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Technology-facilitated abuse: the new breed of domestic violence

  • Written by: Hadeel Al-Alosi, Lecturer, School of Law, Western Sydney University
imageResearch has shown that 73% of women worldwide have suffered online abuse.Shutterstock

Domestic violence is a serious national issue in Australia and globally. It is an inherently gendered crime. Research consistently shows the overwhelming majority of offenders are male and the victims are female.

Australian governments have recently taken a...

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Distress, status wars and immoral behaviour: the psychological impacts of inequality

  • Written by: Nick Haslam, Professor of Psychology, University of Melbourne
imageEconomic inequality has psychological effects.from shutterstock.com

It is well known that economic inequality is rising. In most industrialised nations the distribution of wealth and income is becoming increasingly concentrated. In the United States, the top 10% of earners make more than nine times as much on average as the remainder, and in...

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Health Check: are microgreens better for you than regular greens?

  • Written by: Duane Mellor, Associate Professor in Nutrition and Dietetics, University of Canberra
imageWhile good things can come in small packages, are you prepared to pay the price?from www.shutterstock.com

Microgreens, tiny versions of leafy vegetables and herbs, have been described as healthier than full sized greens. They’re also more expensive.

So, do microgreens really contain more nutrients? Do they have other benefits? And are they...

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Indians' 'notes ban' compliance masks a silent crisis of legitimacy

  • Written by: Esha Sen Madhavan, University Grants Commission PhD Research Fellow, University of Madras, and Visiting Fellow, Sydney Democracy Network, University of Sydney
imageThe Indian people felt a moral obligation to queue up and co-operate with the 'notes ban' policy.Monito/flickr, CC BY

This article is part of the Democracy Futures series, a joint global initiative between The Conversation and the Sydney Democracy Network. The project aims to stimulate fresh thinking about the many challenges facing democracies in...

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  3. There are more useful questions to ask than whether Australia has 'too many' charities
  4. Government behind 45-55% in Ipsos poll
  5. Drawings reveal the struggles and triumphs of child refugees in their first six months of high school
  6. Safe in the City? Girls tell it like it is
  7. Five golden rules to help solve your recycling dilemmas
  8. Recycling can be confusing, but it’s getting simpler
  9. Rising imports make the case for Trump's border adjustment tax in Australia
  10. Youth underemployment at four-decade peak: Brotherhood report
  11. Regression to the mean, or why perfection rarely lasts
  12. Estonia is putting its country in the cloud and offering virtual residency
  13. Why aren't more people using the My Health Record?
  14. Does everything and nothing change when a cyclist dies?
  15. Decoding the music masterpieces: Bach's The Art of Fugue
  16. How our species got smarter: through a rush of blood to the head
  17. Not-for-profits must adapt as one arm of government's 'three-sector solutions'
  18. VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the backlash to the 18C changes
  19. Decriminalisation in the NT signals abortion is part of normal health care
  20. ASIC's CommInsure pass shows why badly behaving bankers will never fear jail time
  21. Sporting codes' deals with gambling companies force them into a Faustian bargain
  22. Friday essay: reading Germaine Greer's mail
  23. Capital gains tax concession is too generous: economists poll
  24. What languages should children be learning to get ahead?
  25. Australia could alleviate its youth justice crisis by importing the right ideas from the US
  26. Painkillers like ibuprofen can increase the risk of heart disease and should be restricted
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  28. Three rivers are now legally people – but that's just the start of looking after them
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  31. The metapolitical long game of the European New Right
  32. Let me entertain you – that's how to get a science message across
  33. Australia's copyright reform could bring millions of books and other reads to the blind
  34. National Science Statement does little to bring industry and researchers together
  35. Research suggests motherhood has changed my brain.
  36. How 19th century fairy tales expressed anxieties about ecological devastation
  37. FactCheck Q A: Has confidence in the media in Australia dropped lower than in the United States?
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  39. Politics podcast: Michaelia Cash on union misconduct
  40. Terror in London: Western cities will always be vulnerable to these attacks
  41. Explainer: the financialisation of housing and what can be done about it
  42. NDIS housing rules for people with a disability could be life-changing
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  45. It's harder for governments to tax their way out of rising inequality
  46. 'Empowerment' feminism is not working – we need a far more radical approach to gender equality
  47. Did Indigenous warriors influence the development of Australian rules football?
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