Dennis Altman (centre) National Library of AustraliaAt the first Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras, nearly 50 years ago, 53 people were arrested. Many lost their jobs when the Sydney Morning Herald published their names. That was in 1978. Now, it’s the largest Pride event in Oceania – and
Although Anthony Albanese’s ratings are down in three new federal polls, Labor has maintained a comfortable lead, with the combined vote for the Coalition and One Nation at 46–47% (steady in Newspoll, down one in Redbridge and down three in Fox & Hedgehog). A Newspoll question finds the US action
Every day, we publish a selection of your emails in our newsletter. We’d love to hear from you, you can email us at yoursay@theconversation.edu.au. Monday March 30 Faceless One Nation Polls that suggest One Nation could secure dozens of seats in the House of Representatives are particularly puzzling when you
Getty ImagesNew Zealand Cricket’s decision to support “in principle” the development of a T20 franchise competition represents a major shift in governance and funding for the summer game. But it’s not clear whether the tensions behind that decision have been resolved. At the heart of the debate is a model
George Eliot – the pen name of Victorian novelist Mary Ann Evans – is celebrated today as a writer of realist novels: Adam Bede (1859), The Mill on the Floss (1860), Middlemarch (1871) and Daniel Deronda (1876). We don’t tend to associate her with science fiction. But in 1859,
Gender-based violence is a global issue, but studies consistently show the Pacific has among the highest rates in the world. Up to 79% of women in the region experience some form of abuse over the course of their lives. An emerging concern is violence through technology. This is where
Hill Street Studios/ Getty Images Almost half of surveyed Australia’s school principals face physical violence in their jobs. Almost 90% say they encounter offensive behaviour from students, parents and even colleagues, according to new survey results. The latest instalment in an annual survey of Australian principals shows how their exposure
What causes workplace sexual harassment? How can we continue to better understand it? And what can be done to prevent it? Successful answers to questions like these need a good scientific explanation. But which explanation should we draw on? Two very different explanations circulate among social scientists. In new research,
Your doctor has just prescribed medicinal cannabis. You think it’s helping. But you rely on your car to get to work and pick up the kids. Are you allowed to drive? And more importantly, is it safe? Here’s what the evidence says and what it means for you.
A drawn-out war in the Middle East could add an extra 5% to existing inflation in Australia, our new modelling shows. We looked at the likely impacts of two different scenarios: a moderate disruption with the war ending in mid-April, and a drawn-out war ending by September. We found
Andrew Hastie hung out his leadership shingle in a weekend interview that may have a few Liberals wondering if the right’s factional heavyweights made the best judgement in choosing Angus Taylor for the top job. Hastie wanted to run for the leadership earlier this year but the right’s numbers
Reconstruction of 14,3000-year-old dog jawbone from Gough's Cave, England. Tom Anders & LongleatOdin was a kelpie. Attentive and protective, with a happy smile and an endless hope for food, he succumbed to a terminal disease late last year. At his death, a deep sense of grief ripped through the
Dennis Altman (centre) National Library of AustraliaAt the first Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras, nearly 50 years ago, 53 people were arrested. Many lost their jobs when the Sydney Morning Herald published their names. That was in 1978. Now, it’s the largest Pride event in Oceania – and
Although Anthony Albanese’s ratings are down in three new federal polls, Labor has maintained a comfortable lead, with the combined vote for the Coalition and One Nation at 46–47% (steady in Newspoll, down one in Redbridge and down three in Fox & Hedgehog). A Newspoll question finds the US action
Every day, we publish a selection of your emails in our newsletter. We’d love to hear from you, you can email us at yoursay@theconversation.edu.au. Monday March 30 Faceless One Nation Polls that suggest One Nation could secure dozens of seats in the House of Representatives are particularly puzzling when you
Getty ImagesNew Zealand Cricket’s decision to support “in principle” the development of a T20 franchise competition represents a major shift in governance and funding for the summer game. But it’s not clear whether the tensions behind that decision have been resolved. At the heart of the debate is a model
George Eliot – the pen name of Victorian novelist Mary Ann Evans – is celebrated today as a writer of realist novels: Adam Bede (1859), The Mill on the Floss (1860), Middlemarch (1871) and Daniel Deronda (1876). We don’t tend to associate her with science fiction. But in 1859,
Gender-based violence is a global issue, but studies consistently show the Pacific has among the highest rates in the world. Up to 79% of women in the region experience some form of abuse over the course of their lives. An emerging concern is violence through technology. This is where
Hill Street Studios/ Getty Images Almost half of surveyed Australia’s school principals face physical violence in their jobs. Almost 90% say they encounter offensive behaviour from students, parents and even colleagues, according to new survey results. The latest instalment in an annual survey of Australian principals shows how their exposure
What causes workplace sexual harassment? How can we continue to better understand it? And what can be done to prevent it? Successful answers to questions like these need a good scientific explanation. But which explanation should we draw on? Two very different explanations circulate among social scientists. In new research,
Your doctor has just prescribed medicinal cannabis. You think it’s helping. But you rely on your car to get to work and pick up the kids. Are you allowed to drive? And more importantly, is it safe? Here’s what the evidence says and what it means for you.
A drawn-out war in the Middle East could add an extra 5% to existing inflation in Australia, our new modelling shows. We looked at the likely impacts of two different scenarios: a moderate disruption with the war ending in mid-April, and a drawn-out war ending by September. We found
Andrew Hastie hung out his leadership shingle in a weekend interview that may have a few Liberals wondering if the right’s factional heavyweights made the best judgement in choosing Angus Taylor for the top job. Hastie wanted to run for the leadership earlier this year but the right’s numbers
Reconstruction of 14,3000-year-old dog jawbone from Gough's Cave, England. Tom Anders & LongleatOdin was a kelpie. Attentive and protective, with a happy smile and an endless hope for food, he succumbed to a terminal disease late last year. At his death, a deep sense of grief ripped through the
