desha, Griffith University; Kimberley Reis, Griffith University; Savindi Caldera, Griffith University
With more people composting due to environmental concerns or council programs, they need to know how to do it right.
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Arts + Culture
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Susan Broomhall, Australian Catholic University
The first French novelist wrote about an adulterous affair and moved to Paris after separating from her husband.
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Rodney Tiffen, University of Sydney
Loosely based on the ABC journalist's own experiences, Stop Girl opens up a story about PTSD after war.
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Politics + Society
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Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra
Scott Morrison's approval has taken a sizeable hit in a Newspoll showing Labor maintaining its 52-48% two-party lead.
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Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra
University of Canberra Professorial Fellow Michelle Grattan and University of Canberra Assistant Professor Caroline Fisher discuss the week in politics.
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Rick Sarre, University of South Australia; Andrew Day, The University of Melbourne; Ben Livings, University of South Australia; Catia Malvaso
In criminology, there are many theories to account for why men are more likely than women to commit crimes – and they may hold the key to changing those figures.
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Ran Porat, Monash University
With his back to the wall, Israel's longest-serving leader, Binyamin Netanyahu, was able to sustain his popularity within his base by taking credit for Israel’s COVID-19 vaccine rollout.
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