The enormous medical impact of modern pharmaceuticals has on occasion been matched by some large-scale litigation regarding adverse events. The Vioxx litigation in Australia and elsewhere is one such recent…
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With the anticipated introduction of an Australia-wide carbon pricing scheme, there have been some calls to rationalise or scrap targeted climate policies, such as renewable energy support schemes, both…
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For the marketer, as it is for the human being, your greatest strength is always your greatest weakness. Qantas is the quintessential Australian airline – more than an airline, in fact. It has become a…
Whichever way you look at it, men’s health in Australia is uniformly worse than women’s. Men die, on average, five years earlier than women born at the same time and are likely to experience more health…
The dramatic falls in share prices of Greek debt-laden French banks overnight highlights just how closely tied the current market chaos is to the world’s worsening debt woes. Market crashes like that of…
I have a hunch that the RBA will follow its conventional “neoclassical” models and raise rates this afternoon, even though the economy is locked in “two speed” mode, and the global economy is racked by…
A study by the University of Western Sydney shows that Sydney’s nightlife is not as scary as some in the media have suggested…
Raymond Da Silva Rosa’s article, also published on The Conversation, kindly refers to my recent piece in the Australian Literary Review, which examined why generally academics exert so little impact on…
Good news for blokes. You don’t need to actually do any exercise to feel some of the benefits. A study from the University…
Does a painless death harm an animal? Is it wrong to painlessly kill an animal? These questions go to heart of the ethics of meat eating and humane slaughter, yet they have been largely absent in most…
The Treasurer, Wayne Swan, has put out an appetiser for the Treasury modelling of the introduction of a carbon tax. In his speech to the National Press Club he reiterated the necessity of introducing a…
As a senior public servant I became increasingly frustrated that too many government initiatives, always well meant and often well implemented, simply ended up compounding the problem of passivity and…
Bushfires are, together with cyclones and flooding, among the most important natural hazards affecting Australian communities. They also make a significant contribution to Australia’s greenhouse gas emissions…
We know that most fears about cybersafety originate from a lack of understanding. We also know that social networking is a mystery to many people outside of Generation Y. So it should not come as a surprise…
There are several myths regarding what constitutes “porn addiction”. Some argue that, like alcohol problems, porn addiction is a disease. Once trapped, the consumer of porn will hit rock bottom with no…
Sadly, the major environmental policy announced in the Federal Budget yesterday was not an environmental policy at all but the change to the Fringe Benefits Tax. The government announced changes to the…
The destruction or modification of habitat is the leading cause of biodiversity loss in Australia and around the world. Letting animals have rights over their habitat could be the answer. Despite 40 years…
Australian governments have never been so dependent on the organisational capacity of not-for-profit (NFP) enterprises to deliver their policies. Conversely, Australian NFPs have never been so dependent…
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Associate Professor in Public Health, School of Medicine, Western Sydney University
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PhD Candidate, School of Medicine, Western Sydney University
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Associate professor accounting, Western Sydney University
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Emeritus Professor of Cultural Research, Institute for Culture and Society, Western Sydney University
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Professor of Midwifery, Associate Dean Research and HDR, Midwifery Discipline Leader, Western Sydney University
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PhD Candidate, Western Sydney University
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Senior Lecturer in Physics, Western Sydney University
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Senior Lecturer, School of Business, Western Sydney University
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Professor, Western Sydney University
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Professor of Planning and Director of Urban Transformations Research Centre, Western Sydney University
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Associate Professor in Nursing and Midwifery, Western Sydney University
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Adjunct Fellow, Humanitarian and Development Research Initiative, Western Sydney University
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Senior Lecturer in Microbiology, Western Sydney University
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Emeritus Professor, Institute for Culture and Society, Western Sydney University
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Senior Research Fellow, Urban Transformations Research Centre, Western Sydney University