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Cartel case shows not all corporate misbehaviour goes unpunished

  • Written by: Caron Beaton-Wells, Professor, Melbourne Law School, University of Melbourne

A first of its kind Australian conviction of a Japanese company for cartel conduct shows reforms in this area of the law are starting to work and these cases can be prosecuted successfully.

Japanese shipping company, NYK, had been fixing freight rates, rigging bids and dividing markets in shipping cars en route to Australia, over a period of more...

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This Girl Can('t)? Campaign simply reworks 'sex sells' approach

  • Written by: Laura McVey, Senior Researcher, Centre for Employee and Consumer Wellbeing, Deakin University
imageThe problem with the This Girl Can campaign is that the male gaze remains dominant, internalised as self-perception.This Girl Can/Sport England

Sport England is to partner with VicHealth for a social marketing campaign to encourage women to participate in sport based on its This Girl Can campaign. However, beyond the campaign’s initial...

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Explainer: what is silicosis and why is this old lung disease making a comeback?

  • Written by: Susan Miles, Respiratory, sleep and general physician and conjoint lecturer in medicine, University of Newcastle
imageYou can barely see this construction worker for dust. His lack of protective face mask puts him at risk of silicosis and other lung diseases.Lamiot/Wikimedia, CC BY-SA

Silicosis is a group of occupational lung diseases caused by breathing in silica dust. It has been described since ancient times, when miners and stone cutters were exposed to dust...

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The Conversation's submission to the Senate inquiry into the Future of Public Interest Journalism

  • Written by: Misha Ketchell, Editor, The Conversation

This is the full text of The Conversation’s submission to the Senate inquiry into the future of public interest journalism. We’re keen to hear your thoughts and suggestions in the comments section and will make every effort to respond to them all.

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