Changing the terminology to 'people with obesity' won't reduce stigma against fat people
Cat Pausé, Senior Lecturer in Human Development, Massey University
Fat activists argue fat is the most appropriate word to describe their bodies.Yulia Grigoryeva/ShutterstockThe British Psychological Society is calling for changes for how we talk about fatness, suggesting we should no longer use the phrase “obese people”, but instead, “people with...
Snowy 2.0 will not produce nearly as much electricity as claimed. We must hit the pause button
Bruce Mountain, Director, Victoria Energy Policy Centre, Victoria University
Prime Minister Scott Morrison in front of the Tumut 3 power station at the Snowy Hydro Scheme. New analysis suggests the benefits of Snowy 2.0 have been overstated.AAPThe federal government’s much-vaunted Snowy Hydro expansion is supposed to smooth out the bumps in electricity supply as Austra...
The biggest hurdle for the Coalition's religious discrimination bill: how to define 'religion'
Erin Wilson, Associate Professor of Politics and Religion, University of Groningen
The Australian Federation of Islamic Councils says the bill doesn't go far enough to protect religious minorities in an increasingly intolerant society.Dan Himbrechts/AAPThe Coalition government’s proposed religious discrimination bill has been criticised for the potential problems it poses fo...
why up to two-thirds of property investors may get it wrong
María Yanotti, Lecturer of Economics and Finance Tasmanian School of Business & Economics, University of Tasmania
How likely is it that where you happen to live will always outperform every other location?ShutterstockThe housing market is moving again. In the past month, national prices have climbed 0.9%.What matters most to buyers (and especially to investors), along with price and value, is location.The clich...
feng shui for a vision of a world in harmony
Joanna Mendelssohn, Principal Fellow (Hon), Victorian College of the Arts, University of Melbourne. Editor in Chief, Design and Art of Australia Online, University of Melbourne
The Chinese-Australian artist Guan Wei is on display in a new exhibition at the MCA. The centre piece of the exhibition is the 18x6m mural Feng Shui (2004).Guan Wei, Feng Shui, 2004, acrylic on composite board. Museum of Contemporary Art, donated through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gi...
Rail works lift property prices, pointing to value capture's potential to fund city infrastructure
Value capture has been advocated as an innovative way to fund infrastructure, including by the Australian government. However, its effectiveness in Australia has been qu…
Pope Francis and the Catholic church continue to look towards science, and that can only be a good thing
It’s not uncommon for science and religion to be framed as two opposing forces.The Catholic church has famously struggled to accommodate scientific research in its…
Who is Judge Dredd and why it matters that media invoke the cartoon character
The character of Judge Dredd was designed to be satirical, depicting the ultimate draconian cop.Supplied, CC BY-NDAccording to a recent study, the sixth leading cause of…
Four questions about mortgages the ACCC inquiry should put to the big four banks
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission conducted an inquiry into mortgage pricing as recently as last year. Now Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has asked it to do …
some students don't know the difference between bullying and banter
Nearly half of kids in a study were harmed by their peers.from shutterstock.comMany Australian students don’t know the difference between banter and bullying, with…
Importance of Skincare and Skin Checks
We all like to be nurtured and beautiful. Of course, we also try to take care of ourselves in the best way we can. However, some regular check-ups seem to have highe…
We need to count LGBTI communities in the next census – here's why
The ABS should include detailed questions about gender and sexuality in the 2021 Census. AAP/Brendon ThorneThere’s an old maxim: not everything that can be counted…
Australia could see fewer cyclones, but more heat and fire risk in coming months
Northern Australia is likely to see fewer cyclones than usual this season, but hot, dry weather will increase the risk of fire and heatwaves across eastern and southern …
Define the boundaries in new phase of Australia-China relationship: Wong
Shadow foreign minister Penny Wong says Australia needs to “define the boundaries” of its engagement with China now the relationship between the two countrie…
