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Superannuation Reimagined: Moving Beyond the Origins to an Indigenous Focus

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Retirement income systems, such as superannuation, are meant to be non‐discriminatory and consider disadvantage faced by members of society. There are significant differences between the life expectancies of Indigenous and non‐Indigenous peoples. The gap in life expectancies is not considered when determining when Indigenous peoples can retire.
Levon Ellen Blue   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Acoustic duetting in Drosophila virilis relies on the integration of auditory and tactile signals

open access: yeseLife, 2015
Many animal species, including insects, are capable of acoustic duetting, a complex social behavior in which males and females tightly control the rate and timing of their courtship song syllables relative to each other.
Kelly M LaRue   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Using Whole-Group Metabolic Rate and Behaviour to Assess the Energetics of Courtship in Red-Sided Garter Snakes

open access: yes, 2017
Reproductive effort is an important aspect of life history as reproductive success is arguably the most important component of fitness. Males tend to compete for access to females and, in the process, expend their energetic capital on mate searching ...
Friesen, Christopher R.   +2 more
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The mating behavior and reproduction performance in a multi-sire mating system for pigs [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
An important aim of organic animal production is to allow natural animal behaviour. Regarding reproduction techniques, artificial insemination is permitted but natural mating is preferred.
Hermansen, J.E., Kongsted, A.G.
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Electric communication during courtship and spawning in two sibling species of dwarf stonebasher from southern Africa, Pollimyrus castelnaui and P. marianne (Mormyridae, Teleostei): evidence for a non species-specific communication code? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
The fixed part of the electrocommunication signal, the electric organ discharge (EOD) waveform, is well differentiated in the two vicariant dwarf stonebasher species, Pollimyrus castelnaui and P. marianne. However, differentiation regarding the variable,
Baier, Bernd, Kramer, Bernd
core   +1 more source

‘People Need to Understand That They Are Stealing From Their Neighbours’: A Critical Media Analysis of the Representations and Resistance Throughout the Robodebt Scheme

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Robodebt scheme issued thousand‐dollar debts to an estimated half a million people who had received social security. The debts were largely inaccurate and illegal, with the aim of improving the federal government's budget. The 2023 Royal Commission into the Robodebt Scheme found that the stigmatising political and public language about ...
Ella Kruger, Phillipa Evans
wiley   +1 more source

Rates of female mouse ultrasonic vocalizations are low and are not modulated by estrous state during interactions with muted males

open access: yesScientific Reports
Adult male mice produce high rates of ultrasonic vocalizations (USVs) during courtship interactions with females. It was long thought that only males produced courtship USVs, but recent studies using microphone arrays to assign USVs to individual ...
Cassidy A. Malone   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Opportunity Knocks: An Economic Analysis of Television Advertisements [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
Certain aspects of advertising–especially on television–are not easily explained with conventional economic models. In particular, much of the imagery and repetitive thematic content seen in advertisements suggests it is "psychological" in nature, as ...
Hanks, Andrew   +2 more
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P1 interneurons promote a persistent internal state that enhances inter-male aggression in Drosophila [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
How brains are hardwired to produce aggressive behavior, and how aggression circuits are related to those that mediate courtship, is not well understood.
Anderson, David J.   +4 more
core   +2 more sources

Participatory Policy Development: Reflections on Designing the Strong Roots for Our Futures Program in Victoria

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In this paper, we trace the journey to create the Strong Roots for our Futures Program, a government program to resource and support Traditional Owners to undertake a range of activities in areas where no state recognition existed. We provide a background to state recognition in Victoria before considering the program design, leading to an ...
Nell Reidy   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

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