Harassment
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Education
University of Melbourne ordered to reinstate academic sacked for sexual harassment
A Melbourne academic sacked for sexually harassing a female colleague was described as a “disaster waiting to happen” because he romanticised relationships.
- by Caroline Schelle
Latest
Ryan Reynolds claimed director ‘fat-shamed’ his wife, court documents allege
Blake Lively hit back with a federal lawsuit hours after It Ends With Us director Justin Baldoni sued over a New York Times article.
- by Nick Squires
Blake Lively sues It Ends With Us director Justin Baldoni, alleging harassment and smear campaign
Baldoni has countered with his own libel suit against The New York Times, saying it and Lively were the ones conducting a smear campaign.
- by Andrew Dalton
‘We can bury anyone’: Blake Lively, the director and allegations of a smear campaign
Private messages detail an alleged campaign to insult the actress after she accused Justin Baldoni of misconduct on the set of It Ends With Us.
- by Megan Twohey, Mike McIntire and Julie Tate
A social media phenomenon is a step closer to a US ban
With more than 170 million Americans using the social media app, TikTok’s Chinese owner needs to sell the business in the US or face closure.
- by Sapna Maheshwari
Exclusive
City life
Catcalls, aggression, male domination: Why women aren’t cycling
Women are avoiding riding bikes because Victoria’s transport networks are set up for the needs and safety perceptions of confident, physically fit men.
- by Cara Waters
This man has the job of working out how Australia’s social media ban will work
There are three key options to assess the age of a social media user. The company that will trial technologies for the Australian government explains what happens next.
- by Natassia Chrysanthos
Analysis
Workplace culture
How your work WhatsApp group could get you sacked
WhatsApp is increasingly being used as evidence in employment tribunals overseas, fuelling warnings to avoid using the social media app at work.
- by Samuel Montgomery
Private school commissioned a warts-and-all history. But now, it’s been canned
A victim of child abuse at St Andrew’s Cathedral School wanted to tell his tale in the school’s history. But now the school has gone cold on the project.
- by Jordan Baker
Huge fines planned for tech giants that let kids on apps
As it moves to tamp down concerns about handing over IDs, the Albanese government will on Thursday put forward a world-first bill to block younger teens from social media.
- by Paul Sakkal
Opinion
Workplace culture
‘Guilty by chromosome’: Culture change doesn’t come easy for Rio’s workers
It’s jarring how little progress the mining giant has made in overhauling its workplace culture rife with bullying, racism and sexual harassment - and it’s not for lack of trying.
- by Elizabeth Knight
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