Guns do kill people – around 200,000 each year
Around the world there were an estimated 195,000 to 276,000 firearm deaths in 2016, the majority of them homicides, but firearm deaths in Australia have dropped since 1990, [...]
Social Issues
Profile of young carers in Australia: one in twenty people aged 15-24 years are young carers
According to newly released census data, one in twenty people aged 15-24 years were young carers. In 2016 there were a total of 2.1 million people in Australia who reported [...]
Motherhood still comes at a significant price for women – New Zealand
As New Zealand’s Prime Minister, the most famous mother-to-be, is due to give birth in less than a month, (after which she plans to head back to work and her prime [...]
Indigenous voices are speaking loudly on social media but racism endures
Wes Mountain/The Conversation, CC BY-ND Bronwyn Carlson, Macquarie University and Ryan Frazer, Macquarie University Social media are a vital resource for Indigenous [...]
Why you stink at fact-checking
We don’t automatically question information we read or hear. Gaelfphoto/Shutterstock.com Lisa Fazio, Vanderbilt University Here’s a quick quiz for you: In the biblical [...]
To achieve gender equality, we must first tackle our unconscious biases
Gender equality does not mean pretending that “male” and “female” do not exist. Shutterstock Beatrice Alba, La Trobe University People often argue that most Western [...]
Research: Gossiping isn’t all bad
Gossiping helps people to better understand social norms and to bond with each other
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ABS: 2 in 5 Australian adults have experienced violence since the age of 15
Data released by the Australian Bureau of statistics today shows 2 in 5 Australian adults have experienced violence (including physical and sexual) since the age of 15. [...]
What did Galaxy’s poll tell us about freedom of speech and 18C? Not what the IPA said it did
Andrew Jakubowicz, University of Technology Sydney In evidence to the parliamentary inquiry into freedom of speech on Tuesday, the Institute for Public Affairs (IPA) [...]
The violent, post-truth 2017 predicted in The Running Man? We’re living in it
David Bishop, Edinburgh Napier University Welcome to a world where fake news stories are used to manipulate public opinion. Dissent is no longer tolerated and all your [...]
