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Mateship might sound blokey, but our research shows women value it more highly than men
Image: ShutterstockMateship is an intrinsic part of Australian society, routinely discussed as an important national value. In 1999, Prime Minister John Howard even...
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We studied 100 years of Australian fatherhood. Here’s how today’s dads differ from their grandfathers
Author Kate Murphy’s grandfather, Geoff Murphy, posing with children Pete, Lynne and Mick in 1955. Author provided, Author providedToday’s Australian fathers are believed to...
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Yeah, nah: Aussie slang hasn’t carked it, but we do want to know more about it
Wes Mountain/The ConversationWriter C.R Read cautioned in 1853 “that Englishmen going to the Australian digging should search their souls and ask themselves ‘if they can...
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For now, the Tokyo Olympics will go ahead. But at what cost?
Picture: Koji Sasahara/AP/AAPWith COVID-19 still running rampant in many parts of the world, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has prepared “playbooks” for the Tokyo...
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Millennials are not the only ‘burnout generation’ (just ask the rest of us)
Picture: ShuttlestockIn her new book, Can’t Even, American journalist Anne Helen Peterson writes of how Millennials have become “the burnout generation”.feeling that you’ve hit...
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Will Victoria be the first place in the world to fully decriminalise sex work?
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The Victorian government has just received a landmark review into the state’s sex work laws.This is the first large-scale review of Victorian...
‘Ageing in neighbourhood’: what seniors want instead of retirement villages and how to achieve it
Seniors show pictures of what age-friendly homes
and neighbourhoods mean to them. Photograph credit: C Osborne.,
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The COVID-19 pandemic has brought into sharp...
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Online sex parties and virtual reality porn: can sex in isolation be as fulfilling as real life?
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The public health response to COVID-19 has placed unprecedented limits on social contact. Many people may go without physical sexual intimacy for an extended (and...
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Is cruising still safe? Will I be insured? What you need to know about travelling during the coronavirus crisis
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The coronavirus outbreak (COVID-19) has now reached more than 80,000 recorded cases, largely concentrated in China, with a death toll over 2,700 and...
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White, male and straight – how 30 years of Australia Day speeches leave most Australians out
Scott Morrison emphasised national unity in his Australia Day
address last year, but this is not the message that everyone
wants to hear. Facebook
Last year...
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