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New body needed to fill cracks of corruption
George Williams The debate over allegations of misbehaviour by our federal politicians has an important subtext. Does Australia have the right laws and institutions in place to deal with accusations of corruption,...
'Healthy' body image hysteria has no place in fashion
Helen Razer Vogue is deluded if it thinks its 'get real' diktat can reduce eating disorders.
Garrett is the latest victim of the faux feminist body image cult
Helen Razer When we think of Peter Garrett, keen interest in couture does not spring immediately to mind. Nonetheless, while the minister may not be fluent in the language of harem pants, he can certainly spot...
Body bookkeeping: how to avert the Christmas spread dread
Jessica Irvine I have lost 19 kilograms this year. I began the year weighing 86.5 kilos with a body mass index of 27 (anything 26 or over is overweight). I'll end it at 67.
Beat bulge with body maths index
Jessica Irvine I have lost 19 kilograms this year. I began the year weighing 86.5 kilograms with a body mass index of 27 (anything 26 or more is overweight). I'll end it at 67.
Bali skirts the fine line between selling body and soul
Elizabeth Farrelly We decide over lunch that she's almost certainly a Bulgarian hooker, this girl with the blonde mullet, the full-body tan and the iPod tucked fetchingly into her G-string.
Exercise your mind and the body will follow - don't become a statistic
Damon Young 'Never go jogging,'' the proudly sedentary lady lectured me. ''It's bad for your knees.'' Yet another excuse to forgo exercise - and Australia's full of them.
Canberra's body image 'tick of approval' a small first step
Ruth Limkin Publications are to be rated on presenting healthy human bodies.
Veteran of airport pat-downs says bring on the body scans
Elisabeth Tarica Titanium hips mean always being pulled aside for body searches.
After all the body image talk, it's time to walk the catwalk
Deborah Gough It's terrifying putting your wobbly bits on show, but sometimes you have to.
National strategy on body image doesn't go far enough
Misty de Vries We didn’t need Karl Lagerfeld’s recent ‘‘nobody wants to see curvy women’’ clanger to highlight the urgent need for action on body image dissatisfaction.
Enough with the euphemisms on women's body parts
Nina Funnell When women get their periods they just want to frolic. On the beach. Wearing white. They also like to breeze around their high-ceilinged, hardwood-floor apartments looking fresh-faced and confident.
Extremism slumbers in the body of faith
Simon Morris Picture this: a Middle Eastern patriarch prepare his only son for a violent death. It is the will of God.
We need a national strategy on body image
Julie Parker While Karl Lagerfeld may whine that no-one wants to see curvy women on catwalks and Ralph Lauren photoshops models so they look like chupa-chups, Australians, especially young Australians, find...
Memories of stage fright at a festival in this old town
Martin Flanagan In the theatrical presentation that precedes the AFL's Dreamtime at the 'G game tonight, Shane Howard will sing Solid Rock, the protest song that slipped past the guardians of Oz popular culture 30...
Introducing the ethical massage
Charles Waterstreet I abhor gossip but crave detail. In 2006, the Oscar for best original song was won by It's Hard Out Here for a Pimp from the film Hustle & Flow.
The only dress code is suitability
Nina Funnell Where is the line between offering employees practical advice on ''dressing for success'' and outright sex discrimination?
The PC crowd that's keeping the world of art mediocre
Elizabeth Farrelly The Australia Council is threatened, say some, with change beyond recognition. The question is, will it make any difference? Halfway up the godless bit of Regent Street between Central Station and...
Media rule book must make room for change and give regulator teeth
Louise McElvogue It is a week today since the federal government released its long awaited Convergence Review, of which I was a co-author.
Father of all broken toy stories
FOR a Logical Dad the raising of daughters can uncover many conundrums not found in any other environment.
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