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Swollen executive pay packets reveal the limits of corporate activism

  • Written by: Carl Rhodes, Professor of Organization Studies, University of Technology Sydney
Swollen executive pay packets reveal the limits of corporate activismThough Qantas chief executive Alan Joyce might be outspoken on some progressive issues, he supports the system that pays him 300 times that of the average Australian.Mick Tsikas/AAP, FAL

Qantas boss Alan Joyce is reportedly Australia’s highest-earning chief executive. He’s also a firm believer in corporate activism.

His pay packet is...

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why the Nationals shouldn't politicise the science replication crisis

  • Written by: Martin Bush, Research Fellow in History and Philosophy of Science, University of Melbourne

The National Party, Queensland farming lobby group AgForce, and MP Bob Katter have banded together to propose an “independent science quality assurance agency”.

To justify their position, Liberal-National MP George Christensen and AgForce’s Michael Guerin specifically invoked the “replication crisis” in science, in...

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Merchants of misinformation are all over the internet. But the real problem lies with us

  • Written by: Will J Grant, Senior Lecturer, Australian National Centre for the Public Awareness of Science, Australian National University
Merchants of misinformation are all over the internet. But the real problem lies with usSocial media giants such as Facebook have been blamed for helping spread misinformation. But the problem runs deeper than that.AAP

Call it lies, fake news, or just plain old bullshit - misinformation seems to flutter wilfully around the modern world. The truth, meanwhile, can take tedious decades to establish.

It seems that every day, new...

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Politicians who become lobbyists can be bad for Australians' health

  • Written by: Peter Miller, Professor of Violence Prevention and Addiction Studies, Deakin University
Politicians who become lobbyists can be bad for Australians' healthLobbyists try to water down policies that could restrict the public's access to their harmful products.Motortion Films/Shutterstock

The impacts of heavy drinking, gambling and unhealthy food are among the leading causes of preventable health harm in Australia. And for the most part, we know what to do to reduce them.

Most of us would hope the...

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  9. why can't we just build a pipe to move water to areas in drought?
  10. daughters of Robert Menzies and Arthur Calwell say parliament wasn't always a 'fort'
  11. 1 in 3 new mums struggle to get their baby to sleep, but some women have a tougher time
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  13. Yes, the US-Australia alliance is important, but Scott Morrison needs to take a careful approach with Donald Trump
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  15. debunking the myths around self-injury
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  18. Leila Waddell, Australian violinist, philosopher of magic and fearless rebel
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  21. Activists are using the climate emergency as a new legal defence to justify law-breaking
  22. the idea behind Labor's National Rental Affordability Scheme is worth saving
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  31. young disabled New Zealanders on the barriers to a better life
  32. To go to China you have to be invited: Morrison
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  35. how ancient virtues can guide our responses to the climate crisis
  36. A shot of hope in the face of climate despair
  37. It's safest to avoid e-cigarettes altogether – unless vaping is helping you quit smoking
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