Many women are experiencing verbal and physical harassment from customers daily. Common responses by employers and perpetrators show just how much work needs to be done to disabuse people of the notion this harassment is somehow normal or acceptable.
The surprise election of Donald Trump continues to reverberate around the world, triggering a revaluation of political, social and economic assumptions. One institution feeling the tremor is the media, including Australia's.
For the past two years, The Age's journalists have exposed the often dodgy and sometimes corrupt practices that are used to exploit low-paid and foreign workers.
The protections are welcome, but whistleblowers should also be compensated for the risks they take.
It is obvious Mr Dutton is not interested in learning from the past, but instead has a political aim in the present.
Cutting back on the consumption of high-sugar soft drinks is only one of many strategies needed, but it is an important goal.
For all the heat and argument, Australian society is perhaps not as riven as you might think.
Daniel Andrews struck the right note with his response and nothing is to be gained by leaping to conclusions after Friday's alleged arson attack.
When an Australian Test captain admits his men have no answer to swing, seam or spin bowling, you know the team is in trouble.
Europe’s leaders must dispel the myth of easy answers to be found behind fortified borders.
The government's tough talk means little unless they are prepared to strengthen legislation and ignore the advice of the experts.
In these turbulent political times, it is important to be very clear that this is not an attempt to impose any new standards on advertising.
The fate of people held on Nauru and Manus Island should not be hostage to the whim of Donald Trump.
We have clear laws around pay rates, hours of work and other conditions, and authorities need the powers and the resources to ensure these are not being ignored.
The AFL Commission has a choice between the easy thing to do and the right thing to do. Let's hope it takes heed of Jobe Watson's actions in deciding to relinquish his Brownlow and awards the 2012 medal retrospectively to Sam Mitchell and Trent Cotchin.
The reality is that the majority of journalists are drawn from a narrow educational and social pool. The media in Britain and the US – and here too – have been unable, or unwilling, to read the tea leaves.
Taking out the trash" is a tried and true political tactic. It occurs on the days the public's attention is focused elsewhere.
The Open Courts Act is not achieving its aims. We welcome the review into its operation.
It would be naive to think the sentiment that swept Donald Trump to power and led Britain to Brexit does not exist in Australia.
The US election has revealed a shocking level of anger and resentment festering in sections of the US, and the result leaves the country poisonously divided.
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