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Land of the 'fair go' no more: wealth in Australia is becoming more unequal

  • Written by: Christopher Sheil, Visiting Fellow in History, UNSW Australia
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Australians often pride themselves on living in the land of the “fair go”. However, the available evidence shows the distribution of wealth in this country is no more egalitarian than the average for the OECD countries.

In fact, depending on how wealth is...

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Ad skipping and blocking could spur an advertising arms race

  • Written by: David Waller, Senior Lecturer, School of Marketing, University of Technology Sydney
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Much to the disappointment of advertisers and ad agencies, many people do not like advertising. Some will do anything to avoid advertisements, and increasingly they have the tools to do so.

Ad-blocking apps have now expanded to podcasting, with apps that enable 15-second skips to...

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Why is doping wrong anyway?

  • Written by: Heather Dyke, LSE Fellow in the Department of Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method, London School of Economics and Political Science
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Revelations of doping typically provoke moral outrage. The received view is that doping is morally wrong because it’s cheating, and those caught doing it should be punished.

The rhetoric of the media, the World Anti-Doping Association (WADA) and sporting officials – and, in the Rio Games, some athletes themselves – all embody this...

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Answering the same questions over and over: how to talk to people with dementia

  • Written by: Claire M O'Connor, Research Occupational Therapist and PhD Candidate, University of Sydney
imageHearing the same questions over and over again can be frustrating, but it's important you stay calm – they're not trying to annoy you. from www.shutterstock.com.au

If you care for or know someone with dementia, they’ve probably asked you “what are we doing today?”, “who are you?”, or “when are we going...

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