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The past few weeks have left us in little doubt that some politicians need to change the way they treat women. But what about the media? Denis Muller argues that there is plenty of room for improvement there too – after all, the media play a powerful role in how people, ideas and events are portrayed, and how we in turn think about and respond to those things. Just this week, we’ve had a tabloid headline referring to the “fairer sex” – which
really beggars belief after everything we’ve been talking about in recent weeks – to a piece titled “PM caught in crusade of women journos” that took particular aim at one female journalist who has recently had a series of scoops.
The past few weeks have felt like there might be genuine change afoot – a real rethinking of the way we operate. While this still feels true, reminders that there remains a long way to go are never far away.
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Amanda Dunn
Section Editor: Politics + Society
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Denis Muller, The University of Melbourne
The media have great power in shaping our ideas of people, places and ideas that are beyond our experience. And some need to get much better at how they treat women.
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Dominic Dwyer, University of Sydney
We need to re-analyse data from China and look further afield if we are to have a more complete picture of what happened in 2019. Just keep the politics out of it.
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Fiona Russell, The University of Melbourne; Archana Koirala, University of Sydney; Asha Bowen, Telethon Kids Institute; Margie Danchin, Murdoch Children's Research Institute; Sharon Goldfeld, Murdoch Children's Research Institute
We need a layered strategy — depending on the amount of community transmission – to ensure the response isn't the same every time with each snap lockdown: to close schools. Here's how to do it.
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Carl Rhodes, University of Technology Sydney
Prince Harry's new job as a 'chief impact officer' is all about individual empowerment, when what the world needs are systemic solutions.
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Olaf Meynecke, Griffith University
Australia is considering removing humpback whales from the threatened species list after their numbers rebounded in recent decades. But the mammals face new threats.
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Health + Medicine
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Prathyusha Sanagavarapu, Western Sydney University
There's no need for children with food allergies to miss out this Easter. Here's how to include them in your celebrations and help keep them safe.
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Sunanda Creagh, The Conversation
At first glance, Australia looks to be tracking poorly compared to the rest of the world. However, context is really important here.
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J. Haxby Abbott, University of Otago; Ross Wilson, University of Otago
Specific exercise therapy is the most recommended treatment for osteoarthritis, and it could save New Zealand's health system $20 million each year by reducing other costly and ineffective treatments.
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Science + Technology
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Chris Kirkland, Curtin University; Hugh Smithies, Curtin University; Tim Johnson, Curtin University
Evidence from the Pilbara region suggests Earth in its youth behaved very differently to how it does today, and had more water within it than previously thought.
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Jayne Wilkins, Griffith University; Sechaba Maape, University of the Witwatersrand
Researchers unearthed the 105,000-year-old artefacts from a spiritual site in southern Africa. Although far from the coast, the area is associated with stories of a great water snake.
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Mitchell P. Jones, Vienna University of Technology
Forgot tempeh. The humble shroom has the potential to be used across industries, in ways we're only beginning to grasp.
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Business + Economy
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Robert Breunig, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University; Yinjunjie Zhang, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
Women who earn more than their male partners are more likely to suffer domestic violence.
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Politics + Society
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Patrick Parkinson, The University of Queensland
The ALRC review of the family law system, launched with great fanfare in 2017, has all but been forgotten. The government's response to many recommendations was simply 'noted'.
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James Chin, University of Tasmania
In many of these countries, traditional power — often autocratic, feudal and authoritarian — lies just beneath the veneer of liberal democracies.
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Arts + Culture
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Julie E. Brice, University of Waikato; Holly Thorpe, University of Waikato
The booming activewear industry markets an idealised feminine form and lifestyle, but women have also been liberated by its functional and versatile clothing.
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