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All Boeing 737 MAX flights grounded – and travellers could feel it in the hip pocket

  • Written by: Chrystal Zhang, Senior Lecturer in Aviation, Swinburne University of Technology

With investigations under way into two crashes of Boeing’s 737 MAX 8 aircraft, the US manufacturer has caved to pressure and grounded the entire global fleet totalling 371 planes. That includes both model 8 and 9 versions of the aircraft.

The company issued a statement saying this occurred:

… out of an abundance of caution and in order...

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Dowry abuse does exist, but let's focus on the wider issues of economic abuse and coercive control

  • Written by: Supriya Singh, Professor, Sociology of Communications, Graduate School of Business & Law, RMIT University
Dowry abuse does exist, but let's focus on the wider issues of economic abuse and coercive controlAustralia's Senate inquiry was unable to report on the prevalence of dowry and dowry abuse in Australia. Data is sketchy and evidence anecdotal.Shutterstock

Rina’s marriage problems began two days before her wedding, when her fiance’s parents demanded gold and a car. Her parents agreed to part of the demands to ensure the planned...

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Students striking for climate action are showing the exact skills employers look for

  • Written by: Karena Menzie-Ballantyne, Lecturer in Education, CQUniversity Australia

On March 15 2019 thousands of students across Australia will skip school and join the global strike for climate action. This is the second time students have taken to the streets to demand more government action on climate change. Last time they did so, in November 2018, the federal resources minister, Matt Canavan, told them:

The best thing...

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The Catholic Church is investigating George Pell's case. What does that mean?

  • Written by: Ian Waters, Professor, Lecturer, Department of Moral Theology and Canon Law, University of Divinity

Cardinal George Pell was this week sentenced by a Victorian court to six years’ jail for sexually abusing two choirboys, with a non-parole period of three years and eight months.

Although Pell was found guilty of the charges against him in December, he has remained a Cardinal in the Catholic Church. The Church previously said it would await...

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More Articles …

  1. The Australian Web Archive is a momentous achievement – but things will get harder from here
  2. Landmark High Court decision guides how compensation for native title losses will be determined
  3. climate change is messing with your favourite tipple's timing
  4. what is a headache? Is it our brain hurting?
  5. Young voters may hold the key to the NSW state election: here's why
  6. Australia’s first known female voter, the famous Mrs Fanny Finch
  7. Experts call for halt to CRISPR editing that allows gene changes to pass on to children
  8. How (and why) to stay optimistic when it feels like the environment is falling apart
  9. An impaired sense of smell often signals cognitive decline, but 'smell training' could help
  10. How the NSW election promises on transport add up
  11. Dentists need a licence to practice. Why not economists?
  12. Why wait for the Brexit fog to clear? Australian, British and multinational businesses are moving on
  13. Flights suspended and vital questions remain after second Boeing 737 MAX 8 crash within five months
  14. Why Sally Challen's appeal is not a win for women victims of coercive control
  15. Becoming more like WhatsApp won't solve Facebook’s woes – here's why
  16. In Manus, theatre delivers home truths that can't be dodged
  17. Which lines are priorities for Sydney Metro conversion? Hint: it's not Bankstown
  18. Four simple food choices that help you lose weight and stay healthy
  19. new map reveals hotspots for harm to wildlife
  20. Why Dorothy's red shoes deserve their status as gay icons, even in changing times
  21. Why Australia should engage with the unemployment crisis affecting Indian youth
  22. India's grand experiment in corporate social responsibility is heading for trouble
  23. it might take revenge in the future
  24. How recognising Jesus as a victim of sexual abuse might help shift Catholic culture
  25. Queensland Nationals Barry O'Sullivan challenges Morrison over coal
  26. Australia’s drought could be increasing Q fever risk, but there are ways we can protect ourselves
  27. How to neutralise your greenhouse gas footprint
  28. Labor gains in Newspoll after weak economic report; Labor barely ahead in NSW
  29. Facebook wants to be more like WhatsApp. But details are scarce
  30. A brutal, nightmarish Carmen imbues an old story with contemporary resonances
  31. The summer bushfires you didn't hear about, and the invasive species fuelling them
  32. Oi! We're not lazy yarners, so let’s kill the cringe and love our Aussie accent(s)
  33. The internet is now an arena for conflict, and we're all caught up in it
  34. Tacitus' Annals and its enduring portrait of monarchical power
  35. they are your body's way of responding to stress
  36. On Kangaroo Island and elsewhere, beware the lure of the luxury ecotourist
  37. Once a building is destroyed, can the loss of a place like the Corkman be undone?
  38. Coal turns lumpy for Scott Morrison and the Nationals
  39. Hydrogen fuels rockets, but what about power for daily life? We're getting closer
  40. what happens when fruit gets ripe?
  41. how the vested interests lie about negative gearing
  42. Australians love their pets, so why don't more public places welcome them?
  43. To reduce fire risk and meet climate targets, over 300 scientists call for stronger land clearing laws
  44. Low-key NSW election likely to reveal a city-country divide
  45. After Nature sounds an exquisite warning bell for extinction
  46. How birds become male or female, and occasionally both
  47. is moderate drinking good for me?
  48. ALP widens Newspoll lead to 54-46%, as Liberals choose conservative successor to Bishop
  49. Tony Abbott tries some climate adaptation for the winds of Warringah
  50. Michelle Grattan on more cabinet departures, national accounts figures and Morrison's Christmas island visit

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