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There are few things more scary for Australian renters than being evicted. New research shows how severe the consequences can be.
Australia’s highest court has ruled judges are immune from being sued for damages. Is it good public policy?
Global economic and political uncertainty, nostalgia and the ongoing shaming of assertive women is fuelling a rise of the ‘tradwife’ movement.
Migrants, especially those who speak English as a second language, are disproportionately targeted by mis- and disinformation. Research shows what might help.
Research shows 37 new prisons have been built in Australia since 2000. But the evidence shows increased incarceration doesn’t help reduce crime.
Major social media platforms have decided to leave the job of fact checking to their platforms’ users. Research suggests they may not be up to the challenge.
In reporting on racism but neglecting to look at it’s structural roots, research does more harm than good.
Women have historically been excluded from sports gambling, both physically and socially. But there are signs wagering companies are trying to change that.
Planning health and fitness goals for 2025? Here’s how to make home exercise equipment work for you (and keep it from becoming useless household clutter).
From dogs to snakes, people have been keeping pets for millennia. Here’s what people in ancient civilisations thought about their furry (or scaled, or feathered) friends.
The holiday season is supposed to be a happy time, but many find themselves at increased risk of harm by family violence.
Instances of “air rage” are more common now than before the pandemic. What is it about air travel that cam bring out the worst in us?
Under the News Media Assistance Program, media outlets are receiving a funding boost. Some money will flow to community broadcasting - but not enough.
Men are two and a half times more likely to die in a car crash than women. Here’s how we can make our roads safer for everyone.
A Federal Court judge ruled in favour of the Victorian MP, who sued the state’s Opposition Leader, John Pesutto, for comments he made about her appearance at a rally.
Ghana, an emerging democracy, lags far behind in women’s representation in parliament.
Current crisis accommodation is isolating, frightening and doesn’t meet the needs of woman and children, but one program is succeeding where others fail.
Police have upgraded the investigation of the firebombing of the Adass Israel Synagogue to a counterterrorism operation. Here’s how decisions like these are made and why they can take days.
Our new analysis of the skeletal remains and records of babies in a NZ museum collection shows they were largely born to unmarried mothers or lower-class families.
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Professor of Economics, Tasmanian Behavioural Lab, University of Tasmania
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Professor of Family and Sexual Violence, RMIT University
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Professor (Practice), Faculty of Business and Economics, Monash University
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Director of Monash Indigenous Studies Centre, Chief Investigator for the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for the Elimination of Violence against Women (CEVAW), School of Philosophical, Historical & International Studies, School of Social Sciences (SOSS), Monash University
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Senior Research Fellow, Social Policy Research Centre, UNSW
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Emeritus Professor of Housing, UNSW
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Professor of Public Policy and Director of the Policy Institute, King's College London
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Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Advancing Journalism, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Sociology, School of Justice, Queensland University of Technology
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Emeritus Professor in Social Policy, University of Bradford
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Lecturer in Law & Justice, UNSW
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Associate Professor and Principal Fellow in Urban Risk and Resilience, The University of Melbourne
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Senior Lecturer, Psychology, University of Ghana
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Senior Lecturer in Psychology, Leeds Beckett University