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Blog Central is a space for RMIT academics and senior staff to blog about their areas of expertise and interests.
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Monthly Archives: August 2011
The mother of all headaches: culture change in the AFL
AFL CEO Andrew Demetriou constantly reminds us that women love Aussie Rules and that the AFL returns that respect and allegiance. The key expression of this regard, the AFL’s Respect and Responsibility Policy, turns six this year. It is designed, in part, to instil in players and clubs’ culture a sense of the values held [...]
Posted in Media & Communications, Sport Tagged AFL, discrimination, football, footy, Patrick McGinnity, sexism, West Coast Eagles, women Comments closed
As the climate shifts, are Australian cities ready?
Climate change challenges some of the fundamental assumptions on which our cities have been built. Within a generation or two, a city like Sydney may become exposed to a climate that is more similar to that of Brisbane, while Brisbane may have to get ready for conditions currently more at home in Far North Queensland. [...]
Posted in Information Systems, Media & Communications, Politics, Research, Sustainability Tagged Australia, Australian government, Black Saturday, Brisbane floods, climate change, flood, heatwave Comments closed
Australia and ASEAN: partnership for the region
Australia has been the dialogue partner of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) since 1974. In fact, we are the first single nation that partnered with ASEAN for a number of economic, political and cultural reasons. Since the establishment of our relationship, Australia has been working with ASEAN on a number of key issues. [...]
Posted in Economics & Finance, Politics Tagged AEC, ASEAN, ASEAN Economic Community, Association of Southeast Asian Nations, Australia, China, South China Sea, US Comments closed
Regulating media – Shaping society